Patent ID: 8507821

Claim:
A document processing system for processing of a plurality of mail pieces having mail content and concealed information, the system comprising: a document processing device for processing the plurality of mail pieces; a laser cutting device adapted to cut, in accordance with a cut profile, a portion of at least one of the mail pieces in accordance with criteria used to expose the concealed information, without damaging the mail piece content; a vacuum belt, air blower or mechanical picker fingers adapted to remove the cut portion of the one mail piece; a database containing document processing instructions based at least in part on parameters corresponding to the concealed information, read by an image capture device, of the plurality of mail pieces; and a process controller for providing cutting criteria to the laser cutting device, in accordance with the cut profile, to perform laser cutting of the mail piece during transport on the document processing system, wherein the image capturing device is configured for capturing the exposed information, and the image capturing device includes a reader device adapted to detect, image and interpret the exposed information.