Patent ID: 11883852
Assignee: UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A processing system, comprising:
(a) a camera that is arranged to capture an image of a delivery item; and
(b) a hardware processor that is operably connected to the camera and that is configured to perform operations comprising:
capturing, using the camera, an image of a delivery item that is undeliverable to an intended recipient or at an intended delivery location, where the image includes an address of the intended recipient;
embedding, by the hardware processor, processing data with the image of the delivery item to thereby generate an embedded image as a printable file, the embedded image including the image of the delivery item framed by a template area that includes a reason for the delivery item being undeliverable; and
notifying a sender of the delivery item, via a hard copy printout of the embedded image, that the delivery item is undeliverable.