Pitney Bowes Inc.

Mark Bresnan

David P Gardner

Je H Oh

James M Valovich

A router instruction processor for a digital document delivery system interacts with one or more electronic inserts and a bill processing server to function as a general document fulfillment server. The router instruction processor makes use of the electronic inserters and bill processing server to ensure that documents as contained in Send Request objects are presented to their destinations according to sender requirements and recipient preferences. The router instruction processor further ensures the sender requirements are not compromised by recipient preferences to the extent that conflict may arise.

Router instruction processor for a digital document delivery system

A digital document delivery system and method for providing to a user an electronic primary document with associated secondary documents. The secondary documents can have relative priorities and are based upon user preference data. An electronic inserter, bill processing server and interactive bill presentation server are used to make the primary and secondary documents available for viewing by a user via the user's web browser, as well as to allow the user to interrogate the system and to respond to the primary document, such as to pay an account due as stated in the primary document. The digital document delivery system and method also notifies the user of the existence of a primary and secondary documents for viewing.

System and method for presenting and processing documents on the internet

A system and method for electronic printstream delivery including the steps of providing a database containing a plurality of electronic documents wherein at least some of the electronic documents have an associated barcode in an electronic printstream and splitting the electronic delivery printstream into a plurality of electronic documents. Once the electronic documents have been individually split from the electronic printstream the presence of electronic barcodes that are associated with at least some of the electronic documents are identified and interpolated. The electronic mail pieces are then generated using the information obtained from the identification of the electronic barcodes, wherein each electronic mail piece includes one of the plurality of electronic documents and at least some of the electronic mail pieces include respective electronic inserts. The electronic mail pieces are then delivered by an electronic delivery system.

System and method for bar code recognition in an electronic printstream

The invention is a method for producing a finished mail piece. The method allows a system user to select at a first node, a plurality of characteristics which define a mailing. These characteristics include selection of a document to be printed at a terminal node and a list of addresses to which the printed document will be sent. Once selections have been made, the print job is transmitted to a terminal node which comprises a data processor, an envelope printer, and a document printer among other elements. The document printer will print the document in accordance with the characteristics selected at the first node; and, the envelope printer will print addresses from the address list to corresponding envelopes. Once the document has been printed, it is inserted into the envelope by inserting means to form an unfinished mail piece. The unfinished mail piece is sealed and then franked with appropriate postage in order to form a finished mail piece. The mail piece is then placed into a mail stream for delivery to the destination address. A receipt indicative of the print job and delivery into the mail stream may be optionally generated by the terminal node and transmitted to the first node. Several nodal layers can be created such that the first node can transmit the print job to a second node which can further transfer the print job to subsequent nodes for printing and routing.

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Newtown, CT, United States of America

Mark Bresnan