Patent ID: 8306923
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of certifying a business entity comprising: receiving, from a driver of a parcel delivery vehicle, input regarding a location of the business entity, wherein each vehicle is conducting parcel delivery transactions as part of a parcel delivery route in which one or more parcels are picked up from consignors or delivered to consignees, and the business entity is at least one of a consignor, consignee, or an entity visited as part of carrying out the parcel delivery route; associating the business entity with a verified address corresponding to the location visited; determining a rating indicative of a legitimacy of the business entity, wherein the legitimacy of the business entity represents that the business entity exists and is independent of a quality of goods or services rendered by the business entity, and wherein the rating is at least partly determined by accessing information regarding previous parcel delivery transactions involving the business entity; associating the business entity with the rating; and providing for a display of the rating to a user, wherein the rating indicative of the legitimacy of the business entity provides an indication of a validity of the business entity for allowing the user to determine whether to engage the business entity in business transactions.