Patent ID: 8874676
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: G06Q,G07B

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, at a processing server, a first amount of mail represented by first electronic mail data corresponding to a first mail cycle having a first deadline; determining whether additional mail can be added to the first mail cycle based on commitment dates and business rules including load balancing and current bandwidth; upon determining that entire mail represented by second electronic mail data corresponding to a second mail cycle cannot be added to the first mail cycle, determining a second amount of mail represented by the second electronic mail data can be added to the first mail cycle, the second amount of mail comprising an amount of mail smaller than the entire mail represented by the second electronic mail data, the second mail cycle having a second deadline different than the first deadline; adding the second amount of mail to the first mail cycle; and sending third electronic mail data corresponding to mail scheduled for the first mail cycle to an output center to print physical mail based on the third electronic mail data.