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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2020
Broadridge Output Solutions, Inc., Newark, NJ (US);
Marc Fagan, Folsom, CA (US);
Broadridge Output Solutions, Inc., Newark, NJ (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, an illustrative no-touch mail processing system may include a return mail processor (RMP) computer programed to receive a print file request of a customer; wherein the print file request was utilized to print mail pieces based on a print file comprised within the print file request; an image processing machine at the RMP configured to associate, in a no-touch manner, a returned mail piece based on the print file from the customer and an identification indicia on the returned mail piece; and a return mail processing machine (RMPM) at the RMP configured to utilize other information, that is not visible on the returned mail piece or through a send window of the returned mail piece, to cause a returned mail activity to be performed, in the no-touch manner, with the returned mail piece in accordance to a rule of the customer.