ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,180, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAP SE (Walldorf, Germany).
"Automated cargo selection for transport system" was invented by Yan Chen (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for automated cargo selection in a transport system are provided. In some embodiments, a method comprises: receiving a list of materials to be received by a depot from a plurality of sources within a predetermined period of time; receiving a specification of materials to be received by a facility from the depot within the predetermined period of time; and generating a cargo plan based on the list and the specification, the cargo plan ...