System and method for deferred processing of ocr scanned mail
CA 2021664 C · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Rosenbaum, Walter S.; Hilliard, John J.
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The invention is characterized as a data processing architecture and method for multi-stage processing of mail, using knowledge based techniques. The system includes OCR-scanning a multipart address field of a mail piece at a sending location, the address field including at least two portions, a first stage routing portion (destination city, state, country, zip code) and a second stage routing portion (destination street address building floor, corporate addressee internal routing). At the sending location, the image of the entire address field is captured by an OCR head and stored in memory. A serial number is printed on the mail piece. The first routing portion is then converted into …
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- Filed July 20, 1990 and granted March 24, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 20, 2010.
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