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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 2009
Raymond Lee, Palatine, IL (US);
Brian Bowers, Mundelein, IL (US);
Paul Kostyniuk, Wilmette, IL (US);
Raymond Lee, Palatine, IL (US);
Brian Bowers, Mundelein, IL (US);
Paul Kostyniuk, Wilmette, IL (US);
Bell and Howell, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A computer coupled to a mail processing device enables sort schemes having associated sort parameters, particularly mail item sort schemes and an associated pallet scheme providing pallet location designations for mail items sorted in accord with one or more of the sort schemes. A mailing job to be run by the mail processing device as well as an execution or dispatch date of the mailing job are selected or otherwise identified. Based on mailing criteria corresponding to the mailing job, a server or other computer associated within the mail processing device retrieves a pallet scheme and a one or more mail sort schemes. One or more pallet location designations associated with the sort scheme(s) are updated, based on the pallet scheme. The mail processing device is run on the mailing job, based on said one or more enabled sort schemes.