System For Tracking USPS Mail, Predicting Delivery Times And Comparing USPS Costs Against Private Courier Services
First Claim
1. A method of providing a sender of a package with:
- (i) a calculated delivery time if the package is sent by a first mail service, and (ii) a calculated delivery cost savings by sending the package by the first mail service as compared to sending the package by a second mail service, comprising;
recording sender and recipient address information for the package;
calculating an expected delivery time if the package is sent by the first mail service based upon both;
(i) the sender and recipient address information for the package, and (ii) historical delivery performance records of the first mail service;
providing the sender with the expected delivery time if the package is sent by the first mail service;
determining a cost of sending the package by the first mail service;
determining a cost of sending the package by the second mail service;
calculating a cost savings by sending the package by the first mail service as compared to sending the package by the second mail service; and
providing the sender with the calculated cost savings of sending the package by the first mail service as compared to sending the package by the second mail service.
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Abstract
A method of providing a sender of a package with: (i) a calculated delivery time if the package is sent through the USPS mail stream, and (ii) a calculated delivery cost savings by sending the package by USPS mail as compared to sending the package by private courier; calculating an expected delivery time if the package is sent by USPS mail based; providing the sender with the expected delivery time; determining a cost of sending the package by USPS mail; determining a cost of sending the package by private courier; calculating a cost savings by sending the package by USPS mail as compared to sending the package by private courier; and providing the sender with the calculated cost savings. Thus, a real-time analysis of various senders'"'"' true delivery experience empowers users to switch to a more economical model.
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57 Claims
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1. A method of providing a sender of a package with:
- (i) a calculated delivery time if the package is sent by a first mail service, and (ii) a calculated delivery cost savings by sending the package by the first mail service as compared to sending the package by a second mail service, comprising;
recording sender and recipient address information for the package; calculating an expected delivery time if the package is sent by the first mail service based upon both;
(i) the sender and recipient address information for the package, and (ii) historical delivery performance records of the first mail service;providing the sender with the expected delivery time if the package is sent by the first mail service; determining a cost of sending the package by the first mail service; determining a cost of sending the package by the second mail service; calculating a cost savings by sending the package by the first mail service as compared to sending the package by the second mail service; and providing the sender with the calculated cost savings of sending the package by the first mail service as compared to sending the package by the second mail service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
- (i) a calculated delivery time if the package is sent by a first mail service, and (ii) a calculated delivery cost savings by sending the package by the first mail service as compared to sending the package by a second mail service, comprising;
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25. A system for tracking a package in a first mail stream, comprising:
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a package travelling in a first mail stream between a sender and a recipient; and a data record associated with the package, the data record comprising; a calculated expected delivery time if the package is sent by a first mail service based upon both;
(i) sender and recipient information for the package, and (ii) historical mail delivery records of the first mail service, anda calculated cost savings of sending the package by the first mail service as compared to sending the package by a second mail service. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A trackable envelope or package for shipping documents, comprising:
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an envelope or package; and a unique machine readable identifier on the envelope or package or on a label affixed to the envelope or package, wherein the machine readable identifier, when read by a scanner; (i) identifies the package as being from a particular class of tracked mail provided by a first mail service, (ii) provides a data record associated with the package, the data record comprising; (1) a calculated expected delivery time if the package is sent by the first mail service based upon both; (a) sender and recipient information for the package, and (b) historical mail delivery records for the first mail service, and (2) a calculated cost savings of sending the package by the first mail service as compared to sending the package by a second mail service. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A computerized system for tracking mail delivered by a first mail service, comprising:
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a sub-system for recording sender and recipient information for mail delivered by a first mail service; a sub-system for calculating an expected delivery time for individual packages if the individual packages are sent through the first mail stream based upon both;
(i) the sender and recipient information for the package, and (ii) historical mail delivery records for the first mail service;a sub-system for providing senders with the expected delivery time for the individual packages if the packages are sent through the mail stream of the first mail service; a sub-system for determining a cost of sending the individual packages by the first mail service; a sub-system for determining a cost of sending the individual packages by a second mail service; a sub-system for calculating a cost savings by sending the individual packages by the first mail service as compared to sending the package by the second mail service; and a sub-system for providing the sender with the calculated cost savings of sending the individual packages by the first mail service as compared to sending the individual packages by the second mail service. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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