Systems and methods for high speed document mailing
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Associations (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 method for high speed document mailing, comprising:
- receiving, at an entity, a digital shipping label associated with a document from a courier before mailing of the document by the courier;
- adding a barcode to individual pages of the document to allow a machine at a pick up center to track the sequence of the individual pages of the document;
- placing the digital shipping label on the document;
- printing the document and the shipping label;
- inserting the document into an envelope such that the shipping label is visible;
- 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 storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that are executed by a processor to:
- receive, at an entity, digital document data and tracking data associated with a document from a courier before mailing of the document;
- extract a shipping label and a tracking bar code from the tracking data;
- add a barcode to individual pages of the document to allow a machine at a pick up center to track the sequence of the individual pages of the document;
- place the digital shipping label and the tracking bar code on the document;
- print the shipping label and the tracking bar code on the document;
- insert the document into an envelope such that the shipping label and tracking bar code are visible;
- send the document to a recipient using information associated with the shipping label and the tracking bar code on the document;
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- receive, from a customer, the document that was delivered to the customer at a pick up center and return the document to the entity.
A system, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
- receive digital document data associated with a document electronically at a pick up center from an entity;
- print the document at the pick up center;
- add a tracking barcode 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;
- deliver the document to a customer at the pick up center;
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- receive the document from the customer at the pick up center and returning the document to the entity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.