PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15983984
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["382", "101000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for processing distribution items having unique identifiers affixed thereon. The unique identifiers can include computer readable codes and written alphanumeric strings generated by a user. A system receives the unique identifier and requests payment information from a user, and stores an association between the unique identifier and the payment information, and processes the item according to the payment information.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of inducting a mailpiece into a mailpiece distribution network comprising:\n receiving, via a user operated interface device, an image of a first mailpiece having a first unique identifier thereon, the first unique identifier having been physically generated and placed on the mailpiece; processing the image to generate first unique identifier information; storing the first unique identifier information in a memory; receiving a received mailpiece in a distribution network, the received mailpiece having a received unique identifier thereon; processing the received mailpiece on mailpiece processing equipment comprising a scanning device to generate an image of the received unique identifier; processing the image of the received unique identifier to generate read unique identifier information; querying, by a processor, the memory for the stored unique identifier information; determining, by a processor, whether the read unique identifier information corresponds to the stored unique identifier information; causing the mailpiece processing equipment to move the received mailpiece into one of a plurality of locations if it is determined that the read unique identifier information corresponds to the stored unique identifier information; and requesting, via the user operated interface device, input of an image of a different unique identifier, if it is determined that the read unique identifier information does not correspond to the stored unique identifier information.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.52273
- Patent Class: 382.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15853476', '14944029', '12893834', '13834272', '15418908']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3028736942124111
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5085970122938162
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3234460260205516
- Mean Citation Score: 178.288328
- Max Citation Score: 304.39883
- Similarity Product: 264.44571427453275

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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