发明名称 |
Method and system for instruction-based collating of unaddressed flats and addressed mail |
摘要 |
The invention is directed to a method of sorting mail and collating flats to form stop-sequence mail for a mail carrier, wherein the method comprises:
receiving flats for delivery to mail stops on a delivery route of the mail carrier;
receiving collation instructions regarding desired delivery of the flats, separate from any material included in or printed on the flats;
automatically storting mail in stop-sequence order for mail stops on a delivery route of the mail carrier, the sorted stop-sequence mail comprising a grouping of one or more mail pieces intented for delivery to each of a plurality of the mail stops on the delivery route of the mail carrier; and
automatically adding the flats during sorting of the mail, so as to include one of the flats in each of a plurality of the groupings of the sorted stop-sequence mail, based on the received collation instructions.
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申请公布号 |
EP1657001(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2006.05.17 |
申请号 |
EP20050024231 |
申请日期 |
2005.11.07 |
申请人 |
BOWE BELL + HOWELL POSTAL SYSTEMS CO. |
发明人 |
CONARD, WALTER S.;PARENTI, DANIEL J.;WOJDYLA, RICHARD J. |
分类号 |
B07C3/00 |
主分类号 |
B07C3/00 |
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