Patent ID: 7347357

Claim:
A method for providing a mailing system, including the steps of: receiving, through a computer system, a mail item from a sender; printing the mail item in a document including coded data thereon, the coded data including an indication of the identity of the mail item and at least one reference point on the document; using a sensing device to capture images of at least some of the coded data, when the sensing device is placed in an operative position relative to the document, and to process the images so as to: (i) identify at least some of the coded data from one or more of the captured images; (ii) determine an orientation, within the captured images, of at least some of the coded data; (iii) decode at least some of the coded data; and (iv) generate indicating data using at least some of the decoded coded data, the indicating data including information regarding the identity of the mail item and at least one action of the sensing device in relation to the document; and receiving, in the computer system, the indicating data from the sensing device so as to generate a second mail item using said indicating data from the sensing device; wherein the indicating data includes information regarding an identity of the sensing device.