System and method for tracking a mail item through a document processing system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8977385
APP PUB NO 20090218262A1
SERIAL NO

12466713

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Processing and tracking of individual mail items processed through a document processing system such as a sorter or inserter utilize a mail item identifier that is unique with respect to each individual mail item. A mail item may have a postal authority approved code representing or containing its associated unique identifier. If not, an identifier is generated and a corresponding postal authority approved code is applied to the mail item. Processing entails associating the unique mail item identifier for each respective mail item with collected metadata for the respective mail item and storing the identifier and associated the metadata. In a sorter example, each mail item is sorted into a postal sort group, and the processing entails identifying the sort group to which each item is sorted and storing the identified sort in association with the unique mail item identifier.

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DMT SOLUTIONS GLOBAL CORPORATION37 EXECUTIVE DRIVE DANBURY CT 06810

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bowers, Brian Mundelein, US 46 560
Conard, Walter S Lake Villa, US 33 986
Ermen, Gary Van Palatine, US 5 57
Ksiazek, Steven Schaumburg, US 2 53
Seburn, Steven Buffalo Grove, US 5 61

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