Method and apparatus for facilitating handling of communications

A method and apparatus for handling physical communications. A physical communication, such as a letter or a package is received and sorted. The sorting includes assigning one or more of a plurality of predetermined values to each of one or more of a plurality of predetermined characteristics relati...

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Hauptverfasser: Lieberman, Eric, Lowery, Brian, Kirk, Julian, Kirk, Randal, Nance, William, Lee, Dennis, Grayson, Michael, Grogan, Joanne
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method and apparatus for handling physical communications. A physical communication, such as a letter or a package is received and sorted. The sorting includes assigning one or more of a plurality of predetermined values to each of one or more of a plurality of predetermined characteristics relating to the physical communication. A handling procedure, including one or more handling steps is selected for the communication based on the values assigned in said assigning step and rules correlating the values to a handling procedure. The handling procedure can be modified based on destination specific rules.