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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2017
Applicant:

Engineering Innovation, Inc., Lafayette, IN (US);

Inventor:

Ronald Robbins, Lafayette, IN (US);

Assignee:

Engineering Innovation, Inc., Lafayette, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 3/00 (2006.01); B07C 5/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); B07C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 3/00 (2013.01); B07C 5/00 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); B07C 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method of dynamically sorting items for delivery to diverse destinations in which at least one target location changes during the sorting process using an electronic array that correlates diverse destinations to target locations for sorting, wherein the electronic array changes based upon criteria relating to the results of the sort resulting in the removal of a first set of items from one target location while leaving a second set in the target location and placing the first set in another target location to adapt to the changed array and thereafter continuing to sort further items according to the changed array while some items remain in their initial target locations. Additionally disclosed is a system and method of sorting which electronically identifies items destined for the same address that are commingled with items to diverse destinations, and allows for their separation and bundling responsive to the electronic identification and allows for payment for delivery charges based upon a bundle rather than the individual items included in the bundle.


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