Patent ID: 7741575
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: B07C,G07B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of tracking mail pieces of a plurality of mail clients, during mail sortation operations, the method comprising steps of: obtaining a unique identification of each respective mail piece from batches of mail pieces received from the plurality of mail clients, by: creating an individual record in an electronic file for each respective mail piece, including the unique identification of the respective mail piece; processing the mail pieces from the batches of mail pieces from the mail clients through one or more sortations prior to delivery to a postal authority; populating the individual mail piece records of the electronic file with sortation tracking information for tracking substantially all of the identified mail pieces individually through the one or more sortations prior to delivery to the postal authority; and generating a report using the populated individual mail records for substantially all of the mail pieces received from the plurality of mail clients.