System and method for selecting optional inserts with optimal value in an inserting machine
CA 2111379 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Pintsov, Leon A.
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A method of making a selection of optional enclosures for a mailpiece including required enclosures. The method comprises the steps of assigning to each of the optional enclosures a weight, a cost and a benefit creating a list, of the potential compositions of the mailpiece the list, including a total of 2n combinations of the optional enclosures, where n equals the number of optional enclosures, computing a total weight of the mailpiece for each of the potential compositions, computing a value of the mailpiece for each of the potential compositions the value, being any computable function of the benefit and the cost of each optional enclosure included in each of the potential compositions, …
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- Filed December 14, 1993 and granted October 30, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 14, 2013.
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