Patents by Inventor Ralph Mitchell Hungerpiller

Ralph Mitchell Hungerpiller 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).

  • System and method for processing returned mail
    Patent number: 6826548
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for processing returned mail includes the steps of encoding pieces of mail with data including the identity of the intended recipient, mailing the pieces of mail to the intended recipients, collecting at a processing location those pieces of mail that are returned as undeliverable, scanning the data from the returned pieces of mail, electronically updating at least address information for the intended recipients of the returned mail, and electronically transmitting the updated address and other information to a subscriber for updating the subscriber's database of recipient addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Return Mail, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Mitchell Hungerpiller, Ronald C. Cagle
  • System and method for processing returned mail
    Publication number: 20030191651
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for processing returned mail includes the steps of encoding pieces of mail with data including the identity of the intended recipient, mailing the pieces of mail to the intended recipients, collecting at a processing location those pieces of mail that are returned as undeliverable, scanning the data from the returned pieces of mail, electronically updating at least address information for the intended recipients of the returned mail, and electronically transmitting the updated address and other information to a subscriber for updating the subscriber's database of recipient addresses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Ralph Mitchell Hungerpiller, Ronald C. Cagle