Systems and methods for high speed document mailing
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorsLionel F. Andrade, Jr., Miguel A. Arguello, Robert M. Pollom
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Abstract
High speed document mailing comprises receiving package tracking data electronically from a courier for a document to be shipped via the courier, digitally placing the package tracking data onto a page within the document, printing out the document, and automatically inserting the document into an envelope such that the package tracking data on the page is visible through a window of the envelope.
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A system for high speed document mailing comprising:
- at least one subsystem that receives document data and tracking data electronically at a pick up center from an entity;
- at least one subsystem that digitally places the tracking data onto a page within the document at the pick up center;
- at least one subsystem that adds at least one of a sequence number or a bar code to individual pages of the document to allow a machine at the pick up center to track the sequence of the individual pages of the document;
- at least one subsystem that prints out the document at the pick up center, wherein the at least one sequence number or bar code of the individual pages provide instructions to the at least one subsystem that prints out the document;
- at least one subsystem that automatically inserts the document into an envelope such that the tracking data on the page is visible through a window of the envelope, wherein the at least one sequence number or bar code of the individual pages provide instructions to the at least one subsystem that automatically inserts the document into the envelope;
- at least one subsystem that delivers the document to a customer at the pick up center;
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- at least one subsystem that receives the document from the customer at the pick up center and returns the document to the entity.
A method for high speed document mailing, comprising:
- receiving document data and tracking data electronically at a pick up center from an entity;
- digitally placing the tracking data onto a page within the document at the pick up center;
- adding at least one of a sequence number or bar code to individual pages of the document to allow a machine at the pick up center to track the sequence of the individual pages of the document;
- printing out the document at the pick up center, wherein the at least one sequence number or bar code of the individual pages provide instructions for printing out the document;
- automatically inserting the document into an envelope such that the tracking data on the page is visible through a window of the envelope, wherein the at least one sequence number or bar code of the individual pages provide instructions for automatically inserting the document into the envelope;
- delivering the document to a customer at the pick up center;
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- receiving the document from the customer at the pick up center and returning the document to the entity.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions for high speed document mailing, said computer-readable instructions comprising instructions for:
- receiving document data and tracking data electronically at a pick up center from an entity;
- digitally placing the tracking data onto a page within the document at the pick up center;
- adding at least one of a sequence number or a bar code to individual pages of the document to allow a machine at the pick up center to track the sequence of the individual pages of the document;
- printing out the document at the pick up center, wherein the at least one sequence number or bar code of the individual pages provide instructions for printing out the document;
- automatically inserting the document into an envelope such that the package tracking data on the page is visible through a window of the envelope, wherein the at least one sequence number or bar code of the individual pages provide instructions for automatically inserting the document into the envelope;
- delivering the document to a customer at the pick up center;
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- receiving the document from the customer at the pick up center and returning the document to the entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.