Patent ID: 6697843
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G06Q,G07B,H04L

Abstract:
A method for distributed processing of hybrid mail, comprising the steps of:storing, in a system management facility, fixed data for a plurality of hybrid mail pieces to be produced; receiving, at a gateway located remote from the system management facility, variable data for said plurality of hybrid mail pieces to be produced, wherein each hybrid mail piece to be produced will be defined by said fixed data and a portion of said variable data; transmitting the variable data from the gateway to a mail production facility located remote from the gateway; transmitting, from the mail production facility to the system management facility, a request for said fixed data; transmitting, responsive to said request, the fixed data from the system management facility to the mail production facility; composing, at the mail production facility, a set of electronic data for creating said plurality of hybrid mail pieces, by merging said fixed data with said variable data; and producing said plurality of hybrid mail pieces from the composed set of electronic data.