US Patent Issued to Federal Express on April 7 for "Connected logistics receptacle apparatus, systems, and methods with proactive unlocking functionality related to a dispatched logistics operation by a mobile logistics asset having an associated mobile transceiver" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,987, issued on April 7, was assigned to Federal Express Corp. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Connected logistics receptacle apparatus, systems, and methods with proactive unlocking functionality related to a dispatched logistics operation by a mobile logistics asset having an associated mobile transceiver" was invented by Ole-Petter Skaaksrud (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved connected logistics receptacle system with proactive unlocking functionality related to a dispatched logistics operation by a mobile logistics asset having an associated mobile transceiver. The system includes a storage receptacle for receiving a...