Qwest Communications International Inc.

Qwest Communications Inc.

Larry C Pollard

Kurtis A Haufschild

Larry M Rebenack

John Owen

Steven E Cole

The present invention, therefore, provides systems and methods for overcoming certain deficiencies in the prior art. For example, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a system is provided for producing a customized advertising insert for a particular billing statement. The particular billing statement can be associated with a particular customer, and a system for producing the insert in accordance with embodiments of the invention can comprise an industrial printer adapted to produce at least one customized advertising insert from at least one customized advertising insert image. This system can further comprise a collating device configured to receive at least one customized advertising insert from the industrial printer. The collating device can further be configured to associate the at least one customized advertising insert with the particular billing statement. The customized advertising insert and a particular billing statement can each comprise a common identifier.

Methods and systems for associating customized advertising materials with billing statements

A method for reprinting a plurality of documents includes obtaining exceptions associated with multiple processed enclosing jobs. The method further includes creating a reprint job that includes documents corresponding to a portion of the exceptions, wherein the portion of the exceptions is associated with at least two of the processed enclosing jobs. A system for reprinting a plurality of documents is also disclosed.

Document reprint method and system

An ultra-heavy mail piece processing system first collects the data to be printed out and then formats the data for printing. A rendering process then determines how the mail piece will be printed. Based on the total number of pages in the mail piece, the system will direct mail pieces having a total number of pages equal to or greater than an upper bound to an ultra-heavy handling process. The data stream for each ultra-heavy mail piece is split into a data stream for the first page and a data stream for all the second pages for the mail piece. The data stream for each first page is sent to a printer for printing in one-up format. The data stream for each set of second pages is reformatted to allow the data stream for each set of second pages to be sent to and printed on a different printer from the first printer in a two-up format. After each of the first pages and each set of second pages are printed, the first pages are manually collated with their corresponding set of second pages, and each mail piece is then manually packaged up and the proper postage is applied for mailing.

Ultra-heavy mail piece processing system

The disclosure includes a computational system (,) that implements a method for controlling operation of report production facilities. The system (,) is particularly suited to efficiently operating a facility that prints mail pieces and inserts the mail pieces in envelopes for delivery by the U.S. Postal Service. In one implementation, the system (,) includes a main processor (,) that receives constituent data and sequentially stores the data in report recipient files (,). The main processor (,) is utilized to process the stored data to create relational database files (,). The database files (,) include index fields which facilitate tracking and sorting of the data based in part upon postal rates, report lengths, and other distribution and production criteria. The main processor (,) may then be operated to create report output files (,) to be used by a report production facility (,) in printing and inserting the mail pieces. The report output files (,) may be created to obtain lower postal rates through presorting into postal discount categories such as carrier routes and zip code classifications. The report data may be located in the report recipient files (,), without further sequential processing, through the use of location data stored in the database files. The system (,) may further include a scheduler program (,) that controls creation of a report output file (,) by monitoring operational capacities of a report production facility (,), customer requirements via a system operator (,), and the contents of the database files (,).

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Highlands Ranch, CO, United States of America

Larry C Pollard