ITEM SORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

An item sorting system and method, the system comprising; at least one sender handling unit by which at least one sender applies imprints to items to be delivered to at least one receiver, wherein an imprint as applied to a n item includes a sorting identifier; and at least one receiver sorting unit f or sorting received items in accordance with a sorting protocol as determined from the sorting identifiers of the respective imprints, wherein each sortin g protocol provides for the sorting of each of the received items into one of a plurality of groups such as to allow for different handling of the items of each of the respective groups.