Appeal 2007-0678
Application 09/818,792
1 INVENTION
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3 The invention is directed to a method of notifying people that they
4 will receive letters or packages prior to physical delivery. See page 3 of
5 Appellants’ specification. Claim 1 is representative of the invention and
6 reproduced below:
7 1. A method that enables a recipient to inform a carrier of the manner
8 in which the recipient wants some or all of their mail delivered, said method
9 comprises the steps of:
10 depositing by a sender with the carrier mail containing the recipient's
11 name and physical address and a sender's name and address;
12 capturing by the carrier the name and physical address of the recipient
13 and the sender in the form of an image;
14 transmitting the image to a data center where the image is processed
15 by translating the image consisting of text and graphics to selected
16 alphanumerics;
17 translating by a data center the name and physical address of the
18 recipient into an e-mail address;
19 notifying by the data center to the recipient of the expected delivery of
20 the deposited mail and indicating the selected alphanumerics of the
21 translated image;
22 notifying by the recipient to the data center of the manner in which the
23 recipient wants some or all of their mail delivered;
24 notifying by the data center to the carrier of the manner in which the
25 recipient wants the mail delivered; and
26 delivering mail by the carrier to the recipient in the manner specified
27 by the recipient to the carrier.
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