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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2019
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Stephen M. Dearing, Herndon, VA (US);
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for real-time or near real-time updates to a label affixed to an item being transported within a distribution network. Systems may include a dynamically configurable label including an electronic display configured to display any desired sequence of alphanumeric characters and/or symbols. Dynamically configurable labels may further include one or more remote communication interfaces, such that a command to update the displayed label information may be sent to the dynamically configurable label from a remote location, such as a server or other administrative computing device. Updates to the dynamically configurable labels may be implemented based on a predetermined sequence of conditional label information and/or may be determined and implemented in real-time or near real-time based on item information updates, detected conditions, delivery errors, or the like.