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Mailer detection and manifest system

  • US 20060080266A1
  • Filed: 06/30/2005
  • Published: 04/13/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A process for the automated detection of an item in a stream of items from different sources as originating from a specific source, comprising:

  • identifying specific item characteristics that uniquely identify the source of an item;

    detecting these characteristics as the stream of items passes through a material handling system;

    comparing the detected characteristics to records of a database containing sets of characteristics identified with each source to determine if a match can be made; and

    recording the number of items in the stream that originated from the specific source.

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