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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2023
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Alison Frankowski Turner, Arlington, VA (US);
Marc D. McCrery, Arlington, VA (US);
James J. Boldt, Leesburg, VA (US);
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system and method of augmenting a delivery route. Exemplary methods include first location information from a first position device and receiving second location information from a second position device, storing first and second location information, and determining, based on at least one of the first and second information, a time and a location for each of a plurality of stops. Exemplary methods also include reconciling determined time and locations of each of the plurality of stops with a stored route, the stops having a stored location and a stored time associated therewith and estimating a plurality of transition times between pairs of the plurality of stops. Exemplary methods include constructing an updated timeline based on the plurality of stored stops, the plurality of determined stops, and the plurality of transition times and updating the delivery route based on the constructed timeline.