Sekhavat D Sharghi

US Patent:

20060080266, Apr 13, 2006

Filed:

Jun 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/171536

Inventors:

Shahrom Kiani - Arlington TX, US
Cheryl Miller - Ellicott City MD, US
Eddie Kin Lui - Euless TX, US
Sekhavat Sharghi - Arlington TX, US
Michael Cykana - Mansfield TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
B65B 35/00
G07B 17/02

US Classification:

705402000, 705406000, 705408000

Abstract:

The invention provides a system and method for the automatic detection of items as originating from a specific source, e.g. client or customer, identifying specific characteristics of the items, comparing these characteristics to a database of sets of such characteristics identified with or more sources, and providing an output of items that match the characteristics. In one embodiment of the invention, a mailer detection and manifest system detects mail pieces that were sent by specific mailers using mail piece characteristics that are unique to the mail pieces of each mailers' job within a mixed mailer mail stream. This is preferably accomplished in real-time or near real-time while sorting the mail pieces after the mailers' specific mail piece characteristics have been determined.

US Patent:

20080000977, Jan 3, 2008

Filed:

May 11, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/803087

Inventors:

Sekhavat Sharghi - Arlington TX, US

International Classification:

G06K 9/00
G06K 7/10
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

235454, 235375

Abstract:

A method for automarking presorted postal mail includes scanning a mail piece in a first sorting pass at a presort facility and then printing an automark code on the mail piece indicating the type of postage applied. The automark code includes a horizontal line of seven consecutive characters improved in that one character, for example the fifth character, is a redundant code for one or more other characters representing postage type paid for the mail piece. To improve machine readability of the code, the line of characters may be printed with increased spacing between the fifth and sixth and/or between the sixth and seventh characters.