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Mail piece consolidation and acountability using advanced tracking methods

  • US 20060108266A1
  • Filed: 08/09/2005
  • Published: 05/25/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for sorting and commingling mail from a plurality of mail sources and for tracking the mail pieces through the sorting and commingling with a high degree of integrity, the method comprising:

  • receiving batches of mail pieces from the mail sources;

    uniquely identifying each received mail piece and recording the unique identification of each mail piece;

    sorting and commingling the mail pieces from the batches of mail, in a first pass, into a plurality of first collections, and loading each of the first collections into a uniquely identified mail container; and

    for each respective mail piece, recording an association of the unique identification of one of the mail containers into which it is likely the respective mail piece is sorted on the first pass.

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