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7613660 |
System and method for mail destination address information encoding, protection and recovery in postal payment
A process for evidencing postage payment begins by obtaining a destination address for a mail item and encoding it as a string of characters from which a subset of the encoded string is selected,...
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7610248 |
Weight measuring systems and methods
A method for producing and weighing a mailing unit that is formed from a plurality of components including inserts and envelopes comprises the steps of determining a weight for each of the...
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7581894 |
Method and system for controlling print operations in a mailpiece creation system
A system and method for processing mailpiece content material in a mailpiece inserter including a printer integrated with the mailpiece creation system. The integrated printer receives print stream...
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7580902 |
Printing method for a compact machine and an associated machine
A printing method for printing a mail item in a franking machine, the mail item carrying postal-imprint data and other printed data, in which method, during the process of continuously printing on...
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7574408 |
Publisher unions
A publisher union comprises a plurality of publishers, a channel, and a publisher union administrator. The publisher union is administered by receiving a channel proposal, determining whether the...
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7571144 |
Systems and methods for selecting postal indicia image formats
According to some embodiments, a method of operating a postal indicia printing apparatus comprises storing, in the apparatus, a first indicia image format comprising a first dimension, storing, in...
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7539651 |
Mail production systems
A mail production system is described, the system comprising a mail finishing system for converting documents into finished items of mail ready for hand-over to a postal service, and a secure...
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7533067 |
Control panel label for a postage printing device
Systems and methods for providing a locally printed replaceable control panel labels for providing an economical user interface to a postage printing device using a collocated processor are...
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7502451 |
Institutional electronic messaging system
An electronic messaging system for both participating institutions and nonparticpating institutions and their populations. When an institution is participating in the system of the present...
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7502137 |
Automated media selection for imposed print jobs
A method using a printing system comprising a controller programmed for rendering imposed documents given media cost considerations is described. The method includes steps of: evaluating a print...
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7495906 |
Multiple hard disk drive assembly cooling
A disk-drive storage assembly includes an interface card configurable to couple to a plurality of hard-disk drives. The interface card has a plurality of first vent openings to expose a surface...
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7461031 |
System and method for meter enabled payment functionality
A method of collecting a payment from a postage meter customer having a past due account including receiving a service request from the postage meter, requesting that the customer provide credit...
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RE40443 |
System and method for accounting for postage for mail
A permit mail metering system that preprints the non-variable portion of an indicia. The pre-printed portions may be printed with a fluorescent and phosphorescent ink, while other pre-printed...
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7376630 |
Postage franking system, device and method
In one embodiment, a postage franking device includes: a scale; an envelope holder suspended from the scale; a printer supported by the holder, the printer movable across the print zone; and a...
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7364079 |
Tracking label
An improved tracking label may comprise a destination ZIP field ( 130 ), content identifier number (CIN) description field ( 115 ), and a barcode field ( 150 ). In addition, the improved label...
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7353213 |
System and method for preventing duplicate printing in a web browser
A method and system for processing shipping labels having postage is described. In one configuration a hidden frame in a secure browser window is used to control printing of an actual shipping...
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7340482 |
Preview function in a digital data preservation system
A digital preservation system ( 10 ) for accepting a digital data record as input, for providing a preview of the digital data record on a display screen ( 80 ), for writing the data record in...
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7337228 |
Information processing method and apparatus and recording medium for controlling and simplifying a sign-up operation of an apparatus over a network
An information processing method and apparatus for enabling more prompt sign-up. A network management server at step S 62 received am equipment serial number from an information processing...
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7328995 |
Method and apparatus for embedding information in an image
A method and apparatus for embedding information in an image during relative movement between a print medium and an ink jet print head is provided. A plurality of first lines are printed and a...
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7319989 |
Method and system for protection against replay of an indicium message in a closed system meter
A method and system that protects against a replay attack in a closed system postage meter is provided. “Freshness” data is included along with each indicium message sent from the meter to the...
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7315845 |
Method of printing statements using postage meter
A method of printing a report sheet using a printer of a postage meter in which the printer is capable of printing only in a print field smaller than required to print the report sheet and in which...
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7296004 |
Electronic bill payment system with merchant identification
A computer implemented system and method for payment remittance receives a payor's payment information, processes this payment information, other than a received zip code, to identify an eleven...
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7283630 |
Verification of authenticity of goods by use of random numbers
Method of verifying authenticity of goods uses combination codes that have a random portion and a non-random portion that includes at least a secret portion that is encrypted. The combination codes...
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7272581 |
Method and system for optimizing throughput of mailing machines
A mailing machine that optimizes throughput by reducing the amount of time necessary for the PSD to generate the digital signature and indicium for each mail piece is provided. The debit operation...
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7266531 |
Mail processing system with unique mailpiece authorization assigned in advance of mailpieces entering carrier service mail processing stream
A mailing list is created including destination addresses for mailpieces to be submitted to a carrier service for delivery. A unique mailpiece identifier associated with mailpieces on the mailing...
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7251632 |
Machine dependent login for on-line value-bearing item system
An on-line VBI printing system that includes one or more cryptographic modules and a central database. The cryptographic modules are capable of implementing a variety of required security...
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7249110 |
Individual authentication method, individual authentication apparatus, accounting method, accounting apparatus
The service presentation apparatus includes a member database ( 310 ) for storing the information of members registered preliminarily as users, basic authentication means ( 321 ) for authenticating...
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7240037 |
Method and apparatus for digitally signing an advertisement area next to a value-bearing item
An on-line VBI printing system that includes one or more cryptographic modules and a central database. The cryptographic modules are capable of implementing a variety of required security...
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7233930 |
Postage metering system including a printer having dual print heads
A postage metering system includes a computer, an authentication unit, a printer and a control system. The control system is in operative communication with the computer, the authentication unit...
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7225170 |
Postage metering system for use with business reply mail
A method of operating a postage metering system for printing a postage indicium for use with a business reply mail piece. The method includes the step(s) of: (i) transmitting a registration ID...
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7225166 |
Remote authentication of two dimensional barcoded indicia
An indicia authentication system includes a franking device for embedding identification and encrypted authentication data into indicia and applying the indicia to an article, and a computing...
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7219084 |
Method for processing postal matter and postal matter processing system
In a system and a method for postal matter processing, with automatic reception of postal matter in receiving stations and with a staggered postal matter processing, acquisition of shipping data...
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7212981 |
Postage franking device and method
One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a postage franking device that includes a scale, an envelope holder and a printer. The envelope holder is suspended from the scale and defines...
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7203666 |
Virtual postage metering system
A virtual postage metering system and method provides value added services corresponding to postage metering transactions. Funds are not stored at a user's site, reducing the risk of unauthorized...
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7191158 |
System and method for providing computer-based postage stamps
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for creating computer-based postage that may be used on any date and with an undetermined addressee includes generating a request to print...
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7186040 |
Arrangement for generation of a print image for franking and postmarking machines
In an arrangement to generate a print image for franking and postmarking machines a control unit electronically controls a printer and storage unit for data that are printed in predetermined...
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7171368 |
Method and apparatus for the remote inspection of postage meters
A method comprising the steps of generating a code at a data center, the code being associated with the value dispensing system; creating a challenge card having the code therein; sending the...
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7162460 |
Media type identification
The exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides methods and systems for automatically selecting a media type for which to format Value-Bearing Item indicia based on a user's input of a...
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7152049 |
Method and system for dispensing virtual stamps
A method and system for a virtual stamp dispensing metering system is provided wherein indicia of varying values are calculated at a data center and downloaded to a mailing machine on a periodic...
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7136839 |
Method for reissuing digital tokens in an open metering system
A method of reissuing digital tokens in an open system meter includes the steps of calculating a digital token using the predetermined postal information including addressee information, postage...
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7130070 |
System and method for asynchronous tracking and quantifying of printing events
A two-phase asynchronous print tracking system and method is described. The separation of detection of print activity and billing of print activity is accomplished by means of a quota-based message...
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7127434 |
Apparatus, system, and method for postage stamp generating
Disclosed is an apparatus, system, and method for postage stamp generation. The apparatus includes print module configured to print a customized image or text based stamp, and a communication...
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7123376 |
Method for using printstream bar code information for electronic document presentment
A method for using bar code data parsed from a legacy printstream to facilitate electronic processing and electronic document presentment, whereby match code data, page number data, page count data...
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7120605 |
Systems and methods for secure printing
A preferred printing system includes a printer configured to communicatively couple with a workstation, which incorporates a first code entry device for receiving first coding information from a...
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7113928 |
Franking machine and operating method thereof
The invention concerns an electronic franking machine comprising franking means and means for recording the number of franking operations. It comprises means for connection via a computerized...
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7085746 |
Method and system for notifying mail users of mail piece contamination
A method and system for notifying users of a mail system that a mail piece has been quarantined is provided. A plurality of incoming mail mailboxes each include a sampler to sample air from a...
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7085725 |
Methods of distributing postage label sheets with security features
A method of providing a value stamp over a communication network includes providing a medium to a user having access to a data processing system. The medium is suitable for printing a value...
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7083345 |
Roll label layout and system for proper printing of netstamps
A system for assisting a user with the proper printing of postage indicia and other value bearing items onto labels in rolls of labels in a label printer, and a roll for use therewith. The system...
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7069253 |
Techniques for tracking mailpieces and accounting for postage payment
A method of preparing a mailpiece includes applying a mailpiece identification (MI) code that uniquely identifies the mailpiece, and applying a destination code to the mailpiece signifying at least...
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7069247 |
Authentication system for mail pieces
An improved system is provided for authentication of mail pieces bearing bar-coded indicia. The system comprises first and second bar-code readers, the first and second bar-code readers differing...
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