Patents by Inventor Clare E. Woodman
Clare E. Woodman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8801044Abstract: A method for producing a continuous web of printed material for use in creating mailpieces. The continuous web has a width and a length, the length comprised of a series of attached sheets. The series of attached sheets are comprising envelope sheets and rectangular content pages. The content pages are rectangular in shape and may be oriented relative to the envelope sheets in a number of different configurations. In some configurations, two sets of content pages and/or envelope sheets can be printed across the width of the web. Sheets for forming business return envelopes may be printed in series with the content pages and envelope sheets. BREs may include individualized return addresses. A control code may be printed on one or more of the sheets for a given mailpiece, providing information for controlling assembly of the mailpiece.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Denis J. Stemmle, Clare E. Woodman, John W. Sussmeier, Michael J. Cummings
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Patent number: 8468780Abstract: A method for creating mailpieces from a single web of printed material. The web of printed material includes printed matter to be used on envelopes, and other printed matter to be used on mail content to be included in the envelopes. The method starts with cutting consecutive sections of the web into separated sheets. Some of the separated sheets are envelope sheets including envelope printed matter, and some of the sheets are mail content sheets including mail content printed matter. The method includes cutting variable sized sheets depending on whether a sheet is a mail content sheet, or an envelope sheet. The method further includes cutting variable sized envelope sheets depending on the size of the mailpieces.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Clare E Woodman, Denis J Stemmle, John W Sussmeier, Eric A Belec, Boris Rozenfeld, Gregory P Skinger, Michael J Cummings
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Patent number: 7766233Abstract: A vote-by-mail return envelope includes a pouch for receiving a ballot. The pouch is formed from a front sheet and a rear sheet. A signature space is provided to be signed by the voter. The envelope also includes an adhesion region at which the front sheet is adhered to the rear sheet to define a boundary of the pouch. The adhesion region separates the signature space from the pouch. Further, the envelope includes a flap to be attached to at least one of the rear sheet and the front sheet to cover the signature space. The signature space may be on the flap, the rear sheet or front sheet.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Bertrand Haas, Douglas B. Quine, Clare E. Woodman, Valentino Guyett
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Publication number: 20100167895Abstract: A method for producing a continuous web of printed material for use in creating mailpieces. The continuous web has a width and a length, the length comprised of a series of attached sheets. The series of attached sheets are comprising envelope sheets and rectangular content pages. The content pages are rectangular in shape and may be oriented relative to the envelope sheets in a number of different configurations. In some configurations, two sets of content pages and/or envelope sheets can be printed across the width of the web. Sheets for forming business return envelopes may be printed in series with the content pages and envelope sheets. BREs may include individualized return addresses. A control code may be printed on one or more of the sheets for a given mailpiece, providing information for controlling assembly of the mailpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Denis J. Stemmle, Clare E. Woodman, John W. Sussmeier, Michael J. Cummings
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Patent number: 7699352Abstract: A method for producing a continuous web of printed material for use in creating mailpieces. The continuous web has a width and a length, the length comprised of a series of attached sheets. The series of attached sheets are comprising envelope sheets and rectangular content pages. The content pages are rectangular in shape and may be oriented relative to the envelope sheets in a number of different configurations. In some configurations, two sets of content pages and/or envelope sheets can be printed across the width of the web. Sheets for forming business return envelopes may be printed in series with the content pages and envelope sheets. BREs may include individualized return addresses. A control code may be printed on one or more of the sheets for a given mailpiece, providing information for controlling assembly of the mailpiece.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2008Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Denis J. Stemmle, Clare E. Woodman, John W. Sussmeier, Michael J. Cummings
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Patent number: 7565788Abstract: A method for creating mailpieces from a single web of printed material. The web of printed material includes a continuous web having a width and a length, the length comprised of a series of attached sheets. The series of attached sheets is comprised of envelope sheets and content pages. The content pages are rectangular in shape and may be oriented relative to the envelope sheets in a number of different configurations. In some configurations, two sets of content pages and/or envelope sheets can be printed across the width of the web. The method starts with cutting consecutive attached sheets into separated sheets. The content pages belonging to a same mailpiece are accumulated together. The separated envelope sheet is transported, bypassing the accumulating and turning steps. The accumulated and turned content pages are then merged with the envelope sheet, and the envelope sheet is folded and closed around the accumulated content pages to form a finished enclosing envelope.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Denis J. Stemmle, Clare E. Woodman, John W. Sussmeier, Eric A. Belec, Michael J. Cummings
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Publication number: 20090107086Abstract: A system for providing real-time, integrated production of individually addressed sealed envelopes containing personalized printed material matched to individual addresses, the system including at least one printing controller capable of receiving personalized printing data from at least one data source, the personalized printing data including envelope address information for a multiplicity of envelopes and personalized envelope contents information which varies for the multiplicity of envelopes and is matched to individual envelope addresses, the at least one printing controller being operative to merge and order the personalized printing data from the at least one data source such that it is printed in a desired distribution sorting order, selected to optimize postal savings in bulk mailings and at least one production facility for the individually addressed sealed envelopes containing personalized printed material matched to individual addresses, each of the at least one production facility including at lType: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: Joseph J. Keane, Donato C. Farole, Clare E. Woodman, Karl H. Schumacher, William G. Hart, Andrew N. Percival, Hersch Reich
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Publication number: 20080156862Abstract: A vote-by-mail return envelope includes a pouch for receiving a ballot. The pouch is formed from a front sheet and a rear sheet. A signature space is provided to be signed by the voter. The envelope also includes an adhesion region at which the front sheet is adhered to the rear sheet to define a boundary of the pouch. The adhesion region separates the signature space from the pouch. Further, the envelope includes a flap to be attached to at least one of the rear sheet and the front sheet to cover the signature space. The signature space may be on the flap, the rear sheet or front sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: Pitney Bowes IncorporatedInventors: Bertrand Haas, Douglas B. Quine, Clare E. Woodman, Valentino Guyett
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Publication number: 20080150276Abstract: A method for producing a continuous web of printed material for use in creating mailpieces. The continuous web has a width and a length, the length comprised of a series of attached sheets. The series of attached sheets are comprising envelope sheets and rectangular content pages. The content pages are rectangular in shape and may be oriented relative to the envelope sheets in a number of different configurations. In some configurations, two sets of content pages and/or envelope sheets can be printed across the width of the web. Sheets for forming business return envelopes may be printed in series with the content pages and envelope sheets. BREs may include individualized return addresses. A control code may be printed on one or more of the sheets for a given mailpiece, providing information for controlling assembly of the mailpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2008Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Denis J. Stemmle, Clare E. Woodman, John W. Sussmeier, Michael J. Cummings
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Patent number: 7357080Abstract: A method for producing a continuous web of printed material for use in creating mailpieces. The continuous web has a width and a length, the length comprised of a series of attached sheets. The series of attached sheets are comprising envelope sheets and rectangular content pages. The content pages are rectangular in shape and may be oriented relative to the envelope sheets in a number of different configurations. In some configurations, two sets of content pages and/or envelope sheets can be printed across the width of the web. Sheets for forming business return envelopes may be printed in series with the content pages and envelope sheets. BREs may include individualized return addresses. A control code may be printed on one or more of the sheets for a given mailpiece, providing information for controlling assembly of the mailpiece.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2005Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Denis J Stemmle, Clare E Woodman, John W Sussmeier, Michael J Cummings
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Patent number: 7254931Abstract: A method for creating mailpieces from a single web of printed material. The web of printed material includes a continuous web having a width and a length, the length comprised of a series of attached sheets. The series of attached sheets is comprised of envelope sheets and content pages. The content pages are rectangular in shape and may be oriented relative to the envelope sheets in a number of different configurations. In some configurations, two sets of content pages and/or envelope sheets can be printed across the width of the web. The method starts with cutting consecutive attached sheets into separated sheets. The content pages belonging to a same mailpiece are accumulated together. The separated envelope sheet is transported, bypassing the accumulating and turning steps. The accumulated and turned content pages are then merged with the envelope sheet, and the envelope sheet is folded and closed around the accumulated content pages to form a finished enclosing envelope.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2005Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Denis J Stemmle, Clare E Woodman, John W Sussmeier, Eric A Belec, Michael J Cummings
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Patent number: 7231750Abstract: A method for creating mailpieces from a single web of printed material. The web of printed material includes printed matter to be used on envelopes, and other printed matter to be used on mail content to be included in the envelopes. The content pages are rectangular in shape and may be oriented relative to the envelope sheets in a number of different configurations. In some configurations, two sets of content pages and/or envelope sheets can be printed across the width of the web. The method starts with cutting consecutive sections of the web into separated sheets. Some of the separated sheets are envelope sheets including envelope printed matter, and some of the sheets are mail content sheets including mail content printed matter. The method includes cutting variable sized sheets depending on whether a sheet is a mail content sheet, or an envelope sheet. The method further includes cutting variable sized envelope sheets depending on the size of the mailpieces.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2005Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Clare E Woodman, Denis J Stemmle, John W Sussmeier, Eric A Belec, Boris Rozenfeld, Gregory P Skinger, Michael J Cummings
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Patent number: 6988349Abstract: Generating a printstream in a computer that is preferably remote from the one or more inserter systems. Once generated, the printstream is transmitted preferably to a high speed, high volume, printer for producing the printed documents to be included in the mail pieces, such as billing statements. The printed documents are then delivered to the one or more inserter systems, which are to be used as the input sheets in the one or more inserter systems. The print stream is also provided to a workstation computer coupled to the one or more inserter systems. This workstation interpolates the printstream in order to generate a reprint database containing electronic files corresponding to each of the printed documents. Also coupled to the workstation is a local printer, which may be used to generate documents, for re-processing purposes, from data received from the reprint database.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2000Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventor: Clare E. Woodman
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Patent number: 6483599Abstract: An apparatus for separating print stream data containing a plurality of primary documents and information concerning associated customers to receive the documents, wherein the apparatus receives customer preference data that allow separation of the print stream data into an electronic primary document print stream and a hard copy primary document print stream. The print stream separator further generates a second output for the customers that are to receive their primary documents by electronic delivery, where this second output contains information regarding which of a plurality of secondary documents the customer should receive with the primary document. The priorities of these secondary documents may be based upon specific customer preference data for the specific customer receiving his or her primary document. Priorities for these secondary documents can also be included in this second output. A method corresponding to this apparatus is also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1998Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Clare E. Woodman, David P. Gardner
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Publication number: 20020078660Abstract: Generating a printstream in a computer that is preferably remote from the one or more inserter systems. Once generated, the printstream is transmitted preferably to a high speed, high volume, printer for producing the printed documents to be included in the mail pieces, such as billing statements. The printed documents are then delivered to the one or more inserter systems, which are to be used as the input sheets in the one or more inserter systems. The print stream is also provided to a workstation computer coupled to the one or more inserter systems. This workstation interpolates the printstream in order to generate a reprint database containing electronic files corresponding to each of the printed documents. Also coupled to the workstation is a local printer, which may be used to generate documents, for re-processing purposes, from data received from the reprint database.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2000Publication date: June 27, 2002Inventor: Clare E. Woodman
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Patent number: 6278988Abstract: A method for creating a status report data file for a document job in a document system including a central database configured to create a status report data file for each document job received at the central database and a plurality of sub-systems coupled to the central database where each sub-system is configured to perform a specific document task pertaining to a document job. A status report for a document job is created in the central database upon the appearance of that job from any one of a plurality of sub-systems coupled to the central database.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1998Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Mariano Lau, Clare E. Woodman, Laurie Salvati
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Publication number: 20010014164Abstract: A printstream processor separates documents, e.g. in a printstream or batch, into a physical delivery printstream and an electronic delivery printstream based on delivery preferences stored in a database. The documents in the physical delivery printstream are printed and combined with physical inserts for physical delivery, e.g. by the U.S. Postal Server. The documents in the electronic delivery printstream are combined with electronic inserts for electronic delivery, for example, via electronic mail, facsimile, pager, or to a server on World Wide Web.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 1997Publication date: August 16, 2001Inventors: EDWARD P. DANIELS, JOHN F. KWANT, PAUL H. MITCHELL, JOHN G. RAHRIG, KARL SCHUMACHER, CLARE E. WOODMAN
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Patent number: 5797015Abstract: A method of customizing application software in an inserting system includes the steps of providing a system baseline program for operating the inserting system in a standard baseline mode, and providing a dynamic link library (DLL) including a table of features to be included in the inserting system and an application routine corresponding to each of the features. A call table in the system baseline program is linked with an address for each feature corresponding to the location of the application program for the feature. The DLL is customized based on information received from the baseline program. Each of the features is called when indicated in the system baseline program and information is provided to each DLL application program corresponding to the feature. The information is modified to make the system baseline program execute a different set of logic corresponding the customization of the machine. A sub-dynamic link library (sub-DLL) is provided for further customization.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1995Date of Patent: August 18, 1998Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Edward P. Daniels, Jr., Clare E. Woodman
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Patent number: 5777883Abstract: A method of processing a mail run on a plurality of inserter systems, including first and second inserter systems, comprising the following steps. A mail run data file (MRDF) is downloaded to a file server. Documents comprising mailpieces of the mail run are scanned at each of the plurality of inserter systems. Each of the documents are scanned for an MRDF ID and a mailpiece ID. A MRDF data block is requested from the file server by each of the inserter systems based on the MRDF ID and mailpiece ID scanned at each of the plurality of inserter systems. The file server verifies that the respective request from each of the inserter systems has data available for the requested mailpiece ID and that the requested mailpiece ID has not been processed by any of the plurality of inserter systems. The file server allocates the requested MRDF data block respectively to each of the inserter systems when the data is available and the requested mailpiece has not been processed.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 1996Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Mariano R. Lau, Clare E. Woodman
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Patent number: 5448490Abstract: A method and improved system for controlling an inserter having a plurality of functional devices, including the steps providing a control system that divides the inserter into a plurality of logical stations each of which control at least one of the functional devices, separating the control system into a top-level, generic supervisor which is operative independent of the functional devices, and a lower level comprising the logical stations, and storing the supervisor and the logical stations in a central processor, the supervisor being operative for selecting an appropriate one of the logical stations at an appropriate time whereby the selected one of the logical stations controls a corresponding one of the functional devices. The method further includes the steps of providing a plurality of distributed processors electrically coupled to the central processor and associated with the functional devices, and controlling the functional devices by the logical stations through the distributed processors.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1993Date of Patent: September 5, 1995Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.Inventors: Robert K. Gottlieb, Clare E. Woodman