Patent ID: 7363233

Claim:
A method for routing a physical object in a transportation network, comprising: storing, in a first database, a first address and a first functional property code associated with a first point to be routed, wherein the first address is the first point of routing a physical object, and wherein the first functional property code describes an intended purpose or property for contents of the physical object routed from the first address; storing, in a second database, a second address and a second functional property code associated with a second point, wherein the second functional property code describes an intended purpose or property for contents of the physical object routed to the second address, wherein the second address describes a second point of routing the physical object, the second point being a requested destination point of the physical object; storing, in the second database, a third functional property code and a third address associated with the second address, wherein the third functional property code describes an intended purpose or property for contents of the physical object routed to the third address, wherein the third address describes a third point of routing the physical object, the third point is a destination point of the physical object if the second functional property code is not compatible with the first functional property code; obtaining the first address, the first functional property code, the second address, and the second functional property code associated with the physical object; determining the third address in the electronic processing environment if the first functional property code is not compatible with the second functional property code, wherein the third address reflects a match between the obtained first functional property code and the stored third functional property code associated with the second address; sending the third address to the first point if the first functional property code is not compatible with the second functional property code; and routing an object to the third point based on the third address.