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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2023
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Marc D. McCrery, Arlington, VA (US);
Donald Eugene Irwin, Fredericksburg, VA (US);
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A management system for managing the utilization of item receptacles in a distribution network. Items can be transferred to recipients at a limited number of item receptacles in unit delivery facilities of the distribution network. Item retrieval behavior is tracked to determine a recipient score for known recipients. Based on the recipient scores, subsequent items to be transferred can be placed in a receptacle or a storage area based on the associated recipient score. Placement in receptacles can be prioritized to recipients with low scores indicating that the item will likely be retrieved quickly, while items addressed to recipients with high scores may not be placed into a receptacle if receptacles are scarce.