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Apparatus and methods for identifying a mailpiece using an identification code

  • US 6,976,621 B1
  • Filed: 08/31/2000
  • Issued: 12/20/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of identifying a plurality of mailpieces in a mailpiece sorting system, using identification codes corresponding to identification files, comprising the steps of:

  • marking one of the plurality of mailpieces with an identification code that uniquely corresponds to the one mailpiece;

    creating an identification file corresponding to the identification code, where the identification code is read from the one mailpiece by a plurality of nodes on the mailpiece sorting system including at least one node on a sorting system of a receiving post office and at least one node on a sorting system of a destination post office; and

    using the identification code read from the mailpiece to retrieve information from the corresponding identification file for sorting the mailpiece at a plurality of nodes on the mailpiece sorting system including at least one node on the sorting system of a receiving post office.

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