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Method and system for delivery of mail

  • US 7,038,797 B1
  • Filed: 05/23/2000
  • Issued: 05/02/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for providing a mailing system, including the steps of:

  • receiving, through a computer system, a mail item from a sender;

    printing the mail item in a document including coded data thereon, the coded data including an indication of the identity of the mail item and of the location of a plurality of reference points on the document;

    receiving, in the computer system, indicating data from an optically imaging sensing device, the indicating data including information regarding the identity of the mail item and at least one stroke of the sensing device in relation to the document generated by the sensing device optically reading at least some of the coded data printed on the document, wherein the received indicating data are used to determine which reference points on the document the stroke intersects; and

    generating a second mail item using said indicating data from the sensing device.

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