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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1988
John A Hofer, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A semi-automatic mail sortation system. The system includes an input for input of information to a processor, and a display and sorting system controlled by the processor. The sortation system also includes a data base of names and associated mail drops accessed through the processor. In operation a mail piece is presented to an operator who inputs the first few letters of the addressee's name and the processor accesses the data base to display a set of records consistent with the input. The operator then selects a record and the processor controls the sorting system to sort the mail piece in accordance with the mail drop in the selected record. If the addressee's name is not displayed at first the operator may use conventional display controls to search further in the data base.