Methods and systems for processing suspicious delivery fee payment indicia
OwnerVantresa Stickler, Himesh Patelinventors
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Abstract
Methods and systems for detecting suspicious use of coded payment indicia on a delivery item, such as fraudulent IBI on a delivery item placed in the U.S. postal system and taking action triggered by the suspicion. Actions may include extracting the suspicious delivery item from the delivery process, recording images and gathering other information about the suspicious delivery item, and notifying, billing, or penalizing the sender of the suspicious delivery item.
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A method for processing a delivery item having indicia, comprising:
- receiving the delivery item into a delivery process;
- creating an image of the delivery item and the indicia;
- decoding information related to the delivery item from the indicia;
- accessing information related to the delivery item from a data source other than the indicia;
- comparing the decoded information to the corresponding accessed information;
- flagging the delivery item as suspicious if the decoded information and the corresponding accessed information differ according to a specified criterion;
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- extracting the delivery item from the delivery process if the delivery item is flagged as suspicious.
A method for processing a delivery item having indicia, comprising:
- receiving the delivery item into a delivery process;
- creating an image of the delivery item and indicia;
- decoding information related to the delivery item from the indicia;
- accessing information related to the delivery item from a data source other than the indicia;
- comparing the decoded information to the corresponding accessed information;
- flagging the delivery item as suspicious if the decoded information and the corresponding accessed information differ according to a specified criterion;
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- determining a sender of the suspicious delivery item using at least one of the decoded information and the accessed information;
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- contacting the sender of the delivery item.
A system for processing a delivery item, comprising:
- a sorting machine for sorting the delivery item, the sorting machine including a camera for reading indicia on the delivery item and a computer for controlling operation of the sorting machine;
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- an analysis engine, communicatively connected to the computer, comprising:
- a component for receiving data associated with the indicia, analyzing the data to determine whether the delivery item is suspicious, and providing instructions to the computer;
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- a component for, if the delivery item is determined to be suspicious, transmitting instructions to the computer identifying the delivery item for extraction,
- wherein the computer comprises a component for, after receiving the transmitted instructions, controlling operation of the sorting machine so as to sort the delivery item to a specified location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.