A package storage assembly includes a battery of lockers positioned in a public location to be accessible to delivery drivers and intended recipients. Each of the battery of lockers includes a door and a lock and a communication unit is integrated into the battery of lockers. The communication unit is in communication with the lock in the door associated with each of the battery of lockers. The communication unit receives a delivery command from an extrinsic communication network originating from a respective one of the plurality of personal electronic devices and the communication unit subsequently assigns a respective one of the battery of lockers to the respective personal electronic device. The communication unit communicates an unlock code via the extrinsic communication network to the respective personal electronic device when the communication unit receives the delivery command.

An enhanced multi-compartment connected logistics receptacle system includes a storage receptacle, a bridge node, and wireless accessory sensor node with a plurality of sensors. A first subset of the sensors is disposed relative to a first monitored receptacle compartment and a second subset of the sensors is disposed relative to a second monitored receptacle compartment. The plurality of sensors monitor for a change in state of the storage receptacle. The wireless accessory sensor node detects the storage receptacle's state change based upon sensor data and broadcasts a signal with a flag set indicating there is event information available for upload. The bridge node detects the flag set, retrieves the event information available for upload from the wireless accessory sensor node, and transmits the retrieved event information to a backend server to cause the backend server to initiate a dispatched logistics operation related to the storage receptacle.

An enhanced node-based connected logistics receptacle system includes a storage receptacle, a bridge node, and wireless accessory sensor node with at least one sensor monitoring for a change in state of the storage receptacle. The system's wireless accessory sensor node detects the storage receptacle's state change based upon sensor data, records timestamped information reflecting the detected change, and broadcasts a signal with a flag set indicating there is event information available for upload. The system's bridge node is operative to detect the flag set, retrieve the event information available for upload from the wireless accessory sensor node, and transmit a message related to the retrieved event information to a backend server to cause the backend server to initiate the dispatched logistics operation related to the storage receptacle.

An enhanced connected logistics receptacle system that selectively retrieves and reports event information to a backend server to initiate a dispatched logistics operation related to a delivery item. The system includes a storage receptacle for receiving the delivery item, a bridge node mounted to the storage receptacle, and a wireless accessory sensor node coupled to a plurality of sensors. The wireless accessory sensor node is operative to detect a change in state of the storage receptacle based upon sensor data, record timestamped information reflecting the detected change in state, and broadcast an updated advertising signal having a data available flag set within the updated advertising signal. The bridge node processor is operative to detect the data available flag, selectively retrieve event information from the wireless accessory sensor node, and transmit the retrieved event information to the backend server to cause the backend server to initiate the dispatched logistics operation.

A system for receiving and temporarily maintaining a delivery item and dynamically initiating a dispatched logistics operation for a storage receptacle. The storage receptacle has an entrance opening for receiving the delivery item, a temporary storage area for temporarily maintaining the delivery item once deposited with the storage receptacle, and a retrieval door providing selective access to the temporary storage area. The system includes a backend server that maintains a management profile related to the storage receptacle, a bridge node mounted to the storage receptacle, and a wireless accessory sensor node having at least one sensor that monitors for a change in state of the storage receptacle. The wireless accessory sensor node broadcasts an updated advertising signal. The bridge node transmits retrieved event information to the backend server at a reporting time, and the backend server initiates the dispatched logistics operation from comparing the retrieved event information to location information.

A centrally managed system for tuning a plurality of enhanced node-based logistics receptacles includes a backend server, a first enhanced node-based logistics receptacles, and a second node-based logistics receptacles. The backend server transmits a first setup message to a first bridge node, transmits a second setup message to a second bridge node, receives retrieved first event information from the first bridge node and retrieved second event information from the second bridge node, compares the retrieved first event information with a management profile and compares the retrieved second event information with the management profile, revises the management profile based upon the comparison of the retrieved first event information with the management profile and the comparison of the retrieved second event information with the management profile, and transmits an adjustment message that is based upon the revised management profile to the first bridge node.

A package locker moves packages vertically and/or horizontally to different locker compartments to create additional space at the top to receive additional packages. The packages may be delivered by an unmanned aerial vehicle. The package locker includes a locker bay including a first locker compartment and a second locker compartment. The first locker compartment overlies the second locker compartment. The first and second locker compartments each having an interior sized and shaped to hold a package. The first locker compartment includes a floor. The floor is arrangeable in a first position where the floor is arranged to support the package in the interior of the first locker compartment and in a second position where the floor is arranged to permit the package to fall, under the influence of gravity, from the interior of the first locker compartment into the interior of the second locker compartment.

A parcel delivery security container includes a bottom panel, side panels, a lid, an electromagnetic lock assembly, an input device, a barcode scanner, a microprocessor, and a power source. The side panels are transverse to the bottom panel to form an open-ended compartment. The lid is pivotably connected to one of the side panels to selectively open and close the compartment. The electromagnetic lock assembly releasably locks the lid when closed. The input device is on an outer surface of the security container to permit a user to enter information. The barcode scanner is on an outer surface of the security container to scan barcodes on parcels. The microprocessor is operatively connected to the input device, the barcode scanner, and the electromagnetic lock assembly to control locking and unlocking thereof. The power is operatively connected to the input device, the barcode scanner, the electromagnetic lock assembly, and the microprocessor.

An enhanced node-based connected logistics receptacle system includes a storage receptacle, a bridge node, and wireless accessory sensor node with at least one sensor monitoring for a change in state of the storage receptacle. The system's wireless accessory sensor node detects the storage receptacle's state change based upon sensor data, records timestamped information reflecting the detected change, and broadcasts a signal with a flag set indicating there is event information available for upload. The system's bridge node is operative to detect the flag set, retrieve the event information available for upload from the wireless accessory sensor node, and transmit a message related to the retrieved event information to a backend server to cause the backend server to initiate the dispatched logistics operation related to the storage receptacle.

The package holder incorporates a front cover having several rungs assembled in a cascading, accordion style that when the front cover is in its expanded position to cover the interior cavity of the package holder, the several rungs are fully expanded and when the front cover is in its collapsed position, the several rungs fit together. The package holder includes a frame structure having one or more back surfaces and a bottom surface. The back surface is mountable using fasteners to a physical surface of a property. The package holder incorporates electronic and computer based locking mechanisms as well as non-electronic locking mechanisms. The package holder incorporates tracking sensing systems to track a package from a third-party delivery service that can automatically access the interior cavity of the package holder. A user can access the package from an interior of a property through an opening of the package holder.