US Patent Issued to United Parcel Service of America on Nov. 18 for "Computer applications that determine a parcel position error" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,427, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).

"Computer applications that determine a parcel position error" was invented by Mallory Freeman (Atlanta), Timothy Major (Atlanta), David Wu (Atlanta), Lauren Skorb (Atlanta) and Matthew Britton (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for determining a parcel position error based on a comparison of load data and configuration data are provided. Embodiments describe a number of methods of determining the parcel position error such as by determining a parcel path from the load data."

The patent was filed on Oct. 6, 2023, under...