Patent ID: 8598482

Claim:
A computerized method of sorting mail comprising: reading by a processor encoded data located on the mail piece, wherein the encoded data includes a recipient, a recipient delivery point, and handling data; decoding the encoded data to determine an identifier for a name of a recipient of the mail piece, handling instructions, and an identifier for a sender of the mail piece; identifying an account associated with the sender of the mail piece based on the identifier of the sender; determining by a processor that the mail piece is an undeliverable as addressed mail piece; performing the following operation in response to determining that the mail piece is an undeliverable as addressed mail piece: requesting payment from the sender of the mail piece according to the handling instructions; determining a final disposition of the mail piece; disposing of the mail piece in accordance with the determined final disposition; and, executing the handling instructions to deliver data associated with the undeliverable as addressed mail piece to the recipient.