Opportunistic mail document commingling
AssigneeDST Output West, LLC
InventorsCharles B. Clupper, Marc Fagan, Raymond H. Thill, III, William T. Kohrummel, John Arndt, Frank W. Delfer, Mury Lee Albert Salls, Charles E. Preston
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Abstract
A system and method of operation for proactively grouping disparate mail items that are queued to be produced in a processing facility, wherein the system and method utilize a manufacturing completion schedule for virtually grouping the mail items before physical production occurs and the system and method maximizes profitability by discounting the mail items by applying appropriate discount mailing regulations for virtually grouping the mail items before physical production occurs.
Claims6
A system for proactively grouping disparate mail items that are queued to be produced in a processing facility into virtual mailing trays containing virtual groupings of mail items, wherein the system comprises:
- (a) means for utilizing a manufacturing completion schedule for grouping the mail items before physical production occurs, wherein said means builds optimal sort schemes for the next time periods for an available sorter based on tray eligibility and print job time and date and
- (b) means for maximizing profitability by discounting the mail items by applying appropriate discount mailing regulations for grouping the mail items before physical production occurs.
A method for proactively grouping disparate mail items that are queued to be produced in a processing facility into virtual mailing trays containing virtual groupings of mail items, wherein the method comprises the steps:
- (a) utilizing a manufacturing completion schedule for grouping the mail items before physical production occurs, wherein said utilization includes building optimal sort schemes for the next time periods for an available sorter based on tray eligibility and print job time and date;
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- (b) maximizing profitability by discounting the mail items by applying appropriate discount mailing regulations for grouping the mail items before physical production occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.