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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2009
Mark T. Neebe, Catonsville, MD (US);
Paul J. Speese, Doylestown, PA (US);
Randall Keith Neilson, Crownsville, MD (US);
Mark T. Neebe, Catonsville, MD (US);
Paul J. Speese, Doylestown, PA (US);
Randall Keith Neilson, Crownsville, MD (US);
Norththrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Abstract
A system for managing a plurality of carriers in a mail sorting facility includes a server configured to create, implement and/or execute a sort plan, a plurality of terminals disposed on the plurality of carriers and each configured to send a wireless beacon signal and at least one gateway in communication with the server and configured to receive the wireless beacon signals from the terminals. The terminals preferably each include an alert mechanism. Preferably, the server is further configured to determine the location of a terminal based on the beacon signal transmitted by the terminals to the servers via the at least one gateway and configured to compare the location of each terminal to the location required by the sort plan and to activate the alert mechanism in any terminal determined to be in an incorrect location.