Method and system using delivery trucks to collect address location data
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for collecting data that relate addresses to map-referenced locations. A fleet of delivery trucks delivers items to locations throughout a geographic region. Each item to be delivered includes a tracking code. An electronic code reader device is used to record the tracking code of an item when the item is being delivered. A position determining device, such as a GPS unit, is used to determine a geographic position associated with the delivery of each item. Data indicating the tracking code of an item and the corresponding geographic position associated with the delivery are stored. Then, using data that indicate an address associated with each tracking code, each address is associated with a geographic position. This information is used to revise a geographic database, e.g., to relate addresses to map-referenced locations.
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47 Claims
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1-27. -27. (canceled)
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28. A method of collecting data for a geographic database comprising the steps of:
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collecting data while making deliveries of items to locations of addresses in a geographic area, wherein said step of collecting data includes;
making deliveries of the items to the locations of addresses in the geographic area;
using positioning equipment to determine a geographic position associated with each delivery; and
storing data by which the geographic position associated with each delivery is related to an address associated with the item being delivered; and
revising the geographic database based on a relationship between the geographic positions associated with the deliveries and the addresses associated with the items being delivered. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of collecting data for a geographic database comprising the steps of:
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collecting data while making deliveries of items to locations in a geographic area, wherein the locations are associated with identifying information, wherein said step of collecting data includes;
making deliveries of the items to the locations in the geographic area;
using positioning equipment to determine a geographic position associated with each delivery; and
storing data by which the geographic position associated with each delivery is related to the identifying information associated with the location to which the item is being delivered; and
revising the geographic database based on a relationship between the geographic positions associated with the deliveries and the identifying information associated with the locations to which the items are delivered. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of collecting data for a geographic database comprising the steps of:
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collecting data while making deliveries of items to locations of addresses in a geographic area, wherein said step of collecting data includes;
making deliveries of items to the locations of addresses in the geographic area;
using positioning equipment to determine a geographic position associated with each delivery; and
storing data by which the geographic position associated with each delivery is related to an address associated with the item being delivered; and
providing the collected data to a geographic database developer for revising the geographic database based on a relationship between the geographic positions associated with the deliveries and the addresses associated with the items being delivered.
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45. A method of revising a geographic database comprising the steps of:
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obtaining data collected by a delivery company, wherein the delivery company collects the data while making deliveries of items to locations of addresses in a geographic area, wherein the delivery company uses positioning equipment to determine a geographic position associated with each delivery and stores data by which the geographic position associated with each delivery is related to an address associated with the item being delivered; and
revising the geographic database based on a relationship between the geographic positions associated with the deliveries and the addresses associated with the items being delivered.
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46. A method of revising a geographic database comprising the steps of:
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obtaining data collected by a delivery company, wherein the delivery company collects the data while making deliveries of items to locations in a geographic area, wherein the delivery company uses positioning equipment to determine a geographic position associated with each delivery and stores data by which the geographic position associated with each delivery is related to identifying information associated with the item being delivered; and
revising the geographic database based on a relationship between the geographic positions associated with the deliveries and the identifying information associated with the items being delivered. - View Dependent Claims (47)
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