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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
William G. Hart, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Eugene Pritchard, Brookfield, CT (US);
Michael Shea, Litchfield, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and system for tracking manually repaired mailpieces and the like. Control documents are produced by a data processing system and transported to an inserter system. The inserter system inputs the control documents and assembles mailpieces in accordance with mailpiece records identified by coded information on the documents. If a damaged mailpiece is manually repaired an operator scans the coded information from the damaged mailpiece. A data processing system accesses the mailpiece record in accordance with the scanned information and updates the corresponding mailpiece record to reflect manual repair of the document.