Production of mail batches in a cloud environment and improvement in mail production system by which a mail batch can be easily distributed to multiple remote production sites

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PATENT NO 11861241
APP PUB NO 20230236774A1
SERIAL NO

18101252

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Producing mail batches on inserters located at multiple production sites, includes: preparing a print job and a job file for a mail batch; allocating the mail batch to at least one production site with production software running on a production server; flagging the mailpieces for the production site; sending the print job to a printer of the production site; printing the documents; delivering the documents an inserter of the production site; scanning a first mailpiece identifier on a first document; sending an initial request to the production server including the first mailpiece identifier and identifying the inserter and the production site; verifying via the production software that the first mailpiece identifier is valid; and sending back to the inserter a confirmation message for processing the mailpiece wherein the confirmation message includes a list of valid mailpiece identifiers neighbouring the first mailpiece identifier in the job file.

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QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE92220 BAGNEUX

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Latu, Yves Orleans, FR 1 0
Santangeli, Gabriel Savigny sur Orge, FR 5 24

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