Patents by Inventor Ted Abebe

Ted Abebe 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: 20240053429
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Scott Alan LOVERICH, Ted ABEBE, Lawrence A. LAGROSA, Richard Allen KERSLAKE, Jonathan C. GRAY, Carl M. SKONBERG
  • Patent number: 11841452
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Alan Loverich, Ted Abebe, Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Richard Allen Kerslake, Jonathan C. Gray, Carl M. Skonberg
  • Publication number: 20230259875
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for autonomously predicting shipper behavior. An example method includes the following operations. One or more learning models are generated. Shipper behavior data for at least one shipper is extracted. The shipper behavior data includes a plurality of features associated with the at least one shipper scheduled to ship one or more parcels. It is predicted whether one or more shipments will be sent or arrive at a particular time based at least in part on running the plurality of features of the at least one shipper through the one or more learning models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Ted ABEBE, Ed HOJECKI, Ilya LAVRIK, Vinay RAO, Donald HICKEY
  • Patent number: 11686808
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Alan Loverich, Ted Abebe, Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Richard Allen Kerslake, Jonathan C. Gray, Carl M. Skonberg
  • Patent number: 11651326
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for autonomously predicting shipper behavior. An example method includes the following operations. One or more learning models are generated. Shipper behavior data for at least one shipper is extracted. The shipper behavior data includes a plurality of features associated with the at least one shipper scheduled to ship one or more parcels. It is predicted whether one or more shipments will be sent or arrive at a particular time based at least in part on running the plurality of features of the at least one shipper through the one or more learning models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ted Abebe, Ed Hojecki, Ilya Lavrik, Vinay Rao, Donald Hickey
  • Publication number: 20220050166
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Scott Alan Loverich, Ted Abebe, Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Richard Allen Kerslake, Jonathan C. Gray, Carl M. Skonberg
  • Patent number: 11105887
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Alan Loverich, Ted Abebe, Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Richard Allen Kerslake, Jonathan C. Gray, Carl M. Skonberg
  • Publication number: 20210088620
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Scott Alan Loverich, Ted Abebe, Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Richard Allen Kerslake, Jonathan C. Gray, Carl M. Skonberg
  • Publication number: 20210042871
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide a system and method for generating mobile mesh networks that monitor multi-package shipments. In embodiments, mobile mesh networks are created using a plurality of devices that are associated with and travel with packages in a multi-package shipment. The plurality of devices are configured to form a mesh network: some devices act as child nodes and at least one device acts as a parent node. In embodiments, the devices acting as child nodes provide information to the device acting as the parent node through the mesh network. Then, the device acting as the parent node provides information to an external device for monitoring purposes. As such, a portion or all of the packages in a multi-package shipment are monitored using the device acting as the parent node as a proxy for the packages in the multi-package shipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Carl M. Skonberg, Ted Abebe, Daniel Paul Tyler
  • Patent number: 10859665
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Alan Loverich, Ted Abebe, Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Richard Allen Kerslake, Jonathan C. Gray, Carl M. Skonberg
  • Publication number: 20200209342
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: SCOTT ALAN LOVERICH, Ted Abebe, Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Richard Allen Kerslake, Jonathan C. Gray, Carl M. Skonberg
  • Patent number: 10495723
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Alan Loverich, Ted Abebe, Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Richard Allen Kerslake, Jonathan C. Gray, Carl M. Skonberg
  • Publication number: 20190205829
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for autonomously clustering shipping units. An example method includes accessing clustering information units from a clustering data management tool. The example method further includes extracting features from clustering information units, wherein the features are representative of one or more of the shipper behavior data and the package information. Exemplary shipping units are shippers, buildings handling packages, package delivery drivers, and package handlers. The example method further includes generating, using a shipping unit clustering learning model and the features, an output comprising cluster of shipping units. Corresponding apparatuses and non-transitory computer readable storage media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ted Abebe, Ed Hojecki, Colette Malyack, Donald Hickey
  • Publication number: 20190156253
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for autonomously generating volume forecasts. An example method includes accessing volume information units from a volume forecast data management tool. The example method further includes extracting features from volume information units, wherein the features are representative of one or more of a package received time, or package information. The features can be categorized by different hierarchical level information. The example method further includes generating, using a volume forecast learning model and the features, an output comprising a volume forecast for a particular hierarchical level. Corresponding apparatuses and non-transitory computer readable storage media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Collette Malyack, Ted Abebe, Donald Hickey, Ed Hojecki, I. Lavrik, Vinay Rao
  • Publication number: 20190156283
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for autonomously predicting shipper behavior. An example method includes the following operations. One or more learning models are generated. Shipper behavior data for at least one shipper is extracted. The shipper behavior data includes a plurality of features associated with the at least one shipper scheduled to ship one or more parcels. It is predicted whether one or more shipments will be sent or arrive at a particular time based at least in part on running the plurality of features of the at least one shipper through the one or more learning models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ted Abebe, Ed Hojecki, I. Lavrik, Vinay Rao, Donald Hickey
  • Patent number: 10281555
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Alan Loverich, Ted Abebe, Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Richard Allen Kerslake, Jonathan C. Gray, Carl M. Skonberg
  • Patent number: 10126403
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Alan Loverich, Ted Abebe, Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Richard Allen Kerslake, Jonathan C. Gray, Carl M. Skonberg
  • Publication number: 20170255489
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a distributed computing task processor comprising a central computing entity and one or more mobile computing entities. The central computing entity is configured to generate task records corresponding to one or more tasks and to delegate various tasks to the one or more mobile computing entities. The mobile computing entities, in turn, are configured to complete the assigned tasks by retrieving data from various locations within a physical environment and/or by generating data locally on the mobile computing entity to be included in the task record to complete the task. The mobile computing entities may be configured to transmit the updated task records to the central computing entity for storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Ted Abebe, Jonathan C. Gray, Richard Allen Kerslake, Timothy D. Karnes, Edward J. Nadrotowicz, JR., Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Joseph S. Rizzo, JR., Scott Alan Loverich
  • Patent number: 9658310
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Alan Loverich, Ted Abebe, Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Richard Allen Kerslake, Jonathan C. Gray, Carl M. Skonberg
  • Publication number: 20170108577
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the sorting of assets to sort locations. In various embodiments, a sort employee scans an asset indicia using a user device, which stores asset data corresponding to the stored asset. As the sort employee nears a sort location (e.g., a delivery vehicle) with the asset and the user device, the user device automatically communicates wirelessly with a sort location receiver to associate the asset data with data indicative of the sort location where the user deposits the asset. In various embodiments, a device may determine whether the user device is proximate the appropriate sort location for the item, and may generate an alert upon a determination that the user device is proximate an incorrect sort location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: SCOTT ALAN LOVERICH, Ted Abebe, Lawrence A. Lagrosa, Richard Allen Kerslake, Jonathan C. Gray, Carl M. Skonberg