Patent ID: 8392337

Claim:
A method for configuring a plurality of mail item sorters, the method comprising steps of: receiving job information pertaining to a plurality of mail items received from a mailer to be processed amongst the plurality of sorters; registering each of the respective sorters, the registration step including: accessing the job information for a respective sorter from an interface to a server; accessing, by way of a computer, a range of values to be used in connection with a postal authority approved code to be applied on each of the plurality of mail items, said range being accessed from the interface to the server, each range of values conforming to a specific mailer identification, the specific mailer identification is selected from a 6 digit or 9 digit value assigned by a postal authority and incorporated into the postal authority approved code; allocating, by way of the computer, a portion of each of the ranges of values to be used by the sorters based at least in part on said received job information, wherein a predetermined percentage of values in the range of allocated values is established, such that the server is alerted when the predetermined percentage of values in the range of allocated values is assigned during sorting; verifying, by way of the computer, that no values in the allocated portion have been used within an associated date of usage by each respective sorter prior to processing, the associated date of usage being a period of time approved by the postal authority; and loading the plurality of sorters with a respective sort scheme.