Jill M Lawrence

US Patent:

20070143125, Jun 21, 2007

Filed:

Dec 16, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/303703

Inventors:

Thomas Foth - Trumbull CT, US
James Euchner - Waccabuc NY, US
Jill Lawrence - Bridgeport CT, US
Donna Gambino - Stratford CT, US
Michael Swenson - Danbury CT, US
Theresa Biasi - Shelton CT, US

Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Incorporated - Stamford CT

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705001000

Abstract:

Methods and systems that allow a sender of a mail piece to easily specify delivery instructions and/or services for a mail piece and that allows mail processing systems to identify and account for the specified delivery instructions and/or services without the need for any pre-sorting or input of information prior to processing the mail piece. The sender of a mail piece provides a marking on the mail piece representing instructions desired for delivering the mail piece. A mail processing system utilized to process the mail piece reads the marking provided on the mail piece, and based on the type/color of the marking, interprets the delivery instructions requested by the sender. The mail processing system processes the mail piece according to the instructions requested by the sender based on the marking provided on the mail piece by the sender.