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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2009
Erik Runstrom, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Walter S. Conard, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Erik Runstrom, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Walter S. Conard, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Bell + Howell Company, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
The present teachings described herein pertain to mail preparation systems, and more specifically to the processing of mailings to obtain destination entry discounts. The teachings herein also pertain to the processing of mailings by various document processing systems, such as sorters, inserters or vision systems attached to document processing systems, to enable processing of mail articles to maximize destination entry discounts. Still further, the teachings pertain to schemes for the enablement of delivery and logistics information to be arranged respective to a mailing during mail processing to obtain destination entry discounts.