US Patent Issued to United States Postal Service on Sept. 1 for "Accurate tracking of item delivery using a confidence event recorder" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,113, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to United States Postal Service (Washington).

"Accurate tracking of item delivery using a confidence event recorder" was invented by Stephen M. Dearing (Herndon, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for accurately sort items for delivery and track the delivery of items in an item distribution network using a purpose built confidence event recorder. Items can then be tracked while out for delivery through the use of confidence data recorded by a confidence event recorder carried by an item carrier. Confidence data can be used to accurately record when and where item carriers deliv...