Patent ID: 7895130
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G06Q,G07B

Abstract:
1. A method for tracking and notification of a recipient initiated mail item being delivered to a recipient address, the method comprising: (a) selecting by the recipient a mailer-defined description of an item of value that is in the possession of the mailer and is to be delivered to the recipient address; (b) selecting an electronic address of the recipient; (c) creating by the recipient a unique identifier for the item of value; (d) creating a description of recipient's delivery preferences that includes where the mail item should be delivered at the recipient's address; (e) combining, by a processing device associated with a recipient system, the information selected and created in steps A-D in an information record; (f) communicating the information record to from the recipient system to a mailer system that includes a mailer processing device; (g) creating, by the mailer processing device, a physical representation of the information record and printing, by a printing device, the physical representation of the information record; (h) applying the physical representation of the information record to a mail item; (i) capturing, by a scanning device, information from the physical representation of the information record within a carrier system; (j) creating location information regarding the presence of the mail item at a specified location within the carrier system; and (k) communicating the captured information and location information to the recipient and to the mailer.