Patent ID: 8260629

Claim:
A method for providing electronic data to a recipient of a physical mail object, said electronic data corresponding to a content of said physical mail object, comprising: affixing a single barcode to an outer surface of said physical mail object, said single barcode including at least a first set of mail data, said first set of mail data including recipient data, said recipient data corresponding to said recipient of said physical mail object; storing said electronic data in at least one database; delivering said physical mail object to said recipient via a mail carrier; using a reception device to scan said single barcode to retrieve said first set of mail data; sending by said reception device said first set of mail data to a mail device via a network; receiving by said mail device said first set of mail data; providing by said mail device said electronic data to said reception device via said network, wherein said electronic data is retrieved from said at least one database and provided to said reception device in response to receiving said first set of mail data, including said recipient data; receiving by said reception device said electronic data, said reception device including a display; and providing by said reception device said electronic data to said recipient of said physical mail object by displaying said electronic data on said display via a web browser; wherein said electronic data corresponds to data that is included inside said physical mail object.