Systems and methods for returned mail
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorEd Bridgman
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for providing automated processing of returned mailpieces. Recipient data and mailpiece data are processed to generate a mailpiece operation rule, all of which are then encoded to generate a unique identifier. The unique identifier is then indexed to its corresponding recipient data, mailpiece data, and mailpiece operation rule and thereafter associated with a corresponding mailpiece, which is then sent to an intended recipient. If the sent mailpiece is undeliverable to its intended recipient, it is returned and its unique identifier is scanned and then decoded to extract its corresponding recipient data, mailpiece data, and mailpiece operation rule. The extracted mailpiece operation rule is then processed to initiate a corresponding returned mailpiece operation.
Claims19
A system for processing a mailpiece, comprising:
- a repository of recipient data, mailpiece data, and returned mailpiece operation rules;
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- processing logic operable to:
- process said recipient data and said mailpiece data to generate a returned mailpiece operation rule;
- encode said recipient data, said mailpiece data, and said returned mailpiece operation rule to generate a unique identifier that includes an optical code imprinted on said mailpiece, wherein said optical code includes a 3-D barcode;
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- associate said unique identifier with a corresponding mailpiece.
A non-transitory computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
- using a repository of recipient data, mailpiece data, and returned mailpiece operation rules;
- and
- using processing logic to:
- decode a unique code associated with an undeliverable mailpiece to extract said recipient data, said mailpiece data, and a returned mailpiece operation rule, wherein said unique code includes an optical code imprinted on said undeliverable mailpiece, wherein said optical code includes a 3-D barcode;
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- process said returned mailpiece operation rule to perform a corresponding returned mailpiece operation.
A non-transitory computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
- scanning a unique identifier that includes an optical code imprinted on a returned mailpiece, wherein said optical code includes a 3-D barcode;
- displaying returned mailpiece data to a recipient within a user interface, said returned mailpiece data comprising recipient data and mailpiece data;
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- receiving recipient input data within said user interface, said recipient input data comprising returned mailpiece operation instruction data to perform a corresponding returned mailpiece operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.