I originally conceived this product as part of a job interview practicum. Over time, I found myself coming back to it and refining the ideas within. Eventually, some colleagues convinced me to pursue patents for some of the ideas. And I'm glad I did! I was awarded patents for two of the concepts I created as part of Stork:

1. StorkBox (US-11713116-B1) This is a reimagining of the Amazon, Temu, Walmart and Target-tattooed cardboard perched on porches around the world. What if all of your eCommerce orders were delivered in a 100% recycled corrugated plastic box and secured with a locking mechanism that only you could open? There's a shortwave radio tracker embedded in the box as well, so the retailer and/or logistics provider can track it should it go missing. Sadly, while novel in concept, the packaging would likely be cost-prohibitive to produce in practice. So I assume the StorkBox will never see the light of day.
2. FleetPrime (US-11853957-B1): What if instead of blue and brown trucks dropping parcels on our porches, a buzzing drove of drones delivered our goods? And what if that drone and the massive fleet it was a part of were controlled by an AI designed to ensure all packages were delivered as quickly and as economically as possible? That's what FleetPrime is all about.

Note: FleetPrime is actually 1 of 3 purpose-built AI that I expected would power Stork. You can read more about the other two "Primes" in the deck. And yes, their names were definitely inspired by transformative 80's robots.