Patent ID: 8078313

Claim:
A method for sorting a plurality of unaddressed items, the method comprising: reading, by sorting equipment, detached address label data from a plurality of detached address labels corresponding to the plurality of unaddressed items; creating, by a processing unit, a delivery point address file for the plurality of unaddressed items from the read detached address label data, the delivery point address file comprising: an identifier of the sender of the plurality of unaddressed items; delivery zone codes indicating delivery zones for the plurality of unaddressed items; and a unique physical sequential delivery point associated with each of the plurality of unaddressed items; and sorting, by the sorting equipment under control of the processing unit, the plurality of unaddressed items, the plurality of unaddressed items being sorted in an order in which the plurality of unaddressed items are to be delivered, based on the unique physical sequential delivery points provided in the delivery point address file.