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Decentralized tracking and routing system wherein packages are associated with active tags

  • US 5,627,517 A
  • Filed: 11/01/1995
  • Issued: 05/06/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of managing a plurality of non-self-propelled packages in a distribution system, comprising the steps of:

  • physically associating with each package a package transceiver including a processor associated therewith;

    disposing at each of a plurality of fixed nodes in the distribution system a location transceiver, each location transceiver adapted to communicate a unique location code to a package transceiver at the node;

    programming each processor with a destination code representative of a location in the distribution system where the package is intended to be disposed; and

    a package transceiver transmitting an activity signal in response to receiving a location code of a location transceiver related to the destination code.

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