Patent ID: 9579694
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B07C,G06Q

Claim:
1. A method for providing machine-readable destination information on mail comprising the steps of, in combination: electronically receiving address information of a final destination for the mail from a sender of the mail located at a mail drop box remote from any in-person or automated postal system selling postal services including postage for delivery of the mail and using a user interface device located at the mail drop box and associated with the mail drop box; electronically generating a machine-readable code containing destination information relating to the final destination of the mail in response to receiving the address information from the sender of the mail located at the mail drop box; printing at least the machine-readable code on at least one of a label and an envelope using a printer located at the mail drop box; providing the at least one of the printed label and the printed envelope to the sender at the mail drop box without receiving a fee for the at least one of the printed label and the printed envelope so that the sender incorporates the at least one of the printed label and the printed envelope with the mail prior to inserting the mail into the mail drop box; receiving the mail with the at least one of the printed label and the printed envelope in the mail drop box; sorting the mail using a machine readable code scanner to read the machine readable code; and delivering the mail to the final destination indicated by the machine readable code.