High-density dynamic mail services
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorNicole Blohm
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Abstract
In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises one or more processors and one or more memories communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause: evaluating historical mail fulfillment data for a plurality of physical mail items delivered to a plurality of recipients; dynamically assigning mail bins for the plurality of recipients based, at least in part, on the historical mail fulfillment data for the plurality of recipients; and distributing mail into the dynamically assigned mail bins for the plurality of recipients using the mail distribution mechanism.
Claims17
An apparatus comprising:
- a mail distribution mechanism;
- one or more processors communicatively coupled to the mail distribution mechanism;
- and
- one or more memories communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- calculate a mail consolidation window using historical mail fulfillment data for a plurality of physical mail items delivered to a plurality of recipients, wherein the mail consolidation window comprises a time period for consolidating mail into a single mail bin for a particular participant from the plurality of recipients;
- dynamically assign mail bins to the plurality of recipients based, at least in part, on the mail consolidation window and the historical mail fulfillment data for the plurality of recipients;
- and
- distribute, by the mail distribution mechanism, mail into the dynamically assigned mail bins for the plurality of recipients.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions which, when processed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- calculate a mail consolidation window using historical mail fulfillment data for a plurality of physical mail items delivered to a plurality of recipients, wherein the mail consolidation window comprises a time period for consolidating mail into a single mail bin for a particular participant from the plurality of recipients;
- dynamically assign mail bins to the plurality of recipients based, at least in part, on the mail consolidation window and the historical mail fulfillment data for the plurality of recipients;
- and
- distribute, by the mail distribution mechanism, mail into the dynamically assigned mail bins for the plurality of recipients.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- calculating, by one or more processors, a mail consolidation window using historical mail fulfillment data for a plurality of physical mail items delivered to a plurality of recipients, wherein the mail consolidation window comprises a time period for consolidating mail into a single mail bin for a particular participant from the plurality of recipients;
- dynamically assigning, by the one or more processors, mail bins to the plurality of recipients based, at least in part, on the mail consolidation window and the historical mail fulfillment data for the plurality of recipients;
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- controlling, by the one or more processors, a mail distribution mechanism to distribute mail into the dynamically assigned mail bins for the plurality of recipients.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.