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US 11,113,657 B2Granted
Method and system for physical asset tracking
AssigneeLob.com, Inc.
InventorsLeore Avidar, Ami Wang, Manushika Yapa
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Abstract
A method for tracking physical assets can include: receiving a digital asset; determining an asset identifier for the digital asset; generating an asset barcode; optionally facilitating printing and sending of the asset to an asset recipient; determining an asset event for the asset; and notifying a sender of an asset event.
Claims20
A method for tracking an asset, comprising:
- receiving a digital version of the asset associated with a sender;
- determining an asset identifier for the asset;
- generating an asset barcode based on the asset identifier;
- transmitting the digital version to a printer, wherein the printer prints the asset and the asset barcode;
- determining a picked-up event for the asset, wherein the picked-up event represents asset pick-up from the printer by a delivery service, wherein the picked-up event is determined based on an invoice received from the delivery service, wherein the invoice comprises a first batch identifier and a pick-up timestamp, wherein the asset is associated with a second batch identifier, and wherein determining the picked-up event comprises associating the asset with the pick-up timestamp when the first batch identifier and the second batch identifier match;
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- notifying the sender of the picked-up event.
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A system for tracking an asset, comprising a processing system configured to:
- receive a digital version of the asset associated with a sender;
- determine an asset identifier for the asset;
- generate an asset barcode based on the asset identifier;
- transmit the digital version to a printer, wherein the printer prints the asset and the asset barcode;
- determine a picked-up event for the asset, wherein the picked-up event represents asset pick-up from the printer by a delivery service, wherein the picked-up event is determined based on an invoice received from the delivery service, wherein the invoice comprises a first batch identifier and a pick-up timestamp, and wherein the asset is associated with a second batch identifier, wherein determining the picked-up event comprises associating the asset with the pick-up timestamp when the first batch identifier and the second batch identifier match;
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- notify the sender of the picked-up event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.