ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,184, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Federal Express Corp. (Memphis, Tenn.).
"Node-enabled logistics receptacle in a wireless node network" was invented by Ole-Petter Skaaksrud (Germantown, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and an assembly apparatus are described for operating a node-enabled logistics receptacle in a wireless node network having at least a first node related to an item being shipped. The method generally begins with the node-enabled logistics receptacle detecting a signal broadcast by the first node, such as when a package having the first node approaches the receptacle. The method then associates the n...