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Method and system for applying a postal authority barcode on a document processing system

US8245933B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 23, 2009
Grant dateAug 21, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 20, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB07C3/20
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Systems, methods, and an article of manufacture for printing a new postal authority code on a mail piece prepared by and received from an inserter or wrapper. A barcode post-processing system receives a mail piece from an inserter and communicates with the image capture equipment. The barcode post-processing system during performs various functions. The functions can include receiving legacy address block information from the mail piece from the image capture equipment, processing the captured legacy address block information to determine one or more missing parameters of the new postal authority code to create processed data, and supplementing the captured legacy address block information data with the one or more missing parameters of the new postal authority code received from one or more data source.

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