ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,006, issued on Nov. 11.

"Transport system and program" was invented by Kazunori Fujisawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a transport system that can meet diverse user needs. The transport system is provided with one or more management servers, an AGV having an accommodation part with which to accommodate, at a nearest location, a product purchased in an e-commerce transaction, and a user terminal that instructs the management server or the AGV to transport the product, wherein the user terminal is provided with an instruction interface for issuing an instruction to pick up the product using the AGV as a pickup metho...