Patent ID: 7840414

Claim:
A method for analyzing an encoded barcode printed on a mail piece by using a verification system including a computer, the encoded barcode containing address correction information to verify whether address correction service is properly requested, the method comprising steps of: creating an image of the encoded barcode printed on the mail piece with an imaging device; decoding, by using the verification system, the image of the barcode; determining, by using the verification system, whether address correction service is requested based on the decoded image of the barcode, wherein the address correction service request includes an ancillary service endorsement and participant code; for each mail piece containing an address correction service request, verifying, by using the verification system, based on the decoded image of the barcode, that the ancillary service endorsement and the participant code are contained in the barcode as required by a standard; and for each mail piece on which the ancillary service endorsement and the participant code are contained in the barcode as required by a standard, verifying, by using the verification system, address correction service request associated with the decoded barcode is valid.