Routing from a mail sorting assembly similarly addressed mail items to different destinations

US9390393B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bank of America Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mark D. Felse · Lexington, US
• David T. Frew · Fort Mill, US
• John B. Hall · Charlotte, US
• Tessa R. Cooke · Mooresville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 24, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 12, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/083
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus, methods, media and code for routing mail items to different destinations. A driven mail conveyor may receive: a first mail item that includes a paper envelope displaying in an addressee segment an institution name and institution address information, the first mail item including a first part; and a second mail item that includes a paper envelope displaying in the addressee segment the institution name and the institution address information and no other institution address information, the second mail item including a second part. A processor may electronically route, based on a first text string vector of the first part, the first mail item to a first mail item destination in the institution; and, based on a second text string vector of the second part, the second mail item to a second mail item destination in the institution.