Computer systems and computer methods for automated on-demand customizable assembling and high throughput printing of documents

Abstract

In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer-implemented method that includes at least the following steps of: periodically receiving investment transactional data identifying investment transactions of a plurality of investors; automatically determining, based on the investment transactional data, a document to be mailed to each investor of the plurality of investors; automatically generating a delivery data for each mailing to be mailed to each investor of the plurality of investors, where the delivery data includes: bucslip data or trade confirmation data, assembling data, and unique production control bar code data generated based on the assembling data and an investment transaction identifier from the investment transactional data; and printing a unique production control bar code based on the unique production control bar code data, where the unique production control bar code is configured to be used for: assembling each mailing envelope, and tracking such mailing envelope.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 periodically receiving, by at least one specifically programed computer system, investment transactional data identifying investment transactions of a plurality of investors, wherein the investment transactional data is received during a first time period and wherein the investment transactional data, for each investor of the plurality of the inventors, comprises:   i) at least one investment identifier of at least one investment that is, directly or indirectly, owned or managed by such investor, and   ii) at least one investment transaction identifier of each investment transaction of such investor that involves the at least one investment;   wherein the plurality of investor comprises at least a thousand investors;   automatically determining, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, based, at least in part, on the investment transactional data, at least one first document, at least one second document, or both, to be mailed to each investor of the plurality of investors, wherein the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, are associated with the at least one investment of such investor;   automatically generating, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, a delivery data for each mailing to be mailed to each investor of the plurality of investors, wherein the delivery data comprises:
 i) bucslip data or trade confirmation data,
 wherein the bucslip data comprises: 
 1) a mailing address of such investor and 
 2) a listing of the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, to be mailed to such investor, and 
 wherein the trade confirmation data comprises: 
 1) at least one trade confirmation for at least one investment transaction of such investor, and 
 2) at least one of the following:
 a) the listing of the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, to be mailed to such investor, 
 b) at least one communication targeted to such investor, 
 
 
 ii) assembling data that identifies assembling instructions for assembling each mailing to be mailed to each investor of the plurality of investors, wherein the assembling instructions comprise a plurality of instructions selected from the group consisting of:
 1) a first instruction identifying a quantity of documents to be included in such mailing, 
 2) a second instruction identifying a quantity of pages of documents to be included in such mailing, 
 3) a third instruction identifying a type of each document to be included in such mailing, 
 4) a fourth instruction identifying, for each document to be included in such mailing, that such document is to be packed in a folded condition or an unfolded condition, 
 5) a fifth instruction identifying a finishing to be applied to each document to be included in such mailing, 
 6) a sixth instruction identifying a type of a mailing envelope to be used for such mailing, 
 7) a seventh instruction classifying such mailing by weight based, at least in part, on postal weight categories, 
 8) an eight instruction identifying a postage data based, at least in part, on the classifying such mailing in accordance with the seventh instruction, and 
 9) a ninth instruction identifying a predetermined number of the investment transactions to which such mailing corresponds, based, at least in part, on:
 a) a first size and a first thickness of the at least one first document, and 
 b) a second size and a second thickness of the at least one second document; 
 
 
 iii) unique production control bar code data, generated based, at least in part, on the assembling data and the at least one investment transaction identifier; and 
   printing at least one unique production control bar code based, at least in part, on the unique production control bar code data, wherein the unique production control bar code is configured to be used for:
 i) assembling each mailing envelope, and 
 ii) tracking such mailing envelope before such mailing envelope is deposited with a postal service. 
   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
 automatically determining, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, a printing allocation among a plurality of printers to print documents for mailings to the plurality of investors based, at least in part, on the delivery data.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the bucslip data further comprises the at least one communication targeted to such investor. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
 periodically obtaining, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, from at least one electronic depository;   automatically converting, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, into at least one print-ready formatted file;   periodically receiving, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, change data, identifying changes in the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both;   automatically updating, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, based, at least in part, on the change data; and   automatically updating, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, the at least one print-ready formatted file based, at least in part, on the change data.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
 automatically assembling, in a machine automated mode, based at least in part on reading the at least one unique production control bar code, each mailing envelope, by:
 i) selecting, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, a plurality of printed materials from a plurality of feeders of at least one assembling mechanism, wherein the plurality of printed materials are selected from the group consisting of:
 1) the at least one first document, 
 2) the at least one second document, 
 3) at least one first bucslip document, printed based, at least in part, on the bucslip data, 
 4) at least one first trade confirmation document, printed based, at least in part, on the trade confirmation data; and 
 
 ii) packaging the plurality of printed materials into such mailing envelope. 
   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises:
 utilizing, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, at least one camera to read an image of the at least one unique production control bar code.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
 automatically generating, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, based on at least in part on the delivery data, at least one tracking log at least one manifest document for a postal service, or both; and   automatically tracking, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, the mailings to the plurality of investors, based at least in part on the at least one unique production control bar code and at least one of the following:
 i) the at least one tracking log, and 
 ii) the at least one manifest document. 
   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the tracking the mailings comprises:
 utilizing, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, at least one camera to read an image of the at least one unique production control bar code, and   automatically entering, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, tracking data into the at least one tracking log.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises:
 applying a postage, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, to such mailing envelope, based at least in part on the at least one unique production control bar code; or   associating a postage, by the at least one specifically programed computer system, to such mailing envelope, based at least in part on the at least one unique production control bar code.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the investment transactional data of each investor further comprises account identifying data for at least one investment account of such investor with at least one financial institution. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the automatically assembling each mailing envelope further comprises:
 automatically inserting at least one third document received from a financial institution associated with the investment transactional data of such investor.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, are:
 i) financial compliance documents and   ii) represent branded documents or documents obtained from Edgar.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises:
 automatically confirming a first printed inventory of the at least one first document, a second printed inventory of the at least one second document, or both; and   automatically suppressing a duplicate delivery, to each investor, of the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one communication targeted to such investor comprises at least one of the following:
 i) information related to the at least one investment that is, directly or indirectly, owned or managed by such investor, and   ii) information related to at least one investment account of such investor.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the assembling of the mailings to the plurality of investors occurs before a second time period, and
 wherein a difference between the first time period and the second time period is twenty-four hours or less.   
     
     
         16 . A computer-implemented system, comprising:
 at least one specialized computer machine, comprising:   a non-transient memory having at least one region for storing particular computer executable program code; and   at least one processor for executing the particular program code stored in the memory, wherein the particular program code is configured so that the at least one specialize computer machine is configured to at least perform the following operations:   periodically receiving investment transactional data identifying investment transactions of a plurality of investors, wherein the investment transactional data is received during a first time period and wherein the investment transactional data, for each investor of the plurality of the inventors, comprises:   i) at least one investment identifier of at least one investment that is, directly or indirectly, owned or managed by such investor, and   ii) at least one investment transaction identifier of each investment transaction of such investor that involves the at least one investment;   wherein the plurality of investor comprises at least a thousand investors;   automatically determining, based, at least in part, on the investment transactional data, at least one first document, at least one second document, or both, to be mailed to each investor of the plurality of investors, wherein the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, are associated with the at least one investment of such investor;   automatically generating a delivery data for each mailing to be mailed to each investor of the plurality of investors, wherein the delivery data comprises:
 i) bucslip data or trade confirmation data, 
 wherein the bucslip data comprises:
 1) a mailing address of such investor and 
 2) a listing of the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, to be mailed to such investor, and 
 wherein the trade confirmation data comprises: 
 3) at least one trade confirmation for at least one investment transaction of such investor, and 
 4) at least one of the following:
 a) the listing of the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, to be mailed to such investor, 
 b) at least one communication targeted to such investor, 
 
 
 ii) assembling data that identifies assembling instructions for assembling each mailing to be mailed to each investor of the plurality of investors, wherein the assembling instructions comprise a plurality of instructions selected from the group consisting of:
 1) a first instruction identifying a quantity of documents to be included in such mailing, 
 2) a second instruction identifying a quantity of pages of documents to be included in such mailing, 
 3) a third instruction identifying a type of each document to be included in such mailing, 
 4) a fourth instruction identifying, for each document to be included in such mailing, that such document is to be packed in a folded condition or an unfolded condition, 
 5) a fifth instruction identifying a finishing to be applied to each document to be included in such mailing, 
 6) a sixth instruction identifying a type of a mailing envelope to be used for such mailing, 
 7) a seventh instruction classifying such mailing by weight based, at least in part, on postal weight categories, 
 8) an eight instruction identifying a postage data based, at least in part, on the classifying such mailing in accordance with the seventh instruction, and 
 9) a ninth instruction identifying a predetermined number of the investment transactions to which such mailing corresponds, based, at least in part, on:
 a) a first size and a first thickness of the at least one first document, and 
 b) a second size and a second thickness of the at least one second document; 
 
 
 iii) unique production control bar code data, generated based, at least in part, on 
 the assembling data and the at least one investment transaction identifier; and 
   printing at least one unique production control bar code based, at least in part, on the unique production control bar code data, wherein the unique production control bar code is configured to be used for:
 i) assembling each mailing envelope, and 
 ii) tracking such mailing envelope before such mailing envelope is deposited with a postal service. 
   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one specialized computer machine is further configured to at least perform:
 automatically determining a printing allocation among a plurality of printers to print documents for mailings to the plurality of investors based, at least in part, on the delivery data.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the bucslip data further comprises the at least one communication targeted to such investor. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one specialized computer machine is further configured to at least perform:
 periodically obtaining the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, from at least one electronic depository;   automatically converting the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, into at least one print-ready formatted file;   periodically receiving change data, identifying changes in the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both;   automatically updating the at least one first document, the at least one second document, or both, based, at least in part, on the change data; and   automatically updating the at least one print-ready formatted file based, at least in part, on the change data.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one specialized computer machine is further configured to at least perform:
 automatically assembling, in a machine automated mode, based at least in part on reading the at least one unique production control bar code, each mailing envelope, by:
 i) selecting a plurality of printed materials from a plurality of feeders of at least one assembling mechanism, wherein the plurality of printed materials are selected from the group consisting of:
 1) the at least one first document, 
 2) the at least one second document, 
 3) at least one first bucslip document, printed based, at least in part, on the bucslip data, 
 4) at least one first trade confirmation document, printed based, at least in part, on the trade confirmation data; and 
 
 ii) packaging the plurality of printed materials into such mailing envelope.