Systems and methods for capturing mail for electronic bill presentment

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for electronic bill presentment, comprising:

• receiving registration information from a customer including customer identification information and biller information;
• associating the biller information with an identification mark;
• storing the registration information and the associated identification mark in a database;
• imaging a sample mailpiece and storing a sample mailpiece image in the database;
• receiving a mailpiece;
• determining whether the mailpiece includes a machine-readable identification mark associated with stored biller information;
• when the mailpiece includes the identification mark associated with the stored biller information, flagging the mailpiece for electronic bill presentment;
• when the mailpiece does not include the identification mark:
• determining a delivery address of the mailpiece;
• determining that the delivery address is stored in the database;
• generating a mailpiece image by imaging the mailpiece;
• determining whether the mailpiece image matches the sample mailpiece image;
• and
• flagging the mailpiece for electronic bill presentment when the mailpiece image matches the sample mailpiece image;
• and
• when the mailpiece is flagged for electronic bill presentment:
• converting contents of the mailpiece into an electronic bill;
• and
• generating a webpage including the electronic bill for presenting to the customer.

A system for electronic bill presentment, comprising:

• a bin for receiving mailpieces;
• a scanning system configured to generate a mailpiece image of at least one of the mailpieces;
• a processor configured to:
• store the mailpiece image, wherein a database stores a sample mailpiece image of at least one sample mailpiece;
• determine whether the mailpiece includes an identification mark associated with stored biller information;
• when the mailpiece includes the identification mark associated with the stored biller information, flag the mailpiece for electronic bill presentment;
• when the mailpiece does not include the identification mark:
• determining a delivery address of the mailpiece;
• determining that the delivery address is stored in the database;
• generate the mailpiece image by imaging the mailpiece;
• determining whether the mailpiece image matches the sample mailpiece image;
• and
• flag the mailpiece for electronic bill presentment when the mailpiece image matches the sample mailpiece image;
• and
• when the mailpiece is flagged for electronic bill presentment:
• convert contents of the mailpiece into an electronic bill;
• and
• generate a webpage including the electronic bill for presenting to a customer;
• and
• a plurality of sorting bins configured to receive the mailpiece.