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System, method and computer program product for containerized shipping of mail pieces

  • US 20050119786A1
  • Filed: 11/30/2004
  • Published: 06/02/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A containerized mail delivery information system for facilitating sorting of a plurality of mail pieces amongst a plurality of containers by a sorting apparatus and delivery of the plurality of mail pieces to a consignee, said containerized mail delivery information system comprising:

  • a mail piece information apparatus configured to determine mail piece information associated with each of the mail pieces;

    an identification generator configured to generate a plurality of identifiers, each of said identifiers associated with one of a plurality of containers;

    a sorting apparatus controller connected in communication with the mail piece information apparatus, the identification generator and the sorting apparatus, said sorting apparatus controller configured to obtain the mail piece information associated with each of the mail pieces from the mail piece information apparatus and the identifier associated with each of the containers from the identification generation apparatus, said sorting apparatus controller further configured to instruct the sorting apparatus to direct a portion of the mail pieces to a selected one of the containers using the mail piece information and correlate the portion of the mail pieces directed to the selected container with the identifier of the selected container;

    a tracking computer system connected in communication with a plurality of tracking devices and configured to receive tracking information from one of the tracking devices indicating detection, at a consignee transfer location, of the identifier associated with the selected container; and

    an electronic manifest generation system connected in communication with the sorting apparatus controller, the tracking system and the consignee, said manifest generation system configured to obtain the tracking information from the tracking system, generate a manifest by correlating, using the identifier, the mail piece information associated with each of the mail pieces in the container and the tracking information indicating detection of the container at the consignee transfer location, and electronically communicate the manifest to the consignee to facilitate billing and further delivery of the mail pieces by the consignee.

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