Patent Document ID: 8521657
Application ID: 10416346
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for sorting for electronic bill presentment, comprising: receiving registration information from a customer including customer identification information and biller information, wherein the biller information comprises a sample mailpiece of a biller and the customer identification information comprises the customer's address; assigning an identification code to the customer that identifies an item for electronic bill presentment; storing the registration information and the associated biller information in a database; imaging the sample mailpiece of the biller; storing the image of the sample mailpiece as one of a plurality of images of sample mailpieces in the database; intercepting a mailpiece addressed to the customer on route to the customer from the biller; determining, by a computer, that the mailpiece does not include the identification code; determining, by the computer, that an address on the mailpiece matches the customer's address; determining, by the computer, that an image of the mailpiece matches any one of the plurality of the images of sample mailpieces stored in the database; and sorting, by the computer, the mailpiece for electronic bill presentment.