Patent ID: 8215542
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: B07C,G07B

Abstract:
1. A method of making a change of address for a postal recipient for delivery of mail by a federal postal service, comprising: receiving change of address (COA) information into a computerized change of address system, which information includes the name of a postal recipient submitting the change, an old address where the postal recipient currently receives mail, a new address at which the postal recipient is to receive mail in the future, and an indication of the effective date of the change; storing the received address information in machine readable form as COA data; printing out a change of address form having the received change of address information printed thereon in human readable form and having a machine scannable identifier printed thereon which identifies that form to the system; scanning the printed form using a scanner device to read the identifier after the printed form has been signed by the postal recipient; associating the stored COA data with the read identifier by the system; validating the stored COA data by the system; and storing the validated COA data to a change of address database used by the postal service.