Transport equipment label bracket
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorClayton C. Bonnell
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Abstract
A method is provided for tracking and/or locating a delivery item. A first delivery-item transport equipment label is temporarily attached to a bracket, wherein the bracket includes a main body with a first identifier permanently attached to the bracket and a second identifier comprising a radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip permanently attached to the bracket. The first delivery-item transport equipment label and at least one of the first identifier and the second identifier are scanned to associate the first delivery-item transport equipment label with at least the RFID chip. The RFID chip is scanned during use of a delivery-item transport equipment to which the bracket is attached. A location of the first delivery-item transport equipment label is identified based on the scanning of the RFID chip.
Claims20
A method for tracking and/or locating a delivery item, comprising:
- temporarily attaching a first delivery-item transport equipment label to a bracket, wherein the bracket comprises a main body with a first identifier permanently attached to the bracket and a second identifier comprising a radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip permanently attached to the bracket;
- scanning the first delivery-item transport equipment label and at least one of the first identifier and the second identifier to associate the first delivery-item transport equipment label with at least the RFID chip;
- scanning the RFID chip during use of a delivery-item transport equipment to which the bracket is attached;
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- identifying a location of the first delivery-item transport equipment label based on the scanning of the RFID chip.
A method for tracking and/or locating a delivery-item transport equipment, comprising:
- permanently attaching a bracket to a surface of the delivery-item transport equipment;
- permanently attaching a first identifier to a first zone of the bracket;
- permanently attaching a second identifier to a second zone of the bracket;
- temporarily attaching a first delivery-item transport equipment label to the bracket;
- scanning the first delivery-item transport equipment label and at least one of the first identifier and the second identifier to associate the first delivery-item transport equipment label with at least the second identifier;
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- scanning at least the second identifier during or after movement of the delivery-item transport equipment to identify a first location of the delivery-item transport equipment and the first delivery-item transport equipment label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.