Patent ID: 11858005
Assignee: UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A delivery item sorting system for designating an output location to a scanner operator, the system comprising:
a scanner that captures address information from delivery items;
a plurality of indicator devices at a plurality of sort output locations;
a storage device that contains a sort plan; and
a processor that is operably connected to the scanner, the plurality of indicator devices, and the storage device, and that is configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from the scanner, address information from a delivery item;
determining, based on the address information and the sort plan, a sort output location for the delivery item from among the plurality of sort output locations;
determining which indicator device from among the plurality of indicator devices is at the sort output location for the delivery item;
sending a command to the indicator device that is at the sort output location which causes the indicator device to present a designator that represents the scanner;
receiving, from the scanner, second address information from a second delivery item;
sending a cease command to the indicator device in response to receiving the second address information, wherein the cease command causes the indicator device to cease presenting the designator,
detecting a second scanner that captures address information from delivery items; and
sending commands to the plurality of indicator devices which causes a second indicator device among the plurality of indicator devices to present a second designator that represents the second scanner.