Patent ID: 11928648
Assignee: UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for tracking items, the system comprising:
a memory circuit storing a plurality of digital identifiers, wherein each digital identifier of the plurality of digital identifiers is associated with corresponding item information;
a scanning device configured to:
scan a computer readable code on an item;

a server in communication with the scanning device, the server configured to:
receive, from the scanning device, the scanned computer readable code;
determine that the computer readable code cannot be read completely;
identify one or more readable portions of the computer readable code;
decode the one or more readable portions of the computer readable code;
predict a candidate digital identifier associated with the item based on the decoded one or more readable portions of the computer readable code;
query the memory circuit using the candidate digital identifier to identify a digital identifier from the plurality of digital identifiers that corresponds with the candidate digital identifier; and
retrieve the digital identifier and the item information associated with the digital identifier from the memory circuit.