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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nagesh Kadaba, Brookfield, CT (US);
Hridai Moktan, Brookfield, CT (US);
Mark Patel, Norwalk, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Parcel Serivce of America, Inc., Atlanta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ;
Abstract
A delivery tracking system for tracking parcels during an internal state of delivery within an organization after receipt of the parcel from a parcel delivery service. The system utilizes an intelligent, hand-held, portable data entry and data processing device to obtain signatures of recipients and scan codes printed on the parcel labels, and to respond to tracking inquiries prior to transferring collected information to a different computer. Data is entered on a touch-sensitive screen of personal digital assistant using the tip of a wand type bar code scanner.
Published as:
WO9613015A2; EP0787334A2; EP0787334B1; ATE169417T1; DE69503916D1; ES2124023T3; DE69503916T2; DK0787334T3; CA2200874C; US6285916B1; JP2001525775A; WO9613015A3; JP3401010B2;