Item attribute preverification

US7729957B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• United States Postal Service · US

Inventors

• John Sadler · Dunkirk, US
• Larry Goodman · Cerritos, US
• Robert Galaher · Annapolis, US
• Dana Nacke · Germantown, US
• William J. Gallagher · Hsinchu, TW
• Paul Bakshi · Fairfax Station, US
• Scott Lamoreux · Raleigh, US
• Hughes Pierce · Falls Church, US
• Robert Dvonch · Manassas, US
• Dana Foster · Noblesville, US
• EvaMarie Lizzol · Ashburn, US
• Lynn Hunsicker · Lorton, US
• Jim Hess · Pembroke, US
• John Sexton · Grenagh, IE
• Himesh Patel · Oak Hill Estates, US
• Robert Kooken · Boyds, US
• John Blalock · Fort Washington, US
• Diane Smith · Upper Marlboro, US
• Albert J. Johnson · Fairfax, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 24, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 1, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0283
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for providing attribute verification (330) consistent with the invention includes obtaining the attributes (320) of the item prior to placing the item in a delivery system (350), verifying correctness of the attributes (320), and transmitting an indication of the correctness of the attributes to a delivery system operator over a communications system (340).