Patent ID: 9607312
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B07C,B65H,G06Q,G07B

Claim:
1. A method comprising: identifying, by a processor, a first pool of books having a number exceeding a first threshold to meet a first postal discount; identifying, by the processor, one or more open pockets on a co-mailer machine processing a second pool of books; identifying, by a the processor, first selected filler books from the first pool of books for bundling with the second pool of books while maintaining a threshold number of books in the first pool to achieve the first postal discount, the first selected filler books identified by: identifying, with the processor, a number of first selected filler books to be bundled with the second pool of books when the number of the second pool of books is less than a second threshold number of books for the second or third postal discount, the number of the second pool of books bundled with the number of the first selected filler books is at least as great as the second threshold number of books; and executing instructions by the processor to: