Pre-print Address Block Move Update Barcode System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for updating addresses on mailpieces to account for individual or family moves often result in costly special handling, as they either fail to meet postal authority standards or introduce pre-sort errors, leading to rejection and higher postage costs.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that analyze initial address data for move update requirements, create and append move update contextual data and postal authority barcode data, and print this information on mail documents before printing, ensuring compliance with postal regulations while preserving the original address data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If move updates are performed post-print by pre-sort operation using MLOCR, then address updates can be made, but pre-sort errors are injected or mail must be rejected and sent at single piece postage rate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs move update analysis and barcode data creation in the pre-print data preparation phase, before the mail is physically sorted. By analyzing initial address data, confirming move update requirements, creating contextual data and postal authority barcode data, and appending this information to the address data before printing, the system ensures move updates are completed preliminarily, avoiding the need for post-print corrections that would disrupt sorting operations
2Reliability
If addresses are updated for moves post-print on inserter output, then move updates can be applied, but pre-sort errors are injected or mail must be rejected and sent at single piece postage rate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs all move update operations preliminarily during the data preparation phase before printing. The processor analyzes initial address data, confirms move update requirements, creates move address contextual data and postal authority barcode data, and appends this information to the address data. This preliminary action ensures compliance is built into the printed mailpiece without requiring complex post-print manufacturing modifications
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal print file format that incorporates both the original address information and the move update barcode data in a single printing operation. This multi-functional approach allows the mailpiece to simultaneously display the original address for customer reference and the updated address with barcode for postal processing, eliminating the need for separate update operations
3Reliability
If move updates are performed on mail sorter by postal authority, then addresses can be updated, but special handling is needed for each piece creating significant cost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs move update analysis and barcode data creation preliminarily in the pre-print data preparation phase. By analyzing initial address data, confirming move update requirements, and creating contextual data and postal authority barcode data before printing, the system eliminates the need for special handling at the mail sorter, as all updates are already encoded in the printed mailpiece
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a copy of the address data with move update information embedded in the print file. The processor generates a print file that contains both the original address information and the updated address with postal authority barcode data, allowing the mailpiece to carry all necessary information without requiring additional processing or special handling equipment at the postal facility
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AI summary
The present subject matter generally relates to techniques and equipment to apply move update address information to mailpieces based on move update requirements. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to a pre-print move update process that updates addresses for moves without affecting stored address data while meeting postal authority standards for move update and pre-sort mailpiece groupings. The move update process is applied to the address data before print and preserves the initial stored address data. The move update address information and initial address information are both printed.