Patent ID: 11883853
Assignee: UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A method of tracking distribution items, the method comprising:
creating, via a processor, placard information for an item container, the placard information comprising a computer readable code and destination information;
associating, in a memory, a unique computer readable identifier of the item container with the computer readable code of the placard information;
generating a closed event when the item container has received items planned to be sorted into the item container;
associating the closed event with the unique computer readable identifier of the item container;
receiving, via a scan by a reader, scanned data of the unique computer readable identifier of the item container;
querying the memory to identify destination information for the item container based on the scanned data of the unique computer readable identifier; and
directing the item container to a destination within a distribution facility according to the destination information.