ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,722, issued on March 25, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).
"Location tracking using beacons" was invented by Daniel Paul Tyler (Louisville, Ky.) and Balakrishna Subramaniam (Prospect, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for tracking the location of an asset may utilize wireless asset beacons broadcasting asset information/data and powered asset beacons secured relative to movable powered assets. The powered asset beacons may be configured to receive signals transmitted from the asset beacons and to ascertain a relative location between the asset beacon and the powered asset to determ...