Concepts for identifying an asset sort location

US10859665B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. · US

Inventors

• Scott Alan Loverich · Westwood, US
• Ted Abebe · Jersey City, US
• Lawrence A. Lagrosa · Piscataway, US
• Richard Allen Kerslake · Norwood, US
• Jonathan C. Gray · Bound Brook, US
• Carl M. Skonberg · Wyckoff, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 17, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 8, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S10/50
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.