Patent ID: 7707038
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: B07C,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for transporting and distributing items via an origin facility, an origin network control point, a destination network control point, and a destination facility comprising: establishing at least a first shape category and a second shape category for said items; receiving, at said origin facility, a plurality of items within said first shape category and a plurality of items within said second shape category; origin processing said plurality of items within said first shape category, using automatic processing equipment capable of image lift resolution, at said origin facility; transporting, according to shape category, said origin-processed plurality of items within said first shape category and said plurality of items within said second shape category, without origin processing, to said origin network control point; origin processing said plurality of items within said second shape category, using automatic processing equipment capable of image lift resolution, at said origin network control point; transporting, according to shape category, said origin-processed plurality of items within said first shape category and said origin-processed plurality of items within said second shape category to said destination network control point; destination processing said plurality of items within said second shape category at said destination network control point; transporting, according to shape category, said origin-processed plurality of items within said first shape category and said destination-processed plurality of items within said second shape category to said destination facility; and destination processing said plurality of items within said first shape category at said destination facility.