US Patent Issued to United States Postal Service on Aug. 11 for "Package delivery management systems and methods" (Virginia, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,567, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to United States Postal Service (Washington).

"Package delivery management systems and methods" was invented by Angela Dawn Lawson (Cambridge, Mass.), Fatema Momenni Kennedy (Dumfries, Va.) and Junghyun Hwang (Herndon, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for tracking and managing package delivery within a distribution network. Many events happen during the processing, moving, and delivery of a package. Systems and methods herein identify whether all expected events occur, whether scan locations are correct, whether delivery times are met, and other requirements. Problems or pote...