US-20260127540-A1 - ADDRESS EXCHANGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Abstract

An address exchange platform includes a controller and a memory coupled to the controller, wherein the memory stores program instructions executable by the controller. In response to executing the program instructions, the controller: provides an application programming interface (API) configured to receive an identifier associated with a recipient from a user and an identification of an item for shipment to a physical address associated with the recipient, wherein the API is configured not to receive a physical address of the recipient from the user; determines whether the identifier associated with the recipient is stored in the memory in association with recipient location information; and determines whether permission settings associated with the recipient identifier permit initiation of a shipment transaction by the user.

Inventors

• Kush Santosh
• Gopal Santosh Gopalakrishnan

Assignees

• MAPMYID, INC.

Dates

Publication Date

20260507

Application Date

20251230

Claims (3)

1. 1 . An address exchange platform comprising: a controller; a memory coupled to the controller, wherein the memory stores program instructions executable by the controller; wherein, in response to executing the program instructions, the controller: provides an application programming interface (API) configured to receive an identifier associated with a recipient from a user and an identification of an item for shipment to a physical address associated with the recipient, wherein the API is configured not to receive a physical address of the recipient from the user; determines whether the identifier associated with the recipient is stored in the memory in association with recipient location information; determines whether permission settings associated with the recipient identifier permit initiation of a shipment transaction by the user; when the identifier is stored in association with recipient location information and the permission settings, permit the shipment transaction: retrieves the recipient location information associated with the identifier without communicating the physical address of the recipient to the user; and calculates a shipping cost and a sales tax amount for shipment of the item based on the retrieved recipient location information; when the identifier is not stored in association with recipient location information: transmits a notification to the recipient requesting registration with the address exchange platform; and upon receipt of recipient registration information and determination that the permission settings permit the shipment transaction, retrieves the recipient location information and calculates the shipping cost and the sales tax amount.
2. 2 . The address exchange platform of claim 1 , wherein the application programming interface (API) is configured not to receive a physical address of the recipient from the user during the shipment transaction.
3. 3 . The address exchange platform of claim 1 , wherein retrieval of the recipient location information and calculation of the shipping cost and the sales tax amount occur only when the permission settings associated with the recipient identifier permit initiation of the shipment transaction.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application comprises a continuation of U.S. Application Ser. No. 18/787,697 filed Jul. 29, 2024, which comprises a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 18/090,213 filed Dec. 28, 2022, which comprises a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 17/224,822 filed Apr. 7, 2021, which claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 63/076,117 filed Sep. 9, 2020 and comprises a continuation-in-part application of and claims the benefit of priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/200,548 filed Mar. 12, 2021, which comprises a continuation-in-part application of and claims the benefit of priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/292,294 filed Mar. 4, 2019, Ser. No. 16/292,295 filed Mar. 4, 2019, and Ser. No. 16/292,298 filed Mar. 5, 2019, each of which comprises a continuation-in-part application and claims the benefit of priority claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/638,362 filed Mar. 5, 2018, comprises a continuation-in-part application of and claims the benefit of priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/245,243 filed Jan. 10, 2019 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/244,096 filed Jan. 9, 2019, each of which comprises a continuation-in-part application and claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Ser. No. 15/652,370 filed Jul. 18, 2017, which is a continuation application of and claims the benefit of priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/681,356 filed Apr. 8, 2015, which is a continuation application of and claims the benefit of priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/016,099 filed Aug. 31, 2013, which claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/697,824 filed on Sep. 7, 2012, and comprises a continuation-in-part and claims the benefit of priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/801,521 filed Jul. 16, 2015, which claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/025,460 filed Jul. 16, 2014, each of which is also incorporated by reference in its entirety. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present subject matter relates generally to systems and methods for an online identification to a physical address exchange platform. In today's society, people are identified by a plethora of identifiers including their name, social security number, bank account number, residential address, password, birth date, and email address, among others. These forms of identity management are often “validated” by various regulated government organizations. As a result, these forms of identity management are reliable and useful for “real-life” offline transactions. By contrast, in the digital/online world, most online identities are based on unregulated and self-controlled parameters such as email address, mobile phone number, social media identities (e.g., Facebook identity, LinkedIn identity), etc. There is a need for a system that connects these two worlds in a meaningful way. Because many identifiers are confidential information, most people prefer to keep their information private. However, individuals are continually asked to share their identifiers with third parties, for example, by providing a mailing address to a third party or by providing a billing address when purchasing an item online. However, it may be unsafe to share identifiers, such as a physical address, with unknown individuals. Moreover, the more confidential information an individual discloses, the more likely the person will be subjected to privacy challenges. During a typical transaction, a sender selects an item from a retailer's website to send to a receiver. During checkout, the sender must input his or her name, the billing address of the buyer, gift options, the name of the receiver, the address of the receiver, and the phone number of the receiver. Based on the large amount of required information, many senders decide not to complete the purchase owing to either not having the time to complete the checkout process or because the sender may not have all of the receiver's personal information. For example, the sender may not have the physical address of the recipient and, perhaps, does not feel comfortable asking for such personal information from the receiver. In addition, physical addresses change often such that it is difficult for senders to track the changes in address in order to determine the most current address to use as the mailing address. From a recipient's perspective, providing his or her residential address is not safe. In addition, updating a change of address is often a time consuming and laborious process. Typically, a recipient must update their address information in each organization. For example, a recipient must update their address with the post office, department of motor vehicle, internal revenue service, energy company, magazine subscriptions, place of employment, among a multitude of others. In addition, conventional systems do not take into a