ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,175, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to United States Postal Service (Washington).

"System and method for optimizing delivery route based on mobile device analytics" was invented by Anoosha Koohi (McLean, Va.) and Charles P. McLellan (Fairfax, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a system for analyzing a route traveled by an item carrier is disclosed. The system comprises a memory circuit and a hardware processor. The memory circuit is configured to store location data points and acceleration data points received from sensors. The hardware processor is configured to receive the location and the acceleration data points f...