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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2010
Craig Graham, Hanover, PA (US);
Prabhakar Thyagarjan, Laurel, MD (US);
Pamela Klouda, Manchester, MD (US);
Rhesa Jenkins, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jonathan Hock, Glen Arm, MD (US);
Mike Shamel, Owings Mills, MD (US);
David Snader, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Mike Cutler, Hampstead, MD (US);
Craig Graham, Hanover, PA (US);
Prabhakar Thyagarjan, Laurel, MD (US);
Pamela Klouda, Manchester, MD (US);
Rhesa Jenkins, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jonathan Hock, Glen Arm, MD (US);
Mike Shamel, Owings Mills, MD (US);
David Snader, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Mike Cutler, Hampstead, MD (US);
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.