Patent ID: 8244647
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first computer, a first input document, the first input document being a carrier product description file generated by a letter or parcel carrier; receiving, by the first computer, a second input document, the second input document describing attributes of a class of mailing equipment; extracting, by the first computer, information from the first input document and extracting information from the second input document; and generating, by the first computer, a class provisioning document based at least in part on the information extracted from the first input document and the second input document; receiving, by a second computer, the first input document, the second input document, the class provisioning document and a third input document, the third input document describing attributes of a type of mailing equipment that is a subset of said class of mailing equipment; extracting, by the second computer, information from the first input document, the second input document and the third input document; generating, by the second computer, a type provisioning document based at least in part on the third input document and the class provisioning document; receiving, by a third computer, the first input document, the second input document, the type provisioning document and the third input document; further receiving, by the third computer, fourth input, the fourth input relating to requirements for operating by a single mailer one or more pieces of mailing equipment of said type of mailing equipment; and generating, by the third computer, a mailer provisioning document based at least in part on said fourth input and said type provisioning document; wherein: