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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2006
Richard W. Heiden, Shelton, CT (US);
Arthur J. Parkos, Southbury, CT (US);
John F. Braun, Fairfield, CT (US);
Jean-hiram Coffy, Norwalk, CT (US);
Bertrand Haas, New Haven, CT (US);
Bradley R. Hammell, Fairfield, CT (US);
Richard W. Heiden, Shelton, CT (US);
Arthur J. Parkos, Southbury, CT (US);
John F. Braun, Fairfield, CT (US);
Jean-Hiram Coffy, Norwalk, CT (US);
Bertrand Haas, New Haven, CT (US);
Bradley R. Hammell, Fairfield, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for creating an intelligent physical mailpiece includes looking up a mailpiece preference of an addressee concerning mail received by the addressee. A physical mailpiece to the addressee is prepared and includes on the mailpiece the addressee preference. The mailpiece is scanned to determine the addressee preference. The mailpiece may also be processed to link the owner of a meter employed to imprint an indicia on the mailpiece to the mailpiece. The intelligent physical mailpiece system may include a database of recipient preferences. A sender mail creation means is coupled to the recipient preference database. A processor is coupled to a scanner. A communications means is coupled between the processor and the sender mail creation means for communicating recipient preferences to the sender mail creation means for storage in the database of recipient preferences.