Household Customer Database for Anonymous Delivery Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing delivery systems struggle to deliver items without the sender knowing the recipient's delivery point, especially when the sender does not have access to this information, leading to delivery failures.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for generating and processing encrypted delivery point information, allowing items to be delivered to recipients without the sender knowing the actual delivery point, by using encryption keys and dynamic routing based on recipient information stored in a database.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the sender does not have access to the recipient's delivery point information, then recipient anonymity and security are improved, but delivery reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a distribution system as an intermediary that holds and manages the delivery point information. The sender transmits items to the distribution system with only encrypted or anonymized delivery identifiers, while the distribution system maintains the mapping between these identifiers and actual delivery points. This intermediary structure allows the sender to maintain anonymity while ensuring reliable delivery through the system's access to the complete information.
2Reliability
If encrypted delivery point information is used, then recipient security and anonymity are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the sensitive delivery point information from the sender's domain and places it solely within the distribution system's domain. The sender works with simplified encrypted identifiers rather than complete address information. This extraction reduces the sender's information burden while maintaining security, as only the distribution system possesses and manages the decryption capabilities and complete delivery point data.
3Productivity
If dynamic routing based on recipient information is implemented, then delivery efficiency is improved, but data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-processing and organizing recipient information within the distribution system before actual delivery occurs. The system maintains pre-established mappings between encrypted identifiers and delivery points, and pre-configures routing rules based on recipient information. This allows dynamic routing decisions to be made efficiently during delivery without requiring complex real-time data processing, as the heavy lifting of data organization is completed in advance.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for generating and implementing a household customer database are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for processing items comprises receiving a first item to be delivered and identifying data corresponding to one or more of a source information and destination information of the first item. The method further comprises identifying secondary information of the first item, storing the source, destination, and secondary information in a database, creating associations between the source, destination, and secondary information, receiving a request to analyze information stored and associated in the database, determining whether the database comprises information necessary to perform the requested analysis, identifying if additional information is needed to perform the requested analysis, updating the secondary information associations to include the additional information if needed to perform the requested analysis, and analyzing the information stored and associated in the database based on the received analysis request or query.