ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,644, issued on May 13, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).

"Systems, methods, apparatuses and computer program products for providing notification of items for pickup and delivery" was invented by Asheesh Goja (Upper Saddle River, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for providing notification of items for pickup at a location. The apparatus may include at least one memory and a processor(s) configured to automatically send an electronic message to a network device requesting pickup of an item(s) at a location of a user of the apparatus responsive to detecting pressing of a button ...