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Data controlled mail collation system

  • US 20060102531A1
  • Filed: 06/13/2005
  • Published: 05/18/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of sorting mail and collating flats to form stop-sequence mail for a mail carrier, wherein the method comprises:

  • receiving flats for delivery to mail stops on a delivery route of the mail carrier;

    receiving collation instructions regarding desired delivery of the flats, separate from any material included in or printed on the flats;

    automatically sorting mail in stop-sequence order for mail stops on a delivery route of the mail carrier, the sorted stop-sequence mail comprising a grouping of one or more mail pieces intended for delivery to each of a plurality of the mail stops on the delivery route of the mail carrier; and

    automatically adding the flats during sorting of the mail, so as to include one of the flats in each of a plurality of the groupings of the sorted stop-sequence mail, based on the received collation instructions.

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