ADDRESS CORRECTION OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20090157745A1
• Filed: 12/13/2007
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pitney Bowes Incorporated (Böwe Systec AG)
• Original Assignee: Pitney Bowes Incorporated (Böwe Systec AG)
• Inventors: Quine, Douglas B.
• Application Number:
  US11/955,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20090157745A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/60 Business processes related to postal services shipping G06Q10/083; franking apparatus G07B17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 17/00435 Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 2017/00443 Verification of mailpieces, e.g. by checking databases
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 2017/00451 Address hygiene, i.e. checking and correcting addresses to be printed on mail pieces using address databases

Abstract

According to some embodiments, a method and a system are provided to store data regarding a plurality of patterns among recipients listed in a mailing list, and determine whether to request an address correction service for a mailing to the recipients based on (a) a planned date for the mailing and (b) the stored data.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

storing data regarding a plurality of patterns associated with recipients listed in a mailing list; and

determining whether to request an address correction service for a mailing to the recipients based on (a) a planned date for the mailing and (b) the stored data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of patterns is based on seasonal address changes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the stored data comprise at least customer data, a mail type, a first recipient type, and a second recipient type.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the address correction service is a Move Update received from the United States Postal Service.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a mailing class to optimize a total mailing cost of a mailing.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the selecting is based on if a mailer wishes to retrieve a contents of the mailing if the mailing is undeliverable.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the mailing list is pre-populated based on recipient profiles to enable default seasonal patterns to be utilized until new data is gathered.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

tracking the plurality of patterns.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the stored data comprises a recent mailing history to prevent redundant address correction payments.

4. The method of claim 4, wherein the customer data comprises one or more return mail rates, an address update compliance date, a standard class mail capability, one or more moving season dates, a next planned major mailing date, a number of pieces in a mailing, and an in home date.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the first recipient type comprises a premium, or non-premium indication.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the second recipient type comprises employees, customers, students, graduates, or all.

13. A system comprising:

a processor;

a computer readable medium to store instructions that when executed by the processor perform a method, the method comprising;

storing data regarding a plurality of patterns among recipients listed in a mailing list; and

determining whether to request an address correction service for a mailing to the recipients based on (a) a planed date for the mailing and (b) the stored data.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the plurality of patterns is based on seasonal address changes.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the stored data comprise at least customer data, a mail type, a first recipient type, and a second recipient type.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the customer data comprises one or more return mail rates, an address update compliance date, a standard class mail capability, one or more moving season dates, a next planned major mailing date, a number of pieces in a mailing, and an in home date.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the first recipient type comprises a premium, or non premium indication.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the second recipient type comprises employees, customers, students, graduates, or all.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the stored data comprises a recent mailing history to prevent redundant address correction payments.