Patent ID: 7912854
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of mining address data to locate a preferred address for each of a plurality of parcels, comprising: maintaining a package-level detail database of active shipment records, each active shipment record comprising an active tracking number, an active ship-to address, and an active delivery pattern code; maintaining an electronic archive of delivery records, each delivery record comprising a past tracking number, a past ship-to address, a past delivery pattern code, and a stop identifier; receiving address indicia data associated with a current parcel; assigning a mining key to said current parcel, said mining key comprising a parcel tracking number and a current delivery pattern code related to said address indicia; comparing said mining key to said package-level detail database and said archive by having one or more computer components execute logic for: building a set of mined data comprising said select delivery records and said select active shipment records; prioritizing said set of mined data in order of the records most closely associated with said mining key, such that a preferred address related to said mining key occurs first, by having said one or more computer components execute logic for: assigning said preferred address to said current parcel for delivery.