METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING AND ORGANIZING PHYSICAL ADDRESSES

摘要

A method and apparatus for retrieving and organizing geographical address information. Each physical address is assigned a unique code including symbols and alphanumeric characters. This unique code is the electronic address assigned to each physical address. Certain of the electronic addresses and the corresponding physical addresses are assigned aliases. The electronic addresses are assigned on a semi-permanent basis (i.e., the electronic addresses are not changed unless there is change to the physical location); whereas the aliases can be freely changed and reassigned among the electronic addresses.

主权项

1. An address retrieval apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
associate a plurality of unique geographic addresses with a plurality of electronic addresses, each electronic address of the plurality of electronic addresses corresponding to a respective geographic address of the plurality of unique geographic addresses;associate at least one alias with at least one electronic address of the plurality of electronic addresses;receive a retrieval request including at least one of a requested alias and a requested electronic address; andretrieve at least one geographic address associated with the at least one of the requested alias and the requested electronic address.