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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2019
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Scott Alan Loverich, Westwood, NJ (US);
Ted Abebe, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Richard Allen Kerslake, Norwood, NJ (US);
Jonathan C. Gray, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Carl M. Skonberg, Wykoff, NJ (US);
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC., Atlanta, GA (US);
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.