REMOTE ENCODING CENTER AUTOMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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Abstract
A nontransitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations. The operations can include intercepting a request for manual processing of a mail piece image. The request can be transmitted by an originating MPE having failed to resolve the mail piece image. The request can be ignored and the mail piece scan image can be forwarded to an automated mail recognition system (AMRS). If the AMRS successfully resolved the image, a response, including a plurality of addressing data corresponding to the mail piece scan image, can be received from the AMRS. If the AMRS successfully resolved the image, at least a portion of the plurality of addressing data can be transmitted to the originating MPE. If the AMRS did not successfully resolve the image, the request can be forwarded to a manual mail recognition processing system.
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38 Claims
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21. A computer system configured to provide automated mail recognition processing to a legacy manual mail recognition processing system, said computer system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein software instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including preventing a network user from accessing a manual mail recognition processing request received from an originating mail processing component, said manual mail recognition processing request being a request for manual processing of said mail piece scan image by a human, said manual mail recognition processing request including a mail piece scan image, and said mail piece scan image including a digital image of at least a portion of a mail piece, and determining correct addressing information for said mail piece scan image using an automated mail recognition system component in response to said request for manual processing of said mail piece scan image by a human. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for retrofitting a legacy manual mail recognition system with automated mail recognition processing without substantially altering the configuration of said existing legacy manual mail recognition system, the method comprising:
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preventing a network user from accessing a mail piece scan image manual processing request at a network component; and reading said mail piece scan image manual processing request from memory by an automated recognition processing system component, said mail piece scan image manual processing request being transmitted by a requesting mail processing component, said mail piece scan image manual processing request being associated with a mail piece scan image, said mail piece scan image including an image of at least a portion of a mail piece, and said mail piece scan image manual processing request requesting manual mail recognition processing to be performed on said mail piece scan image by a human. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A nontransitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
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preventing a user from accessing a manual mail recognition processing request, the manual mail recognition processing request requesting manual processing of a mail piece scan image, and said manual mail recognition processing request being transmitted by an originating mail processing component; and in response to the manual mail recognition processing request, reading said mail piece scan image from memory by a non-manual mail recognition processing system. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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