System and method for automatic response piece information retrieval
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorSteven Mills
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system, method, and medium for automatically analyzing response pieces. The system may scan the response piece, identify the response piece, and generate an image from the response piece. The system also processes the image. Processing the image may include determining response piece identification information and sending the response piece identification information to an accounting system to update an account associated with the response piece identification information. Processing the image may also include reading information from the response piece.
Claims31
A computer implemented method for retrieving information from a response piece comprising:
- electronically analyzing the response piece during delivery item processing;
- identifying the response piece during delivery item processing;
- generating an image from the analyzed response piece;
- processing the image;
- and
- providing the image to a user.
A system for analyzing a response piece comprising:
- a response piece scanner comprising software for:
- electronically acquiring information by scanning the response piece;
- identifying the response piece;
- and
- generating an image from the acquired information;
- and
- an image server comprising:
- a central processing unit;
- and
- an image processing application configured for execution by the central processing unit comprising instructions for processing the image and providing the image to a user.
A computer-readable medium containing instructions to configure a data processor to perform a method for creating a response piece mailpiece, the method comprising:
- electronically acquiring information by scanning the response piece during mail processing;
- identifying the response piece during mail processing;
- generating an image from the acquired information;
- processing the image;
- and
- providing the image to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.