Patent ID: 8527086

Claim:
A method for online processing of mail pieces, comprising the steps of: receiving a mailpiece into an automated processing machine; capturing an image of at least a front side of the mailpiece; reading addressee name, a destination address and a sender address from the captured image of the mailpiece; querying a move update (COA) database for a matching record based on the destination address and addressee name; providing an association database for storage of digital database records; if a matching record is found in the move update (COA) database, obtaining from the matching record an updated destination address; determining a new routing code corresponding to the updated destination address; determining whether an identity of a sender of the mailpiece is known; and if an identity of a sender of the mailpiece is unknown, and a matching record is found in the move update (COA) database based on the original destination address and addressee name, storing the addressee name, original destination address, updated destination address, and sender address data in association with one another in the association database.