Patent ID: 6135292
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B07C,G07B,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for pre-certification measuring of mail piece postal discount qualifications, the system comprising:a) a thickness measuring device for accurately measuring the thickness of said mail piece;b) a user interface for entering a set of data indicative of at least one postal address and said accurately measured mail piece thickness;c) a data processing system for processing said mail piece in accordance with said set of address data and said accurately measured mail piece thickness to produce a set of mail piece data, said data processing system coupled to said thickness measuring device and said user interface, said data processing system including a memory for storing one or more sets of data;d) a means for sorting said one or more sets of mail piece data whereby said mail piece will be pre-certified for qualified postal discounts; ande) an output means coupled to said data processing system for outputting a mail piece identifier.