DETERMINING DISPOSITION OF UNDELIVERABLE AS ADDRESSED MAIL
First Claim
1. A computerized method comprising:
- sorting mail, wherein sorting mail for a mail piece comprises;
reading an encoded value located on the mail piece;
decoding the encoded value to determine an identification of a class of the mail piece and an identification of a service type of the mail piece; and
performing the following operation in response to determining that the mail piece is an actual undeliverable as addressed mail piece;
determining a final disposition of the mail piece using at least one of the identification of the class of the mail piece or the identification of the service type of the mail piece derived from the encoded value.
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Abstract
In some example, a computerized method includes sorting mail, wherein sorting mail for a mail piece comprises reading an encoded value located on the mail piece. Sorting the mail also includes decoding the encoded value to determine an identification of a class of the mail piece and an identification of a service type of the mail piece. Sorting the mail includes performing the following operation in response to determining that the mail piece is undeliverable as addressed: performing final disposition of the mail piece using at least one of the identification of the class of the mail piece or the identification of the service type of the mail piece derived from the encoded value, in response to a determination that the mail piece is an actual undeliverable as addressed mail piece.
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26 Claims
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1. A computerized method comprising:
sorting mail, wherein sorting mail for a mail piece comprises; reading an encoded value located on the mail piece; decoding the encoded value to determine an identification of a class of the mail piece and an identification of a service type of the mail piece; and performing the following operation in response to determining that the mail piece is an actual undeliverable as addressed mail piece; determining a final disposition of the mail piece using at least one of the identification of the class of the mail piece or the identification of the service type of the mail piece derived from the encoded value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A machine-readable medium including instructions which when executed by a machine causes the machine to perform operations comprising:
sorting mail, wherein sorting mail for a mail piece comprises; reading an encoded value located on the mail piece; decoding the encoded value to determine an identification of a sender of the mail piece, an identification of a recipient of the mail piece, an identification of a class of the mail piece and an identification of any endorsements of the mail piece; and determining whether the mail piece is a candidate undeliverable as addressed mail piece using the identification of the recipient of the mail piece within the encoded value and an identification of a delivery point for the mail piece; performing the following operations in response to determining that the mail piece is a candidate undeliverable as addressed mail piece; retrieving a name of the recipient of the mail piece using the identification of the recipient of the mail piece within the encoded value; retrieving a return address of the sender of the mail piece using the identification of the sender of the mail piece within the encoded value; confirming that the candidate undeliverable as addressed mail piece is an actual undeliverable as addressed mail piece, using the name of the recipient of the mail piece; and determining final disposition of the mail piece using at least one of the identification of the class of the mail piece within the encoded value or the identification of any endorsements of the mail piece from the encoded value. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus comprising:
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a database to store a number of entries, wherein each of the number of entries include a name of a recipient of mail and an identification associated with the name of the recipient; and a mail sorter to read an encoded value located on a candidate undeliverable as addressed mail piece, the encoded value comprising an identification for the recipient of the candidate undeliverable as addressed mail piece, an identification of a class of the candidate undeliverable as addressed mail piece and an identification of any endorsements of the candidate undeliverable as addressed mail piece, wherein the mail sorter is to retrieve, from the database, a name of recipient of the candidate undeliverable as addressed mail piece from an entry of the number of entries that includes the identification for the recipient of the candidate undeliverable as addressed mail piece, wherein the mail sorter is to confirm that the candidate undeliverable as addressed mail piece is an actual undeliverable as addressed mail piece, using the name of the recipient of the candidate undeliverable as addressed mail piece, and wherein the mail sorter is to determine final disposition of the confirmed undeliverable as addressed mail piece using at least one of the identification of the class within the encoded value or the identification of any endorsements within the encoded value. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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