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Method of Processing Mailpieces That Enables Virtual Identification of The Mailpieces to be Used With Forwarding

  • US 20100163612A1
  • Filed: 06/17/2008
  • Published: 07/01/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of processing mailpieces, said method comprising the steps of forming a digital image of a surface of a current mailpiece for the purpose of using OCR to recognize a recipient postal address for said current mailpiece, and, if it is determined that said recognized recipient address corresponds to an incorrect recipient address, placing a forwarding address on said surface of the current mailpiece, and, in addition to placing said forwarding address on the surface of the current mailpiece, placing an OCR-detectable mark on said surface of the current mailpiece, which mark indicates that the current mailpiece bears a forwarding address, and also constitutes an index for retrieving said forwarding address from a database.

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