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Application US20190236539
Published 2019-08-01
System And Method For Delivery Vehicle Security Using Blockchain
A system for order delivery security using blockchain includes a container configured to: add a new block to a blockchain when an item of a customer order is added to or removed from the container, wherein the new block contains an order ID of the customer order, a customer name, items in the customer order, a delivery address of the customer order, and a delivery date of the customer order; a delivery vehicle configured to: carry the container; and add a new block to the blockchain when an item of the customer order is added to or removed from the vehicle, wherein the new block contains the order ID of the customer order, the customer name, the items in the customer order, the delivery address of the customer order, and the delivery date of the customer order; and a lock configured to: be attached to and secure the container; store a copy of the blockchain locally in memory of the lock; and communicate with the delivery vehicle. The vehicle carrying the container is further configured to communicate with the lock to determine that the container has been loaded, unloaded or is still on the vehicle.
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- 1. A system for order delivery security using blockchain, comprising:
a container configured to:
add a new block to a blockchain when an item of a customer order is added to or removed from the container, wherein the new block contains an order ID of the customer order, a customer name, items in the customer order, a delivery address of the customer order, and a delivery date of the customer order;
a delivery vehicle configured to:
carry the container; and
add a new block to the blockchain when an item of the customer order is added to or removed from the vehicle, wherein the new block contains the order ID of the customer order, the customer name, the items in the customer order, the delivery address of the customer order, and the delivery date of the customer order; and
a lock configured to:
be attached to and secure the container;
store a copy of the blockchain locally in memory of the lock; and
communicate with the delivery vehicle, wherein:
the vehicle carrying the container is further configured to communicate with the lock to determine that the container has been loaded, unloaded or is still on the vehicle.
- 12. A method comprising:
assigning a customer order to a tote and a smart lock; recording an order ID of the customer order and item information as each item of the customer order is scanned into the tote, wherein the item information includes a name of the item, a quantity of the item, a delivering date of the item, and a delivery address of the item; recording a video as each item of the customer order is scanned into the tote; communicating information of the order ID, the item, and the video to the smart lock; closing and locking with the smart lock the tote when the tote is full or the order is fulfilled; interrogating each tote to ensure that all of the totes for the customer order are loaded onto a delivery vehicle when the tote is loaded into the delivery vehicle; directing the driver which totes should be removed at each delivery point; and providing a key to the driver to unlock the smart lock.
- 17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
assigning a customer order to a tote and a smart lock; recording an order ID of the customer order and item information as each item of the customer order is scanned into the tote, wherein the item information includes a name of the item, a quantity of the item, a delivering date of the item, and a delivery address of the item; recording a video as each item of the customer order is scanned into the tote; communicating information of the order ID, the item, and the video to the smart lock; closing and locking with the smart lock the tote when the tote is full or the order is fulfilled; interrogating each tote to ensure that all of the totes for the customer order are loaded onto a delivery vehicle when the tote is loaded into the delivery vehicle; directing the driver which totes should be removed at each delivery point; and providing a key to the driver to unlock the smart lock.
