Patents by Inventor Steven Seburn

Steven Seburn 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).

  • Patent number: 9905056
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for transferring data from a delivery item to a label for application of the label onto the delivery item are disclosed. In some aspects, the system can include a camera configured to capture an image of the data on the delivery item, a control computer including at least one hardware processor and memory, the control computer being configured to process the image of the data, integrate the image of the data into a label template, and to generate a print file from the label template, and at least one label applicator disposed after the camera relative to a direction of travel of the delivery item on a conveyor, the at least one label applicator being configured to print the label including the data contained in the print file and apply the printed label onto a top surface of the delivery item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Fluence Automation LLC
    Inventors: Brian Bowers, Steven Seburn, Helmut Joerg, Michael Maeder
  • Publication number: 20170243038
    Abstract: A method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for generating an error reconciliation report include receiving operational input data obtained by one or more automated sensors, as well as receiving electronic data records, in the form of one or more IMb data sources, for each mail piece from manufacturing processes, during mail processing; receiving an error report, which comprises a list of Intelligent Mailer barcodes (IMbs) alleged to contain errors associated therewith, wherein the error report is generated automatically by a postal authority; loading the operational input data and the error report into an IMb database; providing an error reconciliation processor in electrical communication with the IMb database; comparing, using the error reconciliation processor, the operational input data against the list of IMbs from the error report against one or more criteria; and generating an error reconciliation report, which comprises results of the comparing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Bowers, Michael R. Swift, Steven Seburn
  • Publication number: 20160063770
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media for transferring data from a delivery item to a label for application of the label onto the delivery item are disclosed. In some aspects, the system can include a camera configured to capture an image of the data on the delivery item, a control computer including at least one hardware processor and memory, the control computer being configured to process the image of the data, integrate the image of the data into a label template, and to generate a print file from the label template, and at least one label applicator disposed after the camera relative to a direction of travel of the delivery item on a conveyor, the at least one label applicator being configured to print the label including the data contained in the print file and apply the printed label onto a top surface of the delivery item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Bowers, Steven Seburn, Helmut Joerg, Michael Maeder
  • Patent number: 9156063
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to techniques and equipment for processing mailpieces. The mailpieces have been manufacture on a mailpiece inserter or directly from a printer The manufactured mailpieces are processed on a mail sorter to produce trays of mail that are grouped by zone improvement program. The mailpieces are sorted without a predefined sort scheme loaded on the mail sorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Bell and Howell, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Bowers, Steven Seburn
  • Patent number: 8977385
    Abstract: Processing and tracking of individual mail items processed through a document processing system such as a sorter or inserter utilize a mail item identifier that is unique with respect to each individual mail item. A mail item may have a postal authority approved code representing or containing its associated unique identifier. If not, an identifier is generated and a corresponding postal authority approved code is applied to the mail item. Processing entails associating the unique mail item identifier for each respective mail item with collected metadata for the respective mail item and storing the identifier and associated the metadata. In a sorter example, each mail item is sorted into a postal sort group, and the processing entails identifying the sort group to which each item is sorted and storing the identified sort in association with the unique mail item identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Bell and Howell, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Bowers, Steven Seburn, Steven Ksiazek, Gary Van Ermen, Walter S. Conard
  • Publication number: 20120296467
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to techniques and equipment for processing mailpieces. The mailpieces have been manufacture on a mailpiece inserter or directly from a printer The manufactured mailpieces are processed on a mail sorter to produce trays of mail that are grouped by zone improvement program. The mailpieces are sorted without a predefined sort scheme loaded on the mail sorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Brian BOWERS, Steven SEBURN
  • Patent number: 8129646
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates generally to techniques and/or equipment for validating mail items within a mail processing system. Sort scheme data and mail item identification data are loaded into the mail processing system. The mail item identification data includes a mail owner identification value and a unique mail item identifier. Then, mail item identification data is acquired from each of the mail items processed in the system and validated against the loaded mail item identification data. The method may involve storing mail item validation data. The mail items are sorted in accordance with the loaded sort scheme data. Further, the present subject matter relates generally to building reports based on the information derived from the techniques and/or equipment utilized therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Bell and Howell, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Lee, Brian Bowers, Gary Van Ermen, Steven Seburn, Paul Kostyniuk
  • Publication number: 20090294338
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates generally to techniques and/or equipment for validating mail items within a mail processing system. Sort scheme data and mail item identification data are loaded into the mail processing system. The mail item identification data includes a mail owner identification value and a unique mail item identifier. Then, mail item identification data is acquired from each of the mail items processed in the system and validated against the loaded mail item identification data. The method may involve storing mail item validation data. The mail items are sorted in accordance with the loaded sort scheme data. Further, the present subject matter relates generally to building reports based on the information derived from the techniques and/or equipment utilized therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Raymond LEE, Brian Bowers, Gary Van Ermen, Steven Seburn, Paul Kostyniuk
  • Publication number: 20090218262
    Abstract: Processing and tracking of individual mail items processed through a document processing system such as a sorter or inserter utilize a mail item identifier that is unique with respect to each individual mail item. A mail item may have a postal authority approved code representing or containing its associated unique identifier. If not, an identifier is generated and a corresponding postal authority approved code is applied to the mail item. Processing entails associating the unique mail item identifier for each respective mail item with collected metadata for the respective mail item and storing the identifier and associated the metadata. In a sorter example, each mail item is sorted into a postal sort group, and the processing entails identifying the sort group to which each item is sorted and storing the identified sort in association with the unique mail item identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Brian BOWERS, Steven Seburn, Steven Ksiazek, Gary Van Ermen, Walter S. Conard