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Methods and systems consistent with this invention manage a database of delivery destination information. Such methods and systems identify an item to be delivered to a destination; determine a batch of items for delivery having the item to be delivered to the destination; determine when the batch o

Methods and systems consistent with this invention manage a database of delivery destination information. Such methods and systems identify an item to be delivered to a destination; determine a batch of items for delivery having the item to be delivered to the destination; determine when the batch of items has been delivered; and update the database to indicate a delivery of the item destined to the destination after determining when the batch of items has been delivered.

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1. A method for efficiently tracking delivery items, wherein a delivery item has a destination address, comprising: sorting a plurality of delivery items, each delivery item having a different destination address, into a batch based on a geographical relationship among the plurality of delivery item

1. A method for efficiently tracking delivery items, wherein a delivery item has a destination address, comprising: sorting a plurality of delivery items, each delivery item having a different destination address, into a batch based on a geographical relationship among the plurality of delivery items;recording information identifying each delivery item sorted into the batch;transporting the batch of sorted delivery items to a location determined by the geographical relationship;delivering each delivery item to its different destination address;after delivering every delivery item to its different destination address, providing a single signal indicating that all delivery items have been delivered to their different destination address; andindicating, based on the single signal, that each delivery item is located at its different destination address, for each delivery item having recording information identifying the delivery item as sorted into the batch;updating a database entry associated with the destination address of the delivery item, for each destination address of each delivery item having recording information identifying the delivery item as sorted into the batch,wherein the database entry is accessible by a user associated with the destination address;retrieving information associated with the delivery item from a tracking system that tracked the delivery item as the item traveled from a sender of the delivery item to the destination address; andrecording the information in the database entry associated with the destination address. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographical relationship is that the destination addresses correspond to item delivery boxes in a building, and wherein the location is the building. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the item delivery boxes in the building are post office boxes in a post office, and wherein the building is the post office building. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the single signal further comprises transmitting a code identifying the batch. 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising scanning a label containing the code. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: accepting an instruction from a user associated with a specific destination address to perform an action with a delivery item having the specific destination address after the delivery item is located at the specific destination address; andperforming the action. 7. The method of claim 6 wherein the instruction is an instruction to send the delivery item to a new destination address. 8. The method of claim 6, wherein the instruction is an instruction to dispose of the delivery item. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein indicating, based on the single signal, that each delivery item is located at its destination address, further comprises notifying a user associated with a specific destination address that a delivery item is located at the specific destination address.