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UNIVERSAL INTELLIGENT POSTAL IDENTIFICATION CODE

  • US 20100100233A1
  • Filed: 10/22/2009
  • Published: 04/22/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer readable medium having software instructions stored thereon for registering a universal postal code affixed to a mail piece, the software instructions, when executed by a processor disposed within a wireless device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

  • acquiring an image of the universal postal code from an image sensor operatively coupled to the wireless device;

    automatically recognizing and decoding the universal postal code image to obtain a universal postal code that is unique with respect to the mail piece such that the mail piece can be identified and differentiated from other mail pieces using only the universal postal code affixed to the mail piece;

    verifying the universal postal code by communicating with a universal postal code server computer;

    obtaining, from the wireless device, a recipient address to which delivery of the mail piece will be attempted;

    determining if the recipient address is valid by communicating the recipient address to the universal postal code server computer and receiving an indication of address validity from the universal postal code server computer;

    associating, in the wireless device, the universal postal code with the recipient address, when the address is determined to be valid; and

    transmitting, from the wireless device, the universal postal code data and the associated recipient address to the universal postal code server computer for registration in an active universal postal code database, such that the mail piece can be sorted for delivery based only on the universal postal code affixed to the mail piece.

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