Mail system with personalized training for users
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1. Apparatus for training a postal system user to perform postal functions, said apparatus comprising:
- a user station having a plurality of means for performing postal functions for postal transactions initiated by the user;
means remote from and in communication with said user station for;
storing data representing postal transactions initiated by said user;
storing training modules; and
providing to said user a personalized training module in accordance with said user'"'"'s postal transactions.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system are disclosed that provide a cost effective work-sharing installation for preprocessing mail. The disclosed system includes a data center and postal user inter connected by way of data communications links. The data center maintains a database of user'"'"'s profiles, and uses that information to provide user'"'"'s with training materials personalized to the user'"'"'s needs.
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1. Apparatus for training a postal system user to perform postal functions, said apparatus comprising:
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a user station having a plurality of means for performing postal functions for postal transactions initiated by the user; means remote from and in communication with said user station for; storing data representing postal transactions initiated by said user; storing training modules; and providing to said user a personalized training module in accordance with said user'"'"'s postal transactions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8, 9)
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5. A system for training a postal system user to perform postal functions in a multicomponent interrelated system, said system comprising:
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a data center having a data processor and storage means; a plurality of user stations each having a data processor, storage means and means for performing postal functions; data communication links interconnecting each of said user stations with said data center; means at said data center for maintaining a database of user profiles, means at said data center for storing a plurality of modules of training materials for postal users; and means for personalizing a set of training materials for a particular user in accordance with its user profile and transmitting same via a data link to said particular user. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A system for assisting a user to perform postal functions, comprising:
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(a) a data center having a data processor and databases of information relevant to efficiently using a postal system; (b) a plurality of user stations having a data processor and means for carrying out postal functions; (c) data communications links interconnecting each of the user stations with the data center; (d) each said user station comprising means for transmitting to the data center its location and data representative of mailing transactions to be carried out by the user; and (e) means at said data center for transmitting to a user station data representative of information personalized for said user station.
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10. A method of training a postal system user to perform postal functions in a multicomponent interrelated system, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing mailing data including data representing postal transactions by a user; using said stored data to determine data representative of training materials personalized for said user; and transmitting said training material data to said user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method of assisting a postal system user to perform postal functions in a multicomponent interrelated system, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing mailing data representing a plurality of user postal transactions at a data center including location of the user; at the user'"'"'s location, querying the data center concerning a particular postal transaction that the user intends to make; and transmitting from the data center to the user data representative of information that will assist the user in carrying out said transaction. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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