Patent ID: 7937332
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: scanning a mail piece with a mail piece scanner at a first location to obtain a human-readable image and a machine-readable image in a single image, including a postal indicium representing postage-related information associated with the mail piece, the postal indicium being uniquely identifiable and having a human-readable portion and a machine-readable portion; sending postal indicium information to a point of automation at a second location different from the first location, the point of automation having a first computer programmed to verify postal indicia and to make comparisons by: receiving an instruction on how to handle the mail piece at a second computer disposed at the first location, the instruction being sent by the first computer and being based on said comparisons at the point of automation; and processing the mail piece in a mail system in accordance with the received instruction.