Image analysis – Applications – Mail processing
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-21
2010-10-12
Kim, Charles (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Mail processing
C209S584000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07813524
ABSTRACT:
A method for processing mailings comprising wrong recipient addresses, according to which the wrong recipient address is determined from a detected copy of a mailing surface. The inventive method is characterized in that a) a code containing data on instructions given ahead of time is detected on the surface of the mailing, and the instructions that were given ahead of time are determined based on the detected code; b) the wrong address is compared to address data in at least one database selected among a plurality of databases in accordance with the instructions that were given ahead of time; and c) a pieced of forwarding data is applied to the mailings in accordance with the result of the comparison and the instructions given ahead of time.
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Keller Stefan
Terboven Jens
Deutsche Post AG
Kim Charles
Marshall & Gerstein & Borun LLP
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