Advanced electronic notification for a mailpiece

A method for providing mailpiece notification from a mail handling system to a mailpiece recipient indicating information corresponding to a mailpiece that has been deposited with the mail handling system for delivery to the mailpiece recipient, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a database containing prescribed mailpiece addressee information for said recipient and at least one communication channel other than mailpiece delivery for providing said mailpiece notification;
• receiving in said mail handling system information corresponding to said mailpiece deposited with said mail handling system, said information including a URI;
• determining whether addressee information present on said deposited mailpiece matches a said recipient's addressee information prescribed in said database;
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• providing notification to said mailpiece recipient via said prescribed at least one communication channel notifying said mailpiece recipient of the received information relating to a mailpiece for said deposited mailpiece if it was determined the addressee information present on said processing mailpiece matches said recipient's addressee information prescribed in said database.

A method for providing mailpiece notification from a postal carrier system to a mailpiece recipient indicating the subject matter of a mailpiece that has been deposited with said postal carrier system for delivery to the mailpiece recipient which mailpiece was deposited with said postal carrier system in a mail run containing a plurality of individual mailpieces from a mailer, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a first database in said postal carrier system that is accessible to a said mailpiece recipient;
• providing a computer system in said postal carrier system;
• prescribing in said first database by a said intended mailpiece recipient information including recipient's mailpiece address information and an email address prescribing where the recipient desires to receive said mailpiece notification;
• generating in said postal carrier computer system a postnet barcode for a said mailpiece recipient based upon and corresponding to said prescribed mailpiece address for said mailpiece recipient;
• storing in said first database said generated postnet barcode for said mailpiece recipient;
• providing a said mail run to said postal carrier system from a mailer;
• providing at least one electronic file to said postal carrier system which said electronic file contains at least each recipient's name, the corresponding subject matter and corresponding postnet barcode for each mailpiece contained in said provided mail run and a URI to an internet web page which said web page relates to said subject matter of said mailpiece deposited with said postal carrier;
• determining in said postal carrier computer system whether a prescribed recipient name and said corresponding postnet barcode stored in said first database matches a recipient name and corresponding postnet barcode provided in said electronic file from said mailer;
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• providing email notification to said mailpiece recipient via said recipient's prescribed email address notifying said mailpiece recipient of said mailpiece subject matter provided in said at least one electronic file that corresponds to said determined matching recipient name if it was determined said recipient name and said corresponding postnet barcode stored in said first database matches a recipient name and corresponding postnet barcode provided in said electronic file from said mailer.