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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2015
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Stephen M. Dearing, Herndon, VA (US);
C. Scot Atkins, Chantilly, VA (US);
James DeForrest Wilson, Collierville, TN (US);
Scott R. Bombaugh, Burke, VA (US);
Carla F. Sherry, Annandale, VA (US);
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for handling a plurality items by using a sorter to receive items and obtain item information and delivery destinations from the items. A run manifest is generated having an item identifier and a destination for each of the plurality of items. The run manifest data is used in a routing module to generate dynamic routes for delivering the plurality of items, and generating a sequence identifier for each of the plurality of items according to the dynamically generated routes.