Patent ID: 7451014

Claim:
A mailpiece inserter system comprising: a mailpiece inserter operative to receive a collection of mailpiece content material and assemble the mailpiece content material in combination with envelops to form a plurality of mailpieces, the inserter including an inserter control system; a client server operative to receive the mail run data for storing and tracking information concerning the assembly of each mailpiece and including a control system engine; and a communication network facilitating the transfer of data between the mailpiece inserter and client server, the communication network being disabled in an open loop control mode and enabled in a closed loop control mode, the inserter control system having program code operative to read and interpret the assembly code information from the mailpiece content material when the communication network is disabled in the open loop control mode, and the control system engine having program code operative to receive the assembly code information from a user computer and bi-directionally communicate with the inserter control system to process and track the assembly status of the mailpieces when the communication network is enabled in the closed loop control mode.