Patent ID: 8335693
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of identifying a source of misrouted items in a delivery network, the delivery network having a plurality of nodes comprising a delivery route, the method comprising: receiving data indicative of the detection of an item at least at some of the plurality of nodes in the delivery network, the data comprising a plurality of records which are each associated with the item as detected at one of the nodes, each of the plurality records having a destination code data field indicative of the a delivery destination for the item; determining, by a processor, a first destination code among the records; identifying, by a processor, a second destination code among the plurality of records, the second destination code being different from the first destination code; and determining, by a processor, based on the location associated with the record having the second destination code, the source of the misrouted item.