No-touch return mail processing system and methods of use thereof

Abstract

In some embodiments, an illustrative no-touch mail processing system may include a return mail processor (RMP) computer programed to receive a print file request of a customer; wherein the print file request was utilized to print mail pieces based on a print file comprised within the print file request; an image processing machine at the RMP configured to associate, in a no-touch manner, a returned mail piece based on the print file from the customer and an identification indicia on the returned mail piece; and a return mail processing machine (RMPM) at the RMP configured to utilize other information, that is not visible on the returned mail piece or through a send window of the returned mail piece, to cause a returned mail activity to be performed, in the no-touch manner, with the returned mail piece in accordance to a rule of the customer.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 a processor configured to:   receive an action file associated with mail pieces, having non-visible content within each mail piece;   instruct, based on the action file, to destroy or send each mail piece to a pre-determined destination, based on:
 i) the non-visible content and 
 ii) at least one pre-determined rule. 
   
     
     
         2 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by a processor, an action file associated with mail pieces, having non-visible content within each mail piece;   instructing, by the processor, based on the action file, to destroy or send each mail piece to a pre-determined destination, based on:
 i) the non-visible content and 
 ii) at least one pre-determined rule.