ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,996, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).
"Confidence ratings for delivery of items" was invented by Jay Christian Staples (Duluth, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities for determining/identifying confidence ratings/indicators for delivery of items. In one embodiment, this comprises determining a number of location events that occurred within a zone of confidence for delivery an item to a serviceable address; and responsive to determining the number of location events that occurred within the zone of confidence ...