Patent ID: 6804577
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: B07C,G06K,G07B

Abstract:
A business reply mail processing system comprising:a transport module for feeding a business reply mail piece returned by a responder, the business reply mail piece having a first side including address information and a second side including control data and field data thereon, the field data including information provided by the responder, the control data including identification information for the business reply mail piece and instructions for scanning the field data; a scanner module associated with the transport module to read the control data on the business reply mail piece; and a control module in operative communication with the scanner module, the control module using the identification information to identify the business reply mail piece as belonging to a specific mailing campaign and using the instructions for scanning the field data to control the scanner module to read at least a portion of the field data from the business reply mail piece.