Patent ID: 6928422
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: G06Q,G07B

Abstract:
1. An incoming mail monitoring system, said system comprises: a plurality of identification cards that contain a code that uniquely identify mailers; a plurality of receptacles that reads and stores the unique identifying number contained in the card after mail is entered into the interior of the receptacle; and a data center that stores the unique code and receives the unique code from the receptacles to determine if the mailer is permitted to enter mail in the receptacle; wherein each of said plurality of receptacles comprises: a slot for entering mail into a control chamber; modem means for determining whether the entered mail is suspected of having life-harming material; means for closing the slot when the mail in the control chamber is determined as suspect mail; and an inner chamber that receives mail from the control chamber that is determined not to be suspect mail.