Computerized manual mail distribution method and apparatus

Details Computerized manual mail distribution method and apparatus Computerized manual mail distribution method and apparatus

1998-04-01

2000-06-06

Gordon, Paul P.

Data processing: generic control systems or specific application

Specific application, apparatus or process

Article handling

700219, 705406, B07C 500

Patent

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060730609

ABSTRACT:
A manually operated mail sorting station sorts pieces of unsorted mail into numerous bins in a case for holding sorted mail. The mail sorting station includes a scanner for reading an address from a piece of unsorted mail and the scanner includes a communication interface. The mail sorting station also includes a computer connected to the communication interface. The computer includes a program responsive to the address transmitted by the scanner over the communication interface. The program includes instructions that store the address in memory, a scheme representing an assignment of addresses to bins in the case, wherein the assignment maps addresses to individual postal delivery routes for Postal Service carriers in a predetermined city section, the individual delivery routes assigned at least one bin in the case, and instructions that match the address against the scheme to select one of the bins in the case as a matched bin for the piece of unsorted mail.

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Voice Sort brochure, D&K Wiley Enterprises, Moutain City, Tennessee

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