Patent ID: 7161108

Claim:
A system for routing a plurality of scanned images of documents received in a corresponding plurality of mail pieces including a first scanned image of documents received in a first mail piece and a second scanned image of documents received in a second mail piece wherein each of the pluralitv of mail pieces includes a respective envelope that encloses the documents when they are received comprising: a system configured for assigning an identifier to each of the plurality of mail pieces and for marking the respective identifier on the envelope of the respective mail piece; a system configured for recognizing at least one respective recipient associated with each of the plurality of mail pieces using an automated recipient recognition system; a system configured for receiving a stack including the respective first envelope, the documents received in the first mail piece that have been removed from the first envelope, the respective second envelope and the documents received in the second mail piece that have been removed from the second envelope and configured for obtaining the scanned images of documents received in the first mail piece and the scanned images of documents received in the second mail piece using the respective identifier on each of the first and second envelopes as a document separator, and a system configured for delivering the plurality of scanned images of documents to each of the respective at least one recipients using the respective identifier.