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- Patent Title: Concepts for identifying an asset sort location
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Application No.: US14741100Application Date: 2015-06-16
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Publication No.: US09658310B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Scott Alan Loverich , Ted Abebe , Lawrence A. Lagrosa , Richard Allen Kerslake , Jonathan C. Gray , Carl M. Skonberg
- Applicant: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: G01S5/00
- IPC: G01S5/00 ; G01S5/02 ; G06K7/10 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/06 ; G06K17/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160370452A1 CONCEPTS FOR IDENTIFYING AN ASSET SORT LOCATION Public/Granted day:2016-12-22
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