Multi-mailer combining pre-personalized items with items not pre-personalized to produce zip code bundles
US6167326A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00483
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for combining in zip code order pre-personalized printed items with items that are not pre-personalized. The method includes the step of producing a grouping of the pre-personalized items in zip code order according to a first mailing list. The first mailing list is merged with a second mailing list associated with the items that are not pre-personalized to produce a master mailing list of a desired zip code order. The pre-personalized items and the items that are not pre-personalized are selectively fed to a conveyor in the desired zip code order. The items that are not pre-addressed are addressed and the zip code bundles are prepared according to the master mailing list.
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