US 11,861,241 B2
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
Yves Latu, Orleans (FR); and Gabriel Santangeli, Savigny sur Orge (FR)
Assigned to QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE, Bagneux (FR)
Filed by QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE, Bagneux (FR)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,252.
Claims priority of application No. 22305086 (EP), filed on Jan. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0236774 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1207 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1259 (2013.01); H04N 1/00363 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing mail batches on at least one inserter from a plurality of inserters equipped with scanners and located at multiple production sites each comprising at least one printer, the method comprising:
preparing a print job containing several individual documents and a job file for a mail batch
allocating the mail batch to at least one production site with a production software running on a production server,
flagging the mailpieces for the at least one production site,
sending the print job to the at least one printer of the at least one production site,
printing the individual documents,
delivering the individual documents to at least one inserter of the at least one 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 at least one production site,
verifying with the production software that the first mailpiece identifier is valid, and
sending back to the at least one 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.