Appeal 2007-2110
Application 10/223,408
transmitted to the service provider, for example, ShopperBox to reserve the
required lockers (Moreno, col. 14, l. 66 to col. 15, l. 8).
20. Based on the received information, ShopperBox servers assign a
specific locker(s) to the order, generate a delivery PIN number and provide the
information to the vendor and locker controller/kiosk (Moreno, col. 15, ll. 10-22).
21. The locker controller/kiosk sets the access code, i.e., the received
delivery PIN, for the designated locker(s) and initiates any specified environmental
conditions (Moreno, col. 15, ll. 22-26).
22. After the ordered items have been placed in the assigned locker(s), the
locker controller/kiosk sends notification to the ShopperBox servers that delivery
has been made (Moreno, col. 15, ll. 30-33).
23. The ShopperBox servers then set the access PIN number for the
locker(s) to the customer’s PIN number by transmitting the information to the
locker controller/kiosk (Moreno, col. 15, ll. 36-37).
24. Maloney discloses a system and method for tracking, controlling,
identifying, verifying, and dispensing items, for example, narcotics, from a locker
or storage cabinet (Maloney, col. 1, ll. 12-16, and Fig. 1).
25. The storage cabinet includes a portal for receiving and dispensing
containers that contain the tracked objects (Maloney, col. 3, ll. 19-21).
26. A container retrieval system in the cabinet is provided for retrieving a
requested container from its bin and delivering it to the portal for retrieval by an
authorized user. The retrieval system also moves a checked-in container from the
9
Page: Previous 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Next
Last modified: September 9, 2013