Patent ID: 8150705

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of identifying distribution anomalies in a multi-point, automated, item delivery system, the method comprising: receiving, by the computer, data obtained from first and second locations on an item transiting the delivery system, the item including a destination address present at a third location thereon, the first, second and third locations being different from each other, and the data obtained from the first location being indicative of a first destination delivery code and the data obtained from the second location being indicative of a second destination delivery code, wherein the item is to be delivered to a destination represented by one of the destination delivery codes; detecting, by the computer, a discrepancy between the first destination delivery code and the second destination delivery code to signal a misrouted item; determining, by the computer, which of the first and second destination delivery codes is the correct delivery code; and producing, by the computer, a notification indicative of the discrepancy.