Patent ID: 8311668

Claim:
A method of automatically configuring a feeder system of a mail sorting system to optimize the performance of the sorter in accordance with the characteristics of the customer's mail, the method comprising steps of: receiving, at a sorter control system associated with the mail sorting system, customer information associated with a processing job, the customer information including a unique customer identifier and parameters for the processing job; obtaining at the sorter control system, from a database, a feeder profile associated with the unique customer identifier, the feeder profile including parameters for controlling the operation of the feeder system of the mail sorting system; receiving the feeder profile at a feeder control system in communication with the sorter control system, the feeder control system capable of configuring one or more parameters of the feeder system; and automatically configuring, by the feeder control system, the feeder system according to the parameters of the feeder profile associated with the unique customer identifier prior to the execution of the processing job by the mail sorting system.