US Patent Issued to Federal Express on Oct. 27 for "Apparatus, systems, and methods for enhanced interaction with a node-based logistics receptacle during an external drop off of a delivery item by a parcel customer operating a mobile user device" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,058, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Federal Express Corp. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Apparatus, systems, and methods for enhanced interaction with a node-based logistics receptacle during an external drop off of a delivery item by a parcel customer operating a mobile user device" was invented by Ole-Petter Skaaksrud (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for enhanced interaction with a node-based logistics receptacle. The system includes a wireless accessory sensor node on the receptacle that monitors one or more of storage receptacle components of the receptacle to generate internal sensor data and that monitors a lo...