Patent ID: 6246925
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: B07C,G06Q

Abstract:
A manually operated mail sorting station for sorting pieces of unsorted mail, the pieces of unsorted mail to be sorted into a plurality of bins in a sorting case for holding sorted mail, the mail sorting station comprising:a scanner for reading an address on a piece of unsorted mail, said scanner including a communications interface;a computer connected to the communications interface, including a program responsive to the address transmitted by the scanner on the communications interface, the program comprising:instructions that store the address in a memory;an updateable scheme representing an assignment of addresses to bins in the sorting case wherein the assignment maps addresses to individual postal delivery routes for Postal Service carriers, the individual delivery routes assigned at least one bin in the sorting case, wherein at least one of the assignments corresponds to a region bin assigned to an airline or at least one of a city and a state remote from the sorting station;an updateable case configuration separate from the updateable scheme that specifies bin locations in the sorting case; andinstructions that match the address against the scheme to select a bin in the sorting case as a matched bin for the piece of unsorted mail.