Queued error reconciliation
AssigneeBowe Bell + Howell Company
InventorsMichael Boston, Mark Paul
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Abstract
The present subject matter relates to a method and system for increasing the throughput of mail processing machines by limiting the number of document processing system stops while effectively allowing errors to be reconciled during the continued operation of the system. More particularly, the present approach involves logging detected errors during an ongoing document processing run. The detected errors are analyzed for priority, and the operator is alerted to take corrective action during run time for specified errors. The reported errors may be reconciled prior to the completion of the document processing run.
Claims19
A method for reconciling one or more errors that occur during execution of a job run by a document processing system, the method comprising:
- recording instances of the one or more errors to a list throughout execution of the job run;
- presenting the list during the execution of the job run;
- and
- presenting one or more reconciliation options in connection with the one or more errors, at least one reconciliation option being executable during execution of the job run.
A system for reconciling one or more errors that occur during execution of a job run by a document processing system, the system comprising;
- a detection device for detecting the one or more errors;
- a log for recording the one or more errors;
- and
- a graphical user interface for:
- presenting the one or more errors during execution of the job run;
- and
- presenting one or more reconciliation options related to the one or more errors, at least one reconciliation option being executable without any stoppage of the document processing system.
A process for reconciling errors during execution of a document processing system comprising:
- detecting an error as it occurs during the execution of a job run;
- evaluating the error against a configuration setting;
- indicating the occurrence of the error based on the configuration setting during the execution of the job run;
- and
- enabling the error to be reconciled without any stopping of the document processing system.
A method for prioritizing errors to be reconciled during a job run:
- establishing a predetermined range for a tolerance setting;
- associating a tolerance setting of a specific value within the predetermined range with one or more errors to indicate a level of priority for the one or more errors;
- and
- presenting a list of the one or more errors that occur during the execution of the job run while a document process system is running together with the associated tolerance setting.
The method of claim 16 further comprising:
- identifying the one or more errors during the execution of the job run;
- and
- continuing the execution of a document processing system upon the occurrence of the one or more errors, wherein the one or more errors are associated with a tolerance setting that does not result in the stopping of the document processing system.
A method for stopping a document processing system comprising the steps of:
- establishing a constraint setting associated with one or more errors;
- detecting the occurrence of the constraint setting;
- and
- stopping the document processing system based upon the constraint setting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.