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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108066 | Incremental encoder and serializer An apparatus and associated method directed to encoding data from an object in order to simultaneously identify a serialization value of the object from the data while incrementally tracking the object's position from the data. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108067 | Document discarding apparatus, document managing system, and computer readable medium A document discarding apparatus includes: a metal detector that detects presence or absence of a metal embedded in a document; a code reader that reads a code; an instruction accept portion that accepts an instruction to discard the document; a document discarding p... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099186 | Satellite navigation using long-term navigation information and autonomous orbit control An improved approach to satellite-based navigation (e.g., GPS) is provided. In one embodiment, a method includes determining a nominal orbital path of a navigation satellite. The method also includes transmitting ephemeris data corresponding to the nominal orbital p... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8024064 | Placement of inventory in a materials handling facility In various embodiments, approaches for the placement of inbound inventory in a materials handling facility are described. A product identifier is input from inbound inventory into a computer system, where the inbound inventory is to be stocked in a materials handlin... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015023 | Package or mail delivery notice and confirmation A system for providing notification related to package delivery is provided. The system comprises a recipient terminal configured to receive a notification of a package delivery, a delivery mobile terminal configured to determine its own location, and a server confi... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005569 | Installation for sorting mailings according to sorting directions Disclosed is an installation for sorting incoming mailings which are assigned to a first plurality of first preselected directions or a second plurality of second remaining sorting directions, according to which the mailings are distributed to receptacles of a track... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7881821 | Media storage system A media storage system includes a disc input element for receiving a media disc, a disc output element for ejecting a disc, and a media reader for reading information from a disc. If insufficient information is readable from a disc, it may be obtained through a comp... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7797280 | Remote mailbox management system and method Methods and systems consistent with this invention manage a database of delivery destination information. Such methods and systems identify an item to be delivered to a destination; determine a batch of items for delivery having the item to be delivered to the desti... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7734370 | Disposal processing system and disposal processing apparatus A disposal processing system is provided and includes: a disposal section that disposes of a document; a reading section that reads identification information of the document, the identification information being attached to an image on the document; a judging secti... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7653457 | Method and system for efficient package delivery and storage A method and system for efficient package delivery in bulk to pickup locations for recipients in which items ordered by different customers from one or more different retailers, suppliers, manufacturers, and the like can be sorted within and picked from an on-hand i... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7437213 | Monitoring performance of a warewasher A method and system for collecting information associated with warewashing activities is disclosed. Articles to be cleaned by a warewasher are placed in racks designed to fit inside a wash chamber of the warewasher. Each rack is assigned a unique identifier (ID). No... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421311 | Method and system for performing a package pre-load operation in accordance with a dispatch plan The present invention provides systems and methods for electronically-capturing a destination address of a package and for using the destination address to automate a package pre-load operation. An embodiment of the invention includes a compression system for compre... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7403927 | Method of manufacturing an item of build-to-order equipment A method of manufacturing a build-to-order PC system unit having at least one hardware component, e.g. motherboard, bearing a unique identifier (“component ID”) in software readable form. The method comprises generating a digital identifier (“system trackcode... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390987 | Method of handling postal objects using dynamic overflow In a method for sorting postal objects in a sorting machine comprising sorting outlets with movable trays for the storage of the postal objects, respective logical destinations (DL) are associated to the sorting outlets and some sorting outlets of the machine are re... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7366338 | Automated document processing system using full image scanning A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past a full image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364079 | Tracking label An improved tracking label may comprise a destination ZIP field (130), content identifier number (CIN) description field (115), and a barcode field (150). In addition, the improved label comprises at least one of a printer line field (105... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365284 | Sorting mail in carrier walk sequence An automated mail sorting system including a display for displaying the image of an item of mail belonging to a carrier route, and input device for associating the image with any of a plurality of stations in a walking sequence of the carrier route, and a sorter hav... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362891 | Automated document processing system using full image scanning A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past an image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363107 | Substrate transfer system A substrate transfer system is used in fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The system includes a cassette having a bar code, a cassette stocker to store the cassette; an auto guided vehicle that is able to transfer the cassette; a moving path unit to ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363106 | System and method for carrier identification in a pneumatic tube system A system and method provides for the identification and monitoring of carriers within a pneumatic carrier system. Each carrier which is to be employed within the system includes an identification device such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip which has ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7346410 | Method and system for manufacturing electronic device, electronic device, and electro-optical apparatus A system for manufacturing an electronic device having a processing unit which includes a timer that processes a plurality of lots each having a plurality of work pieces and measuring in units of lots a processing time of the work pieces constituting the respective ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336177 | RFID system and method for tracking individual articles A RFID related system and method for tracking articles that are not individually labeled with RFID tags. A transporter with an RFID reader identifies a carrier with an RFID tag as it is disposed onto the transporter. The location and/or number of the disassociated a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329824 | Mail processing system and method A mail processing system includes a plurality of trays that are each adapted to hold a plurality of mail items. The mail items in a tray are directed to a common recipient. The system also includes a plurality of mail processing machines that are adapted to process ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325375 | Selective product inserter apparatus and process The combination of a plurality of streams of printed products. The first stream of products is selectively inserted into a packaging device while being merged into a second stream of products. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325732 | Method and system for mail security and traceability A method and system for mail security and traceability is disclosed. Identification code producing equipment prints an encrypted code which identifies the source of the individual mail piece on each mail piece in a batch of mail. When the mailer submits the mailing ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328085 | System and method for processing returned mail Handling of undeliverable mail is improved so that mailers may take appropriate action to respond to nondelivery of mailpieces. Returned mail is received from a postal authority. Each mailpiece of the returned mail was part of a respective mailing and was determined... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328084 | System and method for carrier identification in a pneumatic tube system A system and method provides for the identification and monitoring of carriers within a pneumatic carrier system. Each carrier which is to be employed within the system includes an identification device such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) chip which has ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318069 | Found-item information management server, found-item information management program, and found-item information management method A found-item information management server is able to hand a lost item over to the owner early with a high probability. When the finder of a found item sends found-item information to the found-item information management server using a first terminal, a found-item ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313460 | Package handling system with kickout labeling A package handling system for use with a plurality of packages having package identification thereon. The system of one embodiment comprises processing stations where packages having heterogeneous contents are processed. One or more identifiers are positioned at the... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310568 | System and method for remote passenger and baggage check-in A computer-based baggage transportation system includes a server computer, a client computer, and an attendant. The server computer includes travel information for a plurality of common carriers. The client computer is coupled via a network to the server computer an... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304261 | Apparatus and methods for processing mailpiece information by an identification code server Apparatus and methods consistent with the present invention provide for processing mailpiece information in an identification code sorting system by an identification code server. In one embodiment, a primary identification code server receives an identification fil... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7278328 | Method and apparatus for handling sample holders A sample handling apparatus identifies sample holders and their location in a sample holder carrier. This information may be used to determine the identity of sample holders based only on location in the carrier during subsequent processing of material contained in ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277773 | Material handling apparatus and method A material handling apparatus comprising a material delivery configuration configured with a first end and a second end, a transfer configuration connected to the first end of the garment delivery rail, a movable material handling arrangement configured to transfer ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273172 | Methods and systems for automating inventory and dispatch procedures at a staging area Methods and systems are provided to automate inventory and dispatch procedures at a staging area by automatically detecting the arrival or departure of delivery vehicles, container devices and other such items. Detection of these items is facilitated by the use of a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274297 | RFID tag and method of manufacture An RFID tag may include an antenna substrate comprising a conductive layer etched or deposited to form an antenna, and a circuit substrate comprising a conductive layer etched or deposited to form a circuit, the antenna electro-magnetically coupled to the circuit. A... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272466 | Electronic ID's for printed products The invention relates to an electronic ID coupled to printed products. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272252 | Automated system for combining bright field and fluorescent microscopy A method and apparatus for automated analysis of transmitted and fluorescently labeled biological samples, wherein the apparatus automatically scans at a low magnification to acquire images which are analyzed to determine candidate cell objects of interest. Once can... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267270 | Goods tracking system and method A goods tracking method and system for tracking goods loaded on or in a carrier is disclosed. The carrier and/or goods have an RFID tag. A data writing device and a data reading device are used. The writing device is arranged to obtain information on the goods and w... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266696 | Electronic postmarking without directly utilizing an electronic postmark server Systems and methods for performing electronic postmarking of data, without directly utilizing a regular electronic postmark (EPM) server (110), including receiving data from a data acquisition device (102), generating a MicroEPM data structure (106 | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266531 | Mail processing system with unique mailpiece authorization assigned in advance of mailpieces entering carrier service mail processing stream A mailing list is created including destination addresses for mailpieces to be submitted to a carrier service for delivery. A unique mailpiece identifier associated with mailpieces on the mailing list is generated by the carrier or other trusted third party. The uni... | 09/04/2007 |
