Inbound link incoming mail stream
First Claim
1. A method for producing a reader database for use in sorting addressed mail, comprising the steps of:
- importing internal mail delivery point data from an address database of an enterprise; and
populating a plurality of records for internal mail delivery destination points of the enterprise in a reader database based on the internal mail delivery point data.
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Abstract
The present subject matter relates to automated mail processing techniques for the sorting of in-bound mail for distribution within a large company or enterprise. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to the automated processing of an incoming mail stream by transforming gathered address mail information from the in-bound mail into a final sort code for efficient sorting of in-bound mail. Internal mail delivery point data is imported from an address database of an enterprise and converted into a database compatible format. Address components based on the internal mail delivery point data are identified by filters. The identified address components from the converted internal mail delivery point data are populated into one or more fields of records in a reader database.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for producing a reader database for use in sorting addressed mail, comprising the steps of:
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importing internal mail delivery point data from an address database of an enterprise; and
populating a plurality of records for internal mail delivery destination points of the enterprise in a reader database based on the internal mail delivery point data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14)
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7. A method comprising:
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producing a reader database for use in sorting addressed mail, comprising the steps of;
(a) importing internal mail delivery destination point data from an enterprise address database;
(b) populating a plurality of records in a reader database based on the internal mail delivery destination point data; and
(c) assigning an internal mail delivery sort identification with each record populated in the reader database;
automatically sorting addressed mail comprising the steps of;
(i) receiving a stream of unsorted addressed mail;
(ii) detecting one or more readable address components of the addressed mail on each mailpiece in the unsorted addressed mail;
(iii) matching at least one detected readable address component read from each mailpiece to a record populated in the reader database; and
(iv) identifying a sort identification for each mailpiece from the matched record in the reader database. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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15. A computer readable medium bearing instructions for importing internal mail delivery point data, the instructions, when executed, being arranged to cause one or more processors to perform the steps of:
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importing internal mail delivery point data from an address database of an enterprise by way of an input processing parser module and converting the internal mail delivery point data into a database compatible format;
identifying address components based on the internal mail delivery point data by way of one or more filter modules; and
populating identified address components from the converted internal mail delivery point data into one or more fields of records in a mail reader database. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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