ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,914, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to United Parcel Service of America Inc. (Atlanta).
"Biometric authentication to facilitate shipment processing" was invented by Juan Perez (Milton, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user request associated with a first user and a shipment of one or more items is received. A prompt that the first user provide one or more biometric identifiers is provided. The prompt selectively excludes a request for billing information from the first user. A least partially in response to the providing of the prompt, at least a first biometric identifier of the first user is obtained. At least partially in res...