Patent ID: 8250000
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
1. A high-speed mail processing system having a conveyor system for transferring a plurality of mail pieces among two or more mail processing components and a controller for directing the operations of the components, the system comprising: a postage computing device for separately calculating postage value due for each individual mail piece of said plurality of mail pieces, said postage computing device operable to use said calculated postage value to generate an information based postage indicia for a mail piece of said plurality of mail pieces in parallel with the mail piece of said plurality of mail pieces being physically created and processed by at least one mail processing component of said two or more mail processing components; a postage application printer positioned to print said information based postage indicia on the mail piece of said plurality of mail pieces that is being moved by the conveyor system, wherein said information based postage indicia is available for printing by said postage application printer at the time the mail piece of said plurality of mail pieces arrives at said postage application printer; and a computer processing system for storing information related to the processing of each individual mail piece of said plurality of mail pieces and for providing the controller with the processing information; wherein said controller tracks the position of each individual mail piece of said plurality of mail pieces and instructs components of said high speed mail processing system regarding the processing of said each individual mail piece of said plurality of mail pieces at said components.