SYSTEM FOR RELIEVING OVERBURDENED POSTAL SORTING EQUIPMENT
摘要
A solution is provided to the technical problem of postal sorting equipment overburdened by medium-sized batches of unsorted mail. The solution identifies and diverts such batches for processing at a separate facility before the batch is tendered to the postal service. The batches may be placed in containers that are pooled together with others for pre-sorting. The invention further provides a method and system for collecting relatively small batches of mail that, alone would not qualify for mailing at a pre-sorted postage rate and pooling them together with others for pre-sorting into a qualified batch of pre-sorted mail. The mail may be metered at a reduced program rate. The system creates a cooperative of participating mail senders working together to earn a lower effective postage rate.
申请公布号
CA2428156(A1)
申请公布日期
2002.05.10
申请号
CA20012428156
申请日期
2001.11.06
申请人
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
发明人
BREHM, CHRISTOPHER SCOTT;PITTMAN, SANDY LEE;TEATE, JOSEPH CLAY;ENGEL, STANLEY ALAN;MCALPIN, MICHAEL TODD