ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,182, issued on April 29, was assigned to CarsArrive Network Inc. (Mesa, Ariz.).
"Location-based transportation network" was invented by Michael Briggs (Chandler, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A location-based transportation network for a transportation process is disclosed. The transportation process may be divided into the following stages: identification, communication, agreement, shipment, and payment. With identification, one party to the transport of the good is identified to the other party (e.g., potential carriers to a shipper, or potential shippers to a carrier). In the second stage, the shipper(s) and carrier(s) commu...