VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD IN A DOCUMENT PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT

• US 20110098847A1
• Filed: 01/06/2011
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bell & Howell LLC (Böwe Systec AG)
• Original Assignee: Bowe Bell & Howell Company
• Inventors: Rawlings, David, Richards, Bob, Boston, Michael, SPITZIG, Roger
• Granted Patent: US 8,036,422 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/00 Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 17/00459 Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 2017/00491 Mail/envelope/insert handling system
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 2017/00556 Ensuring quality of print
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 2017/00709 Scanning mailpieces

Abstract

A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information, and leveraging the feeder information to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting.

Claims

1-46. -46. (canceled)

47. A method of processing a plurality mail pieces, the method comprising steps of:

extracting read comparison data from a pre-print stream database;

storing the extracted read comparison data for access by document handling equipment for processing the plurality of mail pieces;

processing the plurality of mail pieces on the document handling equipment to at least obtain unique mail piece information from each respective mail piece;

verifying the extracted read comparison data with the obtained unique mail piece information for each respective mail piece; and

storing the obtained address information together with the extracted read comparison data.

48. The method according to claim 47, further comprising the step of:

generating a report containing mail piece information for each of the respective mailpieces.

49. The method according to claim 48, wherein the report a is web-based accessible report.

50. The method according to claim 47, further comprising the step of:

in the event of an unsuccessful verification, stopping the processing of the mail pieces on the document handling equipment and taking corrective action.

51. The method according to claim 47, wherein the document processing handling includes an inserter, printing press or bookmaker.