Notification system based on intelligent mail barcodes

摘要

An approach is provided to notify an addressee of postal mail. The approach is performed by reading an enhanced mail barcode affixed to the postal mail. The enhanced mail barcode identifies a contents of the postal mail. The approach further retrieves an electronic contact address that corresponds to the addressee of the postal mail. Finally, the approach transmits an electronic notification, such as an email, text message, voice message, etc. to the retrieved electronic contact address that corresponds to the addressee.

主权项

1. A method, implemented by an information handling system that includes one or more processors and a memory, that notifies an addressee of postal mail, the method comprising:
receiving a subscription request from a user corresponding to the addressee, wherein the subscription request includes one or more mail category selections and a notification preference pertaining to each of the selected mail categories; reading an enhanced mail barcode affixed to the postal mail, wherein the enhanced mail barcode identifies a contents of the postal mail and a mail type; comparing the mail type to the mail categories selected by the user, wherein the comparing results in a matching notification preference; retrieving an electronic contact address corresponding to the addressee of the postal mail, wherein the electronic contact address that is retrieved is based upon the matching notification preference; and transmitting an electronic notification to the retrieved electronic contact address that corresponds to the addressee.