Systems and methods for applying secondary information to business addresses

• US 20060064414A1
• Filed: 09/12/2005
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: United States Postal Service (Government of the United States of America)
• Original Assignee: United States Postal Service (Government of the United States of America)
• Inventors: Wilson, James D., Snapp, Robert F., Gillock, Edgar H. II, Garner, Michael C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,280,745 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for determining secondary address information. In one implementation, a method is provided that uses a data processing apparatus. According to the method, a code word is created for a business name and a building default extended delivery code. A data table is searched using the code word and secondary address information is revealed when a match is found between the code word and data stored in the data table.

Claims

1. A method for providing secondary address information using a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

creating a code word for a business name and a building default extended delivery code;

searching, using a processor, a data table using the code word; and

revealing secondary address information when a match is found between the code word and data stored in the data table.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating additional code words for each individual word of a business name; and

searching the data table using each of the additional code words.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data stored in the data table is maintained in a secure form.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data table is stored in a server, the server being connected to the data processing apparatus over a network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the building default extended delivery code is a ZIP+4 Code.

6. A method for providing secondary address information using a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a business name, the business name comprising one or more words;

creating code words for the words in the business name;

searching, using a processor, a data table using the code words;

determining one or more matches between the code words and data that is stored in the data table; and

when a number of the one or more matches meets or exceeds a threshold, revealing secondary address information for the business name.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the secondary information is an extended delivery code.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the extended delivery code is a ZIP+4 Code.

9. A method for providing secondary address information using a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

determining whether an address includes secondary address information and, when the address does not include secondary address information, matching the address to a building default record;

creating a code word from a business name included in the address and the building default record;

creating code words for individual words of the business name;

searching, using a processor, a data table with the code word created from the business name and the building default record; and

when a match is not found, searching the data table with the code words created from the individual words in the business name.

10. A system for providing secondary address information, the system comprising:

a processor;

a module for creating a code word for a business name and a building default extended delivery code; and

a module for searching a data table using the code word and revealing secondary address information when a match is found between the code word and data stored in the data table.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a module for creating additional code words for each individual word of a business name and searching the data table using each of the additional code words.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the data stored in the data table is maintained in a secure form.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the extended delivery code is a ZIP+4 Code.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a network; and

a server connected to the system over the network, wherein the data table is stored in the server.

15. A system for providing secondary address information, the system comprising:

a processor;

a module for receiving a business name, the business name comprising one or more words;

a module for creating code words for the words in the business name and for searching a data table using the code words; and

a module for determining one or more matches between the code words and data that is stored in the data table, and when a number of the one or more matches meets or exceeds a threshold, revealing secondary address information for the business name.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the secondary information is an extended delivery code.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the extended delivery code is a ZIP+4 Code.

18. A system for providing secondary address information, the system comprising:

a processor;

a module for determining whether an address includes secondary address information and, when the address does not include secondary address information, for matching the address to a building default record;

a module for creating a code word from a business name included in the address and the building default record;

a module for creating code words for individual words of the business name; and

a module for searching a data table with the code word created from the business name and the building default record and, when a match is not found, searching the data table with the code words created from the individual words in the business name.

19. A computer readable medium for storing instructions for providing secondary address information according to a method, the method comprising:

creating a code word for a business name and a building default extended delivery code;

searching, using a processor, a data table using the code word; and

revealing secondary address information when a match is found between the code word and data stored in the data table.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising:

creating additional code words for the individual words of a business name; and

searching the data table using the additional code words.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the data stored in the data table is maintained in a secure form.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the data table is stored in a server, the server being connected to the data processing apparatus over a network.

23. A computer readable medium for storing instructions for providing secondary address information according to a method, the method comprising:

receiving a business name, the business name comprising one or more words;

creating code words for the words in the business name;

searching, using a processor, a data table using the code words;

determining one or more matches between the code words and data that is stored in the data table; and

when a number of the one or more matches meets or exceeds a threshold, revealing secondary address information for the business name.

24. A computer readable medium for storing instructions for providing secondary address information according to a method, the method comprising:

determining whether an address includes secondary address information and, when the address does not include secondary address information, matching the address to a building default record;

creating a code word from a business name included in the address and the building default record;

creating code words for the individual words of the business name;

searching, using a processor, a data table with the code word created from the business name and the building default record; and

when a match is not found, searching the data table with the code words created from the individual words in the business name.