Patent ID: 6826446
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B07C,Y10S

Abstract:
A postal sorting process comprising the steps of:in a first sorting office: a) printing on mail items machine-readable sorting codes each one indicative of a distribution address of a mail item; b) sorting the mail items so as to compile ordered batches of mail items each corresponding to a certain zone of distribution of the mail items; c) compiling for each ordered batch of mail items a corresponding ordered list of sorting codes which is representative of the order of the mail items in said corresponding batch of mail items; and d) transferring each ordered batch of mail items with the corresponding ordered list of sorting codes to a second sorting office; and in said second sorting office: a) reading by machine the sorting codes on said mail items of an ordered batch of mail items in order to sort said mail items so as to compile one or more mailmen's rounds; b) comparing said ordered batch mail items sorting codes by machine with codes extracted from the corresponding ordered list of sorting codes in order to recover errors in reading said sorting codes.