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AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsMichael J. Critelli, Ronald Reichman, Steven J. Shapiro
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A system and method for relating the delivery of a mail piece or package to what is inside the mail piece or package. Thus, when the mail piece or package is received and signed for by a recipient the mailer will have proof that the recipient received the mail piece or package and what was inside the mail piece or package at the time the mail piece or package was delivered to the recipient. The foregoing is accomplished by: affixing identifying characteristics to material contained within the container; sealing the container along with the material contained within the container; delivering the container along with the material contained within the container to a recipient; reading recipient information appearing on the outside of the container and the identifying characteristics of the material contained within the container without opening the container; and recording recipient information appearing on the outside of the container and the identifying characteristics of the material contained within the container without opening the container; and recording recipient's signature.
A method for relating material contained inside a container with recipient information appearing on the outside of the container, the method comprising the steps of:
A system for relating material contained inside a sealed container that has been sent by a mailerand delivered to a recipient with recipient information appearing on the outside of the sealed container, the system comprising:
A method for relating mailer sent material that has identifying characteristics affixed thereto contained inside a sealed container that has been delivered to a recipient identified on the outside of the sealed container, wherein the affixing to the material comprises an electronic circuit that has a radio frequency output that identifies the material that is contained within the container the method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.