Method and system for run time directories for address services on a mail processing system

US8326898B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bell and Howell, LLC · US

Inventors

• Mark Woolston · Flower Mound, US
• Walter S. Conard · Lake Villa, US
• William A. Grady · Bedford, US
• Brian Bowers · Mundelein, US
• Richard Wojdyla · Wadsworth, US
• Gary Van Ermen · Palatine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 4, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/107
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present application generally relates to address data maintenance services using a mail processing system. The present application discloses techniques and equipment to update address information and usage of mail processing equipment to print delivery point barcodes that represent the current and accurate address information available for the addressee. The present application also provides a new approach for storing and searching address and name run time directories as part of a mail processing system using address reader technology.