Patent ID: 8027511

Claim:
A method of enabling mailpieces to be distributed and consulted in electronic form, said method comprising the following steps: scanning each of the mailpieces and transmitting the images of the mailpieces scanned in this way to a first server on which said images are stored; displaying said images stored on said first server on a first viewing screen associated with said first server, and assigning each of said images to a recipient by “dropping” said image into one of the pigeonholes of a virtual sorting rack associated with said recipient and displayed on said first viewing screen or on a second viewing screen also associated with said first server; and displaying a dynamic dialogue box on at least one consultation screen of a final recipient, said dynamic dialogue box including at least one counter whose value depends on the number of images that are assigned to the pigeonhole of said final recipient and that are accessible on said first server from said consultation screen via a local area network connecting said consultation screen to said first server.