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

Claim 0:
1. A method of processing items in a delivery stream to be delivered, the method comprising:
receiving a first item to be delivered;
identifying, on the first item, source information and a delivery point for the first item to be delivered;
identifying secondary information of the first item to be delivered based on the source information, the secondary information comprising one or more preference categories;
storing the source information, the delivery point, and the secondary information in a database;
creating associations between the source information, the delivery point, and the secondary information, in the database;
receiving a request to identify at least one delivery point associated with a specific preference category;
determining whether the database comprises information and associations necessary to perform the requested identification;
identifying 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;
adding the additional information to the database;
updating 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
completing the identification based on the received request and the additional information and additional associations in the database.