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US 2014/0229558 A1Published application
Method and system for postal services incorporating electronic mail options
AssigneeFlextronics AP, LLC
InventorChristopher P. Ricci
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Abstract
A system and method receive, by a postal service, non-electronic or electronic communication, convert, by the postal service, the non-electronic or electronic communication into the other of the non-electronic or electronic communication, and deliver or cause delivery, by the postal service, to a receiver of the other of the non-electronic or electronic communication.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a postal service and from a sender, at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication to be delivered to a receiver;
- converting, by the postal service, the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication into the other of the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication;
- and
- delivering or causing delivery, by the postal service, to the receiver of the other of the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication.
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A system, comprising:
- a postal service facility to receive from a sender at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication to be delivered to a receiver;
- a microprocessor executable message processing module to convert the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication into the other of the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication for delivery by a postal service associated with the postal service facility;
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- a postal service resource to deliver or cause delivery to the receiver of the other of the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication.
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A tangible and non-transient computer readable medium comprising microprocessor executable instructions that, when executed, perform steps including:
- receiving from a sender at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication to be delivered to a receiver;
- converting the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication into the other of the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication;
- and
- delivering or causing delivery to the receiver of the other of the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a postal service and from a sender, at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication to be delivered to a receiver;
- converting, by a first facility of the postal service, the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication into the other of the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication;
- transmitting the other of the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication to a second facility of the postal service;
- converting, by the second facility of the postal service, the other of the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication into the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication;
- and
- delivering or causing delivery, by the postal service, to the receiver of the at least one of a non-electronic and electronic communication.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.