Patent ID: 8126822

Claim:
A method using a computer for forwarding mail by a post that is addressed to a recipient at a virtual post office box to be delivered directly to a recipient without the recipient going to the post, said method comprises the steps of: receiving by the computer recipient's name and recipient's desired delivery address; assigning a virtual post office box identification for individual recipients; relating by the computer recipient's virtual post office box with the desired delivery address of the recipients; delivering to recipients their assigned virtual post office box's identification; placing virtual post office box identification on physical mail; reading mail to capture virtual post office box identification, when present; determining recipient's desired delivery address from virtual post office box identification and recipient's name; determining in one or more data bases that recipient's name is listed with recipient's desired delivery address and is the address to which the owner of the virtual post office box wants the mail forwarded, wherein the forwarding information is sent by telephone, physical mail, or facsimile; placing recipient's desired delivery address on mail in coded form and human readable form; and delivering mail to the desired delivery address of the recipients.