Method for tracking a mail piece
US7003376B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 2004 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/0004
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for tracking a mail piece includes capturing an image of the mail piece, associating a tracking number for the mail piece with the image, providing the mail piece and tracking number to a carrier, and utilizing information from the image to investigate a lack of delivery if no delivery verification is received from the carrier within a certain time period. The system and method may also include extracting information from a portion of the image and presenting the extracted information to a carrier, receiving additional information related to the mail piece from the carrier in response to presenting the extracted information, providing the mail piece, the additional information, and a tracking number for the mail piece to a carrier, inserting the mail piece into a mail stream, and then utilizing information from the image to investigate a lack of delivery if no delivery verification is received from the carrier within a certain time period.
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