Claims
- 1. (Amended) A method that enables a sender to receive information regarding whether or not a particular recipient wants to receive some or all of their mail that is sent by the sender to the recipient by a carrier, said method comprises the steps of:
depositing with the carrier mail; capturing by the carrier the name and physical address of the recipient from a code on the mail and the name and physical address of the sender from a code on the mail; translating by a data center the code of the recipient into an e-mail address; translating by a data center the code of the sender into an e-mail address; notifying by the data center to the recipient of the availability of the deposited mail; notifying by the data center to the carrier of the manner in which the recipient would like to receive mail; and delivering mail by the carrier to the recipient in the manner specified by the recipient to the carrier.
- 2. The method claimed in claim 1, wherein the mail contains the recipient's name and physical address and the sender's name and physical address in human readable form.
- 3. The method claimed in claim 1, further including the step of: translating by a data center the code of the recipient into a human readable physical address.
- 4. The method claimed in claim 1, further including the step of: translating by a data center the code of the sender into a human readable physical address.
- 5. The method claimed in claim 1, wherein the recipient code is a postnet bar code.
- 6. The method claimed in claim 1, wherein the sender code is a planet bar code.
- 7. The method claimed in claim 1, further including the step of: notifying by the data center to the sender of the manner in which the recipient would like to receive mail.
- 8. The method claimed in claim 7, wherein the recipient notifies the data center that the recipient does not desire to receive any additional mail from the sender; and the carrier notifies the sender that the recipient does not desire to receive any additional mail from the sender.
- 9. The method claimed in claim 7, further including the step of: modifying the sender's mailing list to remove the recipients name from the mailing list.
- 10. The method claimed in claim 7, wherein the recipient notifies the data center that the recipient desires to return the mail from the sender; and the carrier returns the mail to the sender.
- 11. A method that enables a recipient to inform a carrier of the manner in which the recipient wants some or all of their mail delivered, said method comprises the steps of:
depositing by the sender with the carrier mail containing the recipient's name and physical address and a sender's name and physical address in the form of a recipient's code and a sender's code; capturing by the carrier the name and physical address of the recipient and the sender from the recipient's code and the sender's code; translating by a data center the code of the recipient into an e-mail address; notifying by the data center to the recipient of the availability of the deposited mail; notifying by the recipient to the data center of the manner in which the recipient wants some or all of their mail delivered; notifying by the data center to the carrier of the manner in which the recipient wants the mail delivered; and delivering mail by the carrier to the recipient in the manner specified by the recipient to the carrier.
- 12. The method claimed in claim 11, further including the step of: translating by the data center the code of the sender into an e-mail address.
- 13. The method claimed in claim 11, further including the step of: notifying by the data center to the sender of the manner in which the recipient wants the mail delivered.
- 14. The method claimed in claim 11, wherein the recipient notifies the carrier to deliver the mail to a specified name and address.
- 15. The method claimed in claim 11, wherein the recipient notifies the carrier to return the mail to the sender.
- 16. The method claimed in claim 11, wherein the recipient notifies the carrier to open the mail.
- 17. The method claimed in claim 16, further including the steps of:
informing the carrier to extract the contents of the mail by scanning to the recipient; and mailing by e-mail the information included in contents of the mail to the recipient.
- 18. The method claimed in claim 16, further including the steps of:
informing the carrier to extract the contents by scanning of the mail to one or more specified e-mail addresses; and mailing by e-mail the information included in contents of the mail to the specified e-mail addresses.
- 19. The method claimed in claim 16, further including the steps of:
informing the carrier to extract the contents by scanning of the mail to the recipient; and sending the information contents of the mail to the recipient's personal data assistant.
- 20. The method claimed in claim 16, further including the steps of:
informing the carrier to extract the contents by scanning of the mail to the recipient; and reading the information contents of the mail to the recipient via telephone.
- 21. The method claimed in claim 16, further including the steps of:
informing the carrier to send by facsimile the contents of the mail to the recipient; and mailing by facsimile the contents of the mail to the recipient.
- 22. The method claimed in claim 11, wherein the recipient notifies the carrier to deliver the mail to the recipient at a different address.
- 23. The method claimed in claim 11, further including the step of:
charging the recipient for receiving notification of the availability of the deposited mail.
- 24. The method claimed in claim 11, further including the step of:
charging the recipient for receiving notification of the availability of the deposited mail; and charging the recipient for delivering mail to the recipient in the manner specified by the recipient to the carrier.
- 25. The method claimed in claim 11, wherein the recipient notifies the carrier to hold the mail for a specified period of time.
- 26. The method claimed in claim 11, wherein the recipient notifies the carrier to destroy the mail.
- 27. The method claimed in claim 11, wherein the recipient is notified via e-mail of the availability of the deposited mail.
- 28. The method claimed in claim 11, wherein the carrier is notified via e-mail of the manner in which the recipient would like the mail delivered.
- 29. The method claimed in claim 11, wherein the recipient notifies the data center that the recipient does not desire to receive any additional mail from the sender; and the carrier notifies the sender that the recipient does not desire to receive any additional mail from the sender.
- 30. The method claimed in claim 11, further including the step of: modifying the sender's mailing list to remove the recipients name from the mailing list.
- 31. The method claimed in claim 11, wherein the recipient notifies the data center that the recipient desires to return the mail from the sender; and the carrier returns the mail to the sender.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of commonly owned copending patent application Ser. No. 09/818,792 filed Mar. 27, 2001, entitled “Recipient Elected Messaging Services” in the names of Ronald P. Sansone, Robert A. Cordery and Donald G. Mackay.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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09818792 |
Mar 2001 |
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10703651 |
Nov 2003 |
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