Patent · US Expired

System and method for electronic and physical mass mailing

US6343327B2 · kind B2 · utility

96Cited by

84References

30Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Pitney Bowes Inc. · US

Inventors

Edward P. Daniels · Trumbull, US
John Kwant · Tarrytown, US
Paul H. Mitchell · Portland, US
John G. Rahrig · Stratford, US
Karl-Heinz Schumacher · Ludwigshafen, DE
Clare E. Woodman · Norwalk, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 1997
Grant date	Jan 29, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q10/107
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A printstream processor separates documents, e.g. in a printstream or batch, into a physical delivery printstream and an electronic delivery printstream based on delivery preferences stored in a database. The documents in the physical delivery printstream are printed and combined with physical inserts for physical delivery, e.g. by the U.S. Postal Server. The documents in the electronic delivery printstream are combined with electronic inserts for electronic delivery, for example, via electronic mail, facsimile, pager, or to a server on World Wide Web.

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