Patent ID: 8477151

Claim:
A method comprising: translating a first living unit identifier associated with a first living unit into a first geographic location point, the first geographic location point being within a distribution area serviced by a telecommunications services provider; delineating, with a processor, a first closed plane figure that bounds the first geographic location point, the delineating based on a plurality of geographic location points surrounding the first geographic location point, each of the plurality of geographic location points corresponding to a respective living unit identifier different from the first living unit identifier, wherein the first closed plane figure is a first Thiessen polygon; delineating, with the processor, a second closed plane figure that bounds a second geographic location point, the second geographic location point associated with a second living unit identifier corresponding to a second living unit within the distribution area; and creating a distribution area figure representing the distribution area serviced by the telecommunications services provider by joining the first closed plane figure and the second closed plane figure when the first living unit and the second living unit are serviced by a same cross-box.