Opportunistic mail document commingling

US8682479B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• DST OUTPUT WEST, LLC · US

Inventors

• Charles B. Clupper · Cameron Park, US
• Marc Fagan · Cameron Park, US
• Raymond H. Thill, III · Antelope, US
• William T. Kohrummel · Auburn, US
• John Arndt · Cameron Park, US
• Frank W. Delfer · Incline Village, US
• Mury Lee Albert Salls · Cameron Park, US
• Charles Preston · Folsom, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/063
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method of operation for proactively grouping disparate mail items that are queued to be produced in a processing facility, wherein the system and method utilize a manufacturing completion schedule for virtually grouping the mail items before physical production occurs and the system and method maximizes profitability by discounting the mail items by applying appropriate discount mailing regulations for virtually grouping the mail items before physical production occurs.