Patent ID: 7542972
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
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 in associated memory, 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 in said memory, 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 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, wherein said step of prioritizing said set of mined data comprises having at least one of said one or more computer components execute logic for: assigning said preferred address to said current parcel for delivery.