Patent ID: 11907891
Assignee: UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A system for processing items in a delivery stream to be delivered, the system comprising:
a memory circuit comprising a database configured to maintain associations between name and address information, source information, delivery point, and secondary information stored in the database;
a communication interface configured to receive a request to analyze the information stored and associated in the database; and
a hardware processor configured to:
identify, on a first item, the source information and the delivery point of the first item to be delivered;
identify, based on the source information, the secondary information of the first item to be delivered, the secondary information comprising one or more preference categories;
store the source information, the delivery point, and the secondary information in the database;
create associations between the source information, the delivery point, and the secondary information in the database;
receive a request to identify at least one delivery point associated with a specific preference category;
determine whether the database comprises information and associations necessary to perform the requested identification;
identify additional information and additional associations based on a determination that the information and associations are insufficient to perform the requested identification, wherein the additional information and additional associations are sufficient to perform the requested identification;
add the additional information to the database;
update the associations in the database to include the additional associations based on the additional information and the information and associations stored in the database; and
complete the identification based on the received request and the additional information and additional associations in the database.