Patent ID: 7779059

Claim:
A method for processing two different types of geographic address data sets to establish candidate matched data, comprising the steps of: entering address data into the system; accessing a point level address data set; determining if the point level data set contains an exact match to the entered address data; outputting any exact address data match from said point level data set; saving candidate address data matches from said point level data set when no exact match is determined as existing in said point level data set; accessing a centerline address data set; determining address candidate matches from said centerline address data set; scoring and matching candidate address data from both said point level data set and said centerline data set to said entered address data; outputting candidate address data and outputting only said point level candidate address data set matched to said input address data when said scoring step determines an equal score for candidate address data from said point level data set and from said centerline data set; wherein scoring and matching candidate address data from both said point level data set and said centerline data set to said entered address data is implemented in a single geocoding scoring and matching engine.