Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems, methods, and computer program products for generating reference geocodes for point addresses
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Application No.: US12905477Application Date: 2010-10-15
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Publication No.: US07953547B2Publication Date: 2011-05-31
- Inventor: Craig Graham , Prabhakar Thyagarjan , Pamela Klouda , Rhesa Jenkins , Jonathan Hock , Mike Shamel , David Snader , Mike Cutler
- Applicant: Craig Graham , Prabhakar Thyagarjan , Pamela Klouda , Rhesa Jenkins , Jonathan Hock , Mike Shamel , David Snader , Mike Cutler
- Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G01C21/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for generating a reference location data set, such as a reference longitude and latitude point, for each of a plurality of point addresses. A reference location data set can be determined for a point address based on a history of prior geocode samples, such as GPS readings, that have been obtained using a portable computing device during a prior delivery to or pickup from the point address. A location data service collects such geocode samples and processes the samples to generate a reference location data set, such as a reference longitude and latitude and a zone of confidence around the reference longitude and latitude, for each unique point address. To determine whether an item is being delivered to a wrong address, current location data obtained during a delivery can be compared against the reference location data generated by the location data service for the delivery address.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110040696A1 Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Generating Reference Geocodes for Point Addresses Public/Granted day:2011-02-17
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