Mail production systems
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsVincent Rozendaal, Stephen Kelly
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Abstract
A mail production system is described, the system comprising a mail finishing system for converting documents into finished items of mail ready for hand-over to a postal service, and a secure accounting system for generating accounting data relating to the items of mail produced by the mail finishing system, wherein the secure accounting system is able to generate signals to control operation of the mail finishing system. Specifically the secure accounting system is able to delay or stop operation of the mail finishing system. A corresponding method of producing mail is also described.
Claims8
A mail production system comprising:
- a mail finishing system (12) for converting documents into finished items of mail ready for hand-over to a postal service;
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- a secure accounting system (14) for generating accounting data relating to the items of mail produced by the mail finishing system (12);
- wherein the secure accounting system (14) is able to generate signals to control operation of the mail finishing system (12).
A mail production system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the mail finishing, system (12) comprises an inserter machine for inserting collations of documents into envelopes and an inserter system controller for controlling said inserter during normal operation thereof, said secure accounting system (14) being able to override control of said inserter machine by said inserter, system controller by providing control signals to said inserter system controller.
A method of producing mail comprising converting documents into finished items of mail ready for hand-over to a postal service under control of a secure accounting system for generating accounting data relating to the items of mail thus produced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.