Optically readable mail system with general and receiver specific information
US5018072A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 1990 |
| Grant date | May 21, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C1/00
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A mail system includes a selector selectively composing character information, image information and/or audio information; a printer printing the composite information as optically readable bit information in a plurality of recording mediums; a first storage device storing specific information for specifying the receivers of said recording media; a second storage device storing the required items of said receivers; a third storage area storing the information related to the required items of said receivers; a selector selecting information corresponding to the required items of said receivers from the information related to the required items of said receivers; a recorder recording the selected information corresponding to the required items of said receivers as optically readable bit information in at least one of said recording media; and a recorder recording the specific information specifying said receivers in at least one of said recording media.
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