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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2013
Dst Output West, Llc, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Charles B. Clupper, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Marc Fagan, Folsom, CA (US);
Raymond H. Thill, III, Antelope, CA (US);
William T. Kohrummel, Auburn, CA (US);
John Arndt, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Frank W. Delfer, Granite Bay, CA (US);
Mury Lee Albert Salls, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Charles E. Preston, Orangevale, CA (US);
DST Output West, LLC, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method of operation for proactively grouping disparate mail items that are queued to be produced in a processing facility, wherein the system and method utilize a manufacturing completion schedule for virtually grouping the mail items before physical production occurs and the system and method maximizes profitability by discounting the mail items by applying appropriate discount mailing regulations for virtually grouping the mail items before physical production occurs.