US Patent Issued to United States Postal Service on Jan. 27 for "Systems and methods for item tracking and delivery" (District Of Columbia, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,492, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to United States Postal Service (Washington).

"Systems and methods for item tracking and delivery" was invented by Rosemarie Bolha (Washington) and Stephen M. Dearing (Herndon, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for tracking the progress of item delivery delivering items. In some embodiments, item delivery can use a mobile device to track the location, current route, and cargo for a vehicle they are using to deliver items. A central server can receive this information and determine a docking and staffing plan for an item delivery facility based on the information."

The patent ...