Patent ID: 8140551

Claim:
A method for matching delivery point addresses, comprising: providing a delivery point database of addresses of delivery points in an item delivery system, the delivery point database including: a base address record including a base address of a specific delivery point in the item delivery system and a delivery point identification key corresponding to the specific delivery point, and an alternate address record including an alternate address of the specific delivery point and the delivery point identification key corresponding to the specific delivery point, wherein the delivery point identification key comprises a delivery point key and a record type, and the delivery point key comprises data derived independently from the alternate address and the base address; receiving an item for delivery to the specific delivery point, the item including only the alternate address of the specific delivery point; locating the alternate address record in the delivery point database based on the alternate address included on the item; using the delivery point identification key from the alternate address record to locate the base address record in the delivery point database; and outputting the base address of the specific delivery point for use in delivery of the item to the specific delivery point.