Systems and methods for item delivery using anonymized delivery points

A method of item delivery with mobile warehousing, the method comprising:

• receiving, in a distribution network, a plurality of items of a first type from a shipper, each of the plurality of items having a unique computer readable code thereon which encodes an anonymous delivery point identifier, the anonymous delivery point identifier associated with one of a plurality of general geographic areas but not yet associated with a specific physical delivery destination when the plurality of items are received in the distribution network;
• beginning transportation of the plurality of items, each of the plurality of items being transported toward the general geographic area associated with the anonymous delivery point identifier encoded in the unique computer readable code on the item;
• receiving one or more delivery requests while the plurality of items are being transported, each delivery request identifying the first type of item and a specific delivery point within one of the plurality of geographic areas but not identifying an individual one of the plurality of items;
• and
• for each delivery request:
• identifying one of the plurality of items being transported toward the general geographic area where the specific delivery point is located;
• storing, in a memory, an association between the specific delivery point and the anonymous delivery point identifier encoded in the unique computer readable code on the identified one of the plurality of items;
• scanning the computer readable code on the identified one of the plurality of items when the identified one of the plurality of items arrives at an item processing equipment located within the general geographic area wherein the specific delivery point is located;
• identifying the specific delivery point from the scan based on the stored association;
• and
• delivering the item to the specific delivery point.