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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2008
Christophe Caillon, Bretigny sur Orge, FR;
Christophe Caillon, Bretigny sur Orge, FR;
Solystic, Gentilly Cedex, FR;
Abstract
In a method of processing mailpieces, a digital image of a surface of a current mailpiece is formed for the purpose of using OCR to recognize a recipient postal address for said current mailpiece, and, if it is determined that the recognized recipient address corresponds to an incorrect recipient address, a forwarding address is placed on said surface of the current mailpiece. In addition to said forwarding address, an OCR-detectable mark is placed on the surface of the current mailpiece, which mark indicates that the current mailpiece bears a forwarding address, and also constitutes an index for retrieving said forwarding address from a database.