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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1998
Charles R. Pigos, Jr., Morrisville, NC (US);
Pamela S. Austin, Morrisville, NC (US);
Vernon P. Bennett, Durham, NC (US);
Linda S. Williams, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bell & Howell Mail Messaging Technologies Company, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
An integrated computer system architecture for tracking of job data in a document processing environment including an infrastructure built on processes, hardware, software and interfaces designed to monitor and control mail processing and data collection through a variety of manual and machine processes in real-time. Computers, networks, web-based applications, databases and scanners are used to interface and integrate traditional mail processing equipment with customized software. The invention integrates the entire mail production process to form and establish a complete end-to-end system. A job tracking scheme is detailed illustrating a particular data mining application.