CA2422130A1 - Reply mail processing system - Google Patents

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CA2422130A1
CA2422130A1 CA002422130A CA2422130A CA2422130A1 CA 2422130 A1 CA2422130 A1 CA 2422130A1 CA 002422130 A CA002422130 A CA 002422130A CA 2422130 A CA2422130 A CA 2422130A CA 2422130 A1 CA2422130 A1 CA 2422130A1
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reply mail
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Martin A. Connelly
Robert V. Ferrara
Ronald K. Rutledge
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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Martin A. Connelly
Robert V. Ferrara
Ronald K. Rutledge
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/10—Apparatus characterised by the means used for detection ofthe destination
    • B07C3/14—Apparatus characterised by the means used for detection ofthe destination using light-responsive detecting means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K17/00—Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/00604—Printing of advert or logo
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00709—Scanning mailpieces

Abstract

A business reply mail processing system (100) includes a transport module (110), a scanner module (106) and a control module (112) in operative communication with the scanner module. The transport module feeds a business reply mail piece in a path of travel where the business reply piece includes a job ID code and field data. The scanner module is located adjacent to the path of travel of scanning the business reply mail piece reading the job ID code and the field data. The control module includes a mail campaign job database.
The control module uses the job ID code to access processing data from the mail campaign job database corresponding to the job ID code and controls the scanner module using the processing data to read the field data from the business reply mail piece.
CA002422130A 2000-07-27 2001-07-24 Reply mail processing system Expired - Fee Related CA2422130C (en)

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US09/626,953 2000-07-27
US09/626,953 US6459953B1 (en) 2000-07-27 2000-07-27 Reply mail processing system
PCT/US2001/023252 WO2002010902A1 (en) 2000-07-27 2001-07-24 Reply mail processing system

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CA2422130A1 true CA2422130A1 (en) 2002-02-07
CA2422130C CA2422130C (en) 2007-06-12

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EP (1) EP1323025B1 (en)
AU (1) AU2001277129A1 (en)
CA (1) CA2422130C (en)
WO (1) WO2002010902A1 (en)

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AU2001277129A1 (en) 2002-02-13
WO2002010902A1 (en) 2002-02-07
EP1323025A4 (en) 2007-09-12
EP1323025B1 (en) 2012-01-18
US6459953B1 (en) 2002-10-01
EP1323025A1 (en) 2003-07-02
US6804577B2 (en) 2004-10-12
CA2422130C (en) 2007-06-12

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