106 results about "Postal address" patented technology

A method and system for identifying alternate contact information of a specific type; particularly, by providing an inputted Email address in a query, one or more alternate Email addresses can be returned to the query, using an automated database. The system is queried using an entity's known Email address, which, in turn, is associated with other contact information for the entity, such as name and postal address, and the other contact information is then used to identify alternative Email addresses for the targeted entity either at the time of the query or in preparation of the database, and the alternative Email address(es) are then outputted to the requestor from the system. The method uses knowledge of contact points of different types for the same entity to identify alternate contact points of a single type, within a database of contact information.

A geocoding component generates geographic coordinate information, such as latitude and longitude values, for postal addresses. A table includes a number of rows, each corresponding to one or more addresses. The geocoding component can quickly locate a particular row in the table based on a number of input address identifiers as the intersection of the sets rows that correspond to each of the address terms. The geocoding component may operate on addresses that are received by the geocoding component or extracted from documents.

The present invention relates to a method to the creation and management of a secondary identification to avoid identify theft. Identity theft may occur over the internet, the purchase of goods and services by credit, and many other forms not yet known. The present invention creates a secondary identification for a person by creating one or more of the following secondary identifications which include a secondary email address, a secondary postal address, a secondary phone number, and any other identifying secondary information. The present invention describes methods and systems to create a secondary identification. Further, the present invention may be used to create a credit card containing the requestor's secondary identification.

A personal information database in which a particular field (or fields) of an individual's personal information record that a requester receives is determined by the context of the transaction. When an e-mail application accesses the database, for example, the PID (personal identification of a database subscriber) identifies the database subscriber (and hence the record ID). The fact that an e-mail application is requesting information identifies the context of the transaction (e-mail address request). Thus, only the e-mail address is provided to the requester. The same inherent selection of particular information fields by context occurs if a cellular telephone system accesses the database (mobile telephone number field), the USPS (United States Postal Service) accesses the database (postal address fields), or a web browser accesses the database (web site URL field). The present invention comprises a centralized, distributed or hierarchical personal information database, and method for use, having wide access capability. The preferred method for accessing the database is the Internet, although other methods of retrieving data, such as telephone, FAX, paper mail, VPN (virtual private network), etc., may also be utilized.

The present invention is a postal security system for preventing identity theft, market profiling, and similar other activities. The present invention solves these problems by limiting access to the physical postal address of a user by assigning these physical postal addresses a virtual address, or also referred to as a security code, that can be used when transacting with merchants and other people.

A method for retrieving a desired postal address from a plurality of postal addresses. The invention can feature receiving input data having input terms for finding the desired postal address from a first database of postal addresses where each postal address is formed of a plurality of postal address elements, searching a dictionary for entries in the dictionary corresponding to the input terms, determining that each entry in the dictionary that corresponds to the input terms corresponds to postal address elements of one or more postal addresses in the first database, and outputting data representing the desired postal address. The desired postal address is found in the first database if an address in that database has postal address elements that correspond with each of the entries of the dictionary that corresponds to one or more of the input terms.

A method and system are provided for determining the geographic locations of events in a linear referencing system (LRS), such as a LRS for the Department of Transportation. The method and system utilize similarities between a LRS and the postal addressing system used in the United States. A LRS event geocoding database and schema are created from portions of the postal addressing system schema and geographic information system (GIS) schema. LRS data is encoded as postal address data as defined in the postal addressing system. The LRS data and GIS data are conflated to populate the LRS event geocoding database using similar transformation logic as for current postal address geocoding. The geographic location of a given LRS event is generated using geocoding software that utilizes the linear measure implicit in the LRS event identifier and the LRS event geocoding database.

An e-commerce transaction can be identified that includes at least one item to be shipped to a postal address of a recipient. A user interface involved in the e-commerce transaction can prompt for an email address. An email address can be received as an address for the recipient. A postal address can be programmatically determining by querying a data store using the email address as a recipient identifier. A shipment of the at least one item can be initiated to the determined postal address.

An address data collection system collects contact information in a variety of country postal address, telephone data and other contact information formats or standards. The address data collection system includes a country selector to receive country selection input data, and an address form composer that accesses a country information database to select an appropriate template and retrieve country-specific information, which is integrated with the template to create a country-specific address form. The system also includes an address saver that stores address input data in an address database. The system further includes an error generator that sends an error message if the input data is incomplete or otherwise in error, as well as a confirmation sender that sends a confirmation message indicating that the contact information has been successfully received and stored.

An online purchaser subscribes for substitute delivery address service with a delivery address service. The online purchaser provides the delivery address service with his/her mailing address. As part of the subscription service, the delivery address service provides the online purchaser with one or more substitute delivery addresses for use to engage in online purchase transaction. As a result, online businesses from which the online purchaser purchases goods attempt to deliver the purchases goods to the purchaser at the substitute delivery address or addresses. The delivery address service facilitates redirection and delivery of the purchased goods to the purchaser, thereby protecting the privacy of the purchaser's mailing address. In an alternate embodiment, the beneficiary may be another subscriber designated as recipient by the purchaser.