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1. A locker system operable with an encoded item issued to a user, each encoded item associated with an external identification (ID) code, the external ID codes being associated with an external system including an external access control system in communication with a point-of-sale terminal including a code entry device allowing entry of external ID codes from the encoded items as part of a sale transaction, the locker system comprising:
a locker having an electromechanically actuated lock; and a locker terminal in communication with the electromechanically actuated lock and the locker manager, the locker terminal comprising a processor, memory, and a code entry device for entering external ID codes from the encoded items, the locker terminal sending the external ID code entered when access to the locker is requested to the locker manager; and a locker manager in communication with the locker terminal and with the external system, the locker manager comprising a processor and memory, the memory storing validation codes, each validation code corresponding to at least a portion of one of the external ID codes, the locker manager receiving an activation request from the external system, the activation request generated during a sale of locker rights and comprising one of the external ID codes entered as part of the sale of locker rights, the locker manager storing the external ID code from the activation request in the memory as an active external ID code if a corresponding portion of the external ID code from the activation request matches one of the validation codes, the locker manager determining whether to authorize access to one of the lockers based on a comparison of the external ID code received from the locker terminal to the active external ID codes. |
