Multiple carrier mail sorting system
OwnerEdilberto I. Salazar, Robert A. Cordery +4inventors
InventorsEdilberto I. Salazar, Robert A. Cordery, Leon A. Pintsov, Richard Schoonmaker, Boris Rozenfeld, David W. Beckstrom
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Abstract
Systems and methods including mailing machines configured to selecting a route and carrier or carriers for delivery of the mail and for finishing the mail according the selection are described. In one illustrative configuration, the mailing machine tags mail pieces according to the result of a carrier selection process and sorts the outgoing mail by carrier.
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A mailing machine for printing an indication of carrier selection preference on a mail piece comprising:
- a printer subsystem having at least one print head for printing the indication of carrier selection preference on the mail piece;
- a first processor operatively connected to the printer subsystem;
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- wherein the first processor is configured to select a first carrier from a plurality of available carriers and to control the printer subsystem to print the corresponding indication of carrier selection preference on the mail piece.
A mailing machine for selecting a carrier from a group of available carriers for use in delivering a mail piece comprising:
- a processor operatively connected to a database storing carrier selection preference data and carrier sort data;
- a sorter having a plurality of bins,
- wherein the processor is configured to select the carrier from the plurality of available carriers using the carrier selection preference data and the carrier sort data and to utilize the sorter to send the mail piece t one of the plurality of bins associated with the carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.