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 transport equipment label. A delivery-item transport equipment label is scanned. At least one of a first identifier that is attached to a bracket or an RFID chip that is attached to the bracket is scanned to associate the delivery-item transport equipment label with 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 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 transport equipment label, the method comprising:
- scanning a delivery-item transport equipment label;
- scanning at least one of a first identifier that is attached to a bracket or an RFID chip that is attached to the bracket to associate the delivery-item transport equipment label with 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 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, the method comprising:
- attaching a delivery-item transport equipment label to a bracket that is attached to the delivery-item transport equipment;
- scanning the delivery-item transport equipment label and at least one of a first identifier on the bracket or a second identifier on the bracket to associate the delivery-item transport equipment label with the second identifier;
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- scanning the second identifier during or after movement of the delivery-item transport equipment to identify a location of the delivery-item transport equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.