Patent ID: 11919042
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause:
causing displaying, on a client computing device, a graphical user interface comprising first options for selecting categories of mail and second options for specifying actions to automatically perform for the categories of mail;
receiving, through the graphical user interface, input that specifies a particular category of the categories and a particular action of the actions;
based on receiving the input, causing storing, at a server computer, a rule that comprises the particular category and the particular action;
capturing a first digital image of an item of mail using an image capture device, the item of mail comprising a physical item;
capturing a second digital image of one or more contents of the item of mail using the image capture device;
extracting, by an image processing device, information from one or more of the first digital image of the item of mail or the second digital image of the one or more contents of the item of mail, the extracted information comprising identifying data and characteristic data;
based, at least in part, on the characteristic data from one of the first or second digital images, determining that category for the item of mail is the particular category;
based on the rule and determining that the category is the particular category, causing the particular action to be performed with respect to the item of mail.