Patent ID: 8078314

Claim:
A method for processing mail pieces through a postage verifier having an optical character reader, a mail interface system, and a mail sorter, the mail interface system having an upward module carrying mail pieces up to an overhead transport positioned at a height above an output of the postage verifier, and a downward module carrying mail pieces down from the overhead transport to the mail sorter, the method comprising: verifying and canceling postage on the mail pieces by the postage verifier; determining whether the mail pieces include a bar code; decoding address information on the mail pieces that are determined not to include a bar code; storing in a database a mail piece identifier corresponding to the mail pieces and bar code data corresponding to the decoded address information; individually positioning the mail pieces in a same orientation in a reverter; directing the oriented mail pieces through the upward module to the overhead transport; directing the oriented mail pieces through the overhead transport; directing the oriented mail pieces through the downward module from the overhead transport to the mail sorter; and sorting the oriented mail pieces based on destination.