Method and system for continuous sampling of mail
OwnerPaulette M. Kellyinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for generating a quality report for a mailing or mailer. A mailer executes a number of jobs each job containing a different type or number of submitted mail pieces. The mail pieces of each job is sampled and analyzed to determine the quality of the mailing based on a verification type. The results of the analysis are stored in a database and a report is later generated in response to a request. The report includes information that provides for determining the quality of the submitted mailings or for assessing the quality of mail preparation conducted by the mailer.
Claims8
A method of generating a quality report for a mailing, the method comprising:
- obtaining a first sample from the mailing, wherein the first sample includes a first plurality of mail pieces;
- analyzing the first sample to determine a number of errors in the first plurality of mail pieces;
- storing the number of errors from the first sample;
- obtaining a second sample from the mailing, wherein the second sample includes a second plurality of mail pieces;
- analyzing the second sample to determine a number of errors in the second plurality of mail pieces;
- storing the number of errors from the second sample;
- combining the number of errors from the first sample with the number of errors from the second sample to obtain a final error rate;
- and
- generating a report that indicates the final error rate.
A method of determining the quality of a mailing, the method comprising:
- obtaining a first sample from the mailing, wherein the first sample includes a first plurality of mail pieces;
- analyzing the first sample to determine a number of errors from the first sample;
- storing the number of errors from the first sample in a database;
- obtaining a second sample from the mailing, wherein the second sample includes a second plurality of mail pieces;
- analyzing the second sample to determine a number of errors from the second sample;
- storing the number of errors from the second sample in the database;
- combining the number of errors from the first sample with the number of errors from the second sample to obtain a final error rate;
- and
- storing the final error rate in the database.
A method for generating a quality report for a mailer, wherein the mailer submits a plurality of mailings;
- the method comprising:
- obtaining a final error rate for each of the plurality of mailings;
- combining the final error rate for each of the plurality of mailings into a mailer total error rate;
- storing the mailer total error rate in the database;
- and
- generating a report that includes the mailer total error rate.
A computer readable medium that contains instructions for controlling a process to perform a method for generating a report for a submitted mailing, the method comprising:
- prompting a user to obtain a first sample from the mailing, wherein the first sample includes a first plurality of mail pieces;
- analyzing the first sample to determine a number of errors in the first plurality of mail pieces;
- storing the number of errors from the first sample;
- prompting the user to obtain a second sample from the mailing, wherein the second sample includes a second plurality of mail pieces;
- analyzing the second sample to determine a number of errors in the second plurality of mail pieces;
- storing the number of errors from the second sample;
- combining the number of errors from the first sample with the number of errors from the second sample to obtain a final error rate;
- and
- generating a report that includes the final error rate.
A system for generating a quality report for a mailing comprising:
- means for obtaining a first sample from the mailing, wherein the first sample includes a first plurality of mail pieces;
- means for analyzing the first sample to determine a number of errors from the first sample;
- means for storing the number of errors from the first sample;
- means for obtaining a second sample from the mailing, wherein the second sample includes a second plurality of mail pieces;
- means for analyzing the second sample to determine a number of errors from the second sample;
- means for storing the number of errors from the second sample;
- means for combining the number of errors from the first sample with the number of errors from the second sample to obtain a final error rate;
- and
- means for generating a report that indicates the final error rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.