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Method and system for processing return to sender mailpieces, notifying sender of addressee changes and charging sender for processing of return to sender mailpieces

  • US 20030114955A1
  • Filed: 12/17/2001
  • Published: 06/19/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for sorting incoming mailpieces and processing address changes comprising:

  • a mailpiece sorting apparatus for sorting incoming mailpieces and determining whether a mailpiece is a return to sender mailpiece by reading information from the mailpiece;

    an input station for inputting information for an addressee and a sender of the return to sender mailpiece, the input station operatively coupled to the mailpiece sorting apparatus and configured to update addressee information for the addressee of the return to sender mailpiece;

    an address cleansing database operatively coupled to the mailpiece sorting apparatus for providing updated address information for the addressee of the return to sender mailpiece; and

    a corrected address database for storing updated address information for the addressee of the return to sender mailpiece, the corrected address information database for providing corrected address information for the addressee of subsequent return to sender mailpieces prior to requesting updated addressee information from the address cleansing database.

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