Patent ID: 8350173
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B07C

Abstract:
1. A computerized method comprising: sorting mail, wherein sorting mail for a mail piece comprises: reading an encoded value located on the mail piece; decoding the encoded value to determine an identification of a class of the mail piece and an identification of a service type of the mail piece; determining that the mail piece is an actual undeliverable as addressed mail piece, wherein the actual undeliverable as addressed mail piece comprises a mail piece that cannot be delivered as addressed, wherein in response to the mail piece being determined to be the actual undeliverable as addressed mail piece, the mail piece is either forwarded to the addressee of the mail piece, returned to the sender of the mail piece, or treated as waste; and performing the following operation in response to determining that the mail piece is the actual undeliverable as addressed mail piece: determining a final disposition of the mail piece using at least one of the identification of the class of the mail piece or the identification of the service type of the mail piece derived from the encoded value, wherein the class of the mail piece comprises a level of service for the mail piece that is based on at least one of a feature of the mail piece, a service level of the mail piece, a postage price of the mail piece, and a presort requirement of the mail piece, and wherein the service type of the mail piece that define instructions for how to process the mail piece in response to the mail piece being an actual undeliverable as addressed mail piece.