ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,970, issued on April 7, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"System and method for intermodal facility management" was invented by Robert Cleveland Darwin II (Arlington, Texas), Gregory Edward Kolesar (Fort Worth, Texas), Joseph C. Lumbert (Fort Worth, Texas) and Mitchel Varela (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intermodal facility management system for facilitating delivery, pickup, facility access, and cargo management is presented. The system can receive data from clients within proximity of one or more wireless beacons. The system can capture data from clients that ingress or egress into or out...