Patent ID: 8195567
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically processing a remittance by a delivery service provider, comprising: receiving a delivery item at a delivery processing center of the delivery service provider; determining, by a processor, whether an account associated with the delivery item is designated for electronic delivery by recognizing a code indicating that the delivery item is designated for electronic delivery on the outside of the delivery item before the delivery item is opened; scanning, by a scanning system, inside contents of the delivery item after the determining that the account associated with the delivery item is designated for electronic delivery, wherein the inside contents include a remittance document; determining, by the processor and based on the scanning of the inside contents of the delivery item, whether the account associated with the delivery item is coded for electronic payment; identifying, by the processor and based on the determining that the account is not coded for electronic payment, items within the inside contents of the delivery item that are designated for financial institutions; converting, by the processor, the scanned inside contents into electronic data; and making the electronic data available to a biller, by the processor, while the delivery service provider possesses the delivery item.