Patent ID: 7414219

Claim:
A method for sorting media items, comprising the steps of: feeding a series of media items onto a transport path for sortation into two or more sortation bins, said transport path including a controllable separator operable to separate media for transport on said transport path; accumulating sequential media items having similar information into groups, the accumulation step, furthermore, grouping media items along the transport path in an on-edge layered format, and controlling said separator such that groups of media items destined for the same sortation bin are transported along said transport path to said same sortation bin; and, controlling said separator such that adjacent media items destined for the different sortation bins are separated for separate transport along said transport path to said different sortation bins, and wherein the order of said media items within groups created by said separator system is controlled such that subsequent sortation of groups of media items will further differentiate said media items by media item order sequence of media items in each of said groups of media items, wherein said media items group controlled order is a media item delivery order sequence, and wherein the said media items group controlled order is determined by the position of the specific destination sortation bin with respect to the transport path of said transport system.