Finite scheduling system, method, and computer program product for document processing
CA 2348443 A1 · Owner: Bell And Howell, Llc · Inventors: Pigos, Charles R. Jr.; Williams, Linda S.; Austin, Pamela S.
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An integrated computer system architecture that includes an infrastructure built on processes (102-120), hardware software and interfaces designed to , create a finite schedule (220) for processing jobs (210) in a mail processing environment. The present invention uses computers networks (240, 260), web-, based applications and databases to interface and integrate mail processing equipment (250) with customized software in order to provide an up to the minute schedule (220) of mail processing jobs (210). The schedule (220) can be re-created following unforeseen events such as equipment going down or operators becoming unavailable that have a significant impact on the original …
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- Filed October 26, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 26, 2019.
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