US 8,200,364 B2 · Intelligent mail system

Abstract

A mail system including a tracking and reporting system that is adapted to integrate address information together with a unique code on at least one mailpiece, wherein the address information and code are linked, an in-process tracking and archiving system that is adapted to track the mailpiece as the address information and code are printed on the mailpiece and during a mailpiece insertion process to verify that the at least one mailpiece is inserted into a mailer and store an electronic copy of the mailpiece with the address information and code in an archive, an in-bound data capture of return mail system that scans the unique code and automatically links the mailpiece to account information stored in an account database and an postal address update and management system that is linked to a postal service database for verifying address information and correcting address errors.

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Dependent claims

A mail system for sending a mailpiece in a mailing package to a recipient and identifying the mailpiece when the mailpiece is received back from the recipient, the system comprising:

a tracking and reporting system that:
retrieves address information for the recipient from an account database;
and
prints a unique code on at least one page of a mailpiece, wherein the unique code is linked with the specific mailpiece and the retrieved address information, wherein the mailpiece is inserted into the mailing package for sending to the recipient;
and
an in-bound data capture of return mail system that:
receives the mailpiece in a package that is sent by the recipient;
scans the unique code on the received mailpiece;
and
based on the scanned unique code, automatically links the received mailpiece to account information stored in the account database.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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