Patents by Inventor Alison Frankowski Turner

Alison Frankowski Turner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240095658
    Abstract: The integrated logistics ecosystem is a hybrid system for creating datasets and services that are utilized in a logistics network. This system provides an inventory of data objects, access layers, and services which perform across various tenants of the system. These tenants may be made up of several architectural components such as transportation management, freight payment, integrated GPS, transportation visibility, logistics gateway, contract management system, freight auction, fuel management, surface visibility, workforce management, and integrated control tower components. Each of these is integrated into the system as a whole to ensure dynamic communication and process execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Alison Frankowski Turner, Farah Bandukwala
  • Publication number: 20230143826
    Abstract: A system and method of augmenting a delivery route. Exemplary methods include first location information from a first position device and receiving second location information from a second position device, storing first and second location information, and determining, based on at least one of the first and second information, a time and a location for each of a plurality of stops. Exemplary methods also include reconciling determined time and locations of each of the plurality of stops with a stored route, the stops having a stored location and a stored time associated therewith and estimating a plurality of transition times between pairs of the plurality of stops. Exemplary methods include constructing an updated timeline based on the plurality of stored stops, the plurality of determined stops, and the plurality of transition times and updating the delivery route based on the constructed timeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Alison Frankowski Turner, Marc D. McCrery, James J. Boldt
  • Patent number: 11543254
    Abstract: A system and method of augmenting a delivery route. The method comprises receiving first location information from a first position device and receiving second location information from a second position device. The method further comprises storing the first and second location information in a memory structure and determining, based on at least one of the first and second information, a time and a location for each of a plurality of stops. The method also comprises reconciling the determined time and location of each of the plurality of stops with a stored route comprising a plurality of stored stops, the stored stops having a stored location and a stored time associated therewith and estimating a plurality of transition times between pairs of the plurality of stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Alison Frankowski Turner, Marc D. McCrery, James J. Boldt
  • Publication number: 20220373352
    Abstract: System and methods described herein relate to a driving speed matrix and a traffic control point matrix based on breadcrumb data. Standardized routes and times can be determined based on the breadcrumb data, and the standardized routes and times can be mapped onto a plurality of routes. Based on standardized times for routes, routes can be adjusted or optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Alison Frankowski Turner, Marc D. McCrery, James J. Boldt
  • Publication number: 20200334637
    Abstract: Methods and systems for coordinating item delivery are disclosed. In one aspect, a method comprises receiving delivery route data from a carrier device, generating, based on the delivery route data, a digital route for a delivery resource, the digital route comprising a street portion and an office portion, wherein the street portion comprises: a plurality of delivery points at which the carrier is to perform a service, and a segmented travel course for the carrier to travel to each of the plurality of delivery points in a determined sequence, and wherein the office portion comprises details regarding one or more office activities performed by the carrier to prepare for or conclude the street portion of a delivery route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Alison Frankowski Turner, Marc D. McCrery, James J. Boldt
  • Publication number: 20200292346
    Abstract: A system and method of augmenting a delivery route. The method comprises receiving first location information from a first position device and receiving second location information from a second position device. The method further comprises storing the first and second location information in a memory structure and determining, based on at least one of the first and second information, a time and a location for each of a plurality of stops. The method also comprises reconciling the determined time and location of each of the plurality of stops with a stored route comprising a plurality of stored stops, the stored stops having a stored location and a stored time associated therewith and estimating a plurality of transition times between pairs of the plurality of stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Alison Frankowski Turner, Marc D. McCrery, James J. Boldt