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RE43345 |
Media type indentification
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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8135651 |
System and method for printing multiple postage indicia
A system and method for printing multiple postage indicia, such as an outbound and/or an associated return postage meter stamp, including a desired postage amount, onto a document or label is...
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8126822 |
Virtual post office box
A method that enables the post to deliver letters, flats, post cards and packages (mail) addressed to a recipient's virtual post office box and then to be delivered directly to the recipient. The...
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8073782 |
Advanced crypto round dater
There is provided a cryptographic round dater and its method of use. By capturing customer profile information and encoding the information on a label affixed to the customer's submitted mailpiece,...
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8073787 |
System and method for mail verification
A system and method is provided for transmitting mail verification data over a wide area network, such as the Internet, in response to receiving and authenticating at least a portion of mail...
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8046304 |
Franking method and mail transport system with central postage accounting
In a franking method and a mail transport system, a franking image is calculated before generation thereof on a mail piece. The franking image includes a franking image key, and for each new...
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8041645 |
Document security utilizing color gradients
The present invention includes apparatus and methods for printing and verifying postage stamps on demand via a personal postage stamp printer. The indicium by which the stamp is printed includes a...
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8015121 |
System for franking mail items with data document or file associated therewith
This invention relates to a machine for franking mail items, comprising means for printing postal indicia on a mail item and means for also printing on this mail item a unique identification number...
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8005762 |
Automated handling of computer-based postage system printing errors
The exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method for handling printing errors in a computer-based postage system, the method comprising: assigning an identifier to a particular...
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8005764 |
Automatic verification of postal indicia products
A system and method for receiving and storing data about a unique postal indicium, the data being received from a printing location after printing of the postal indicium and determining whether...
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7991708 |
Personalized delivery payment coding
A method and system for creating a personalized delivery payment coding includes selecting from a set of designs for delivery payment coding, calculating an appropriate fee, paying an appropriate...
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7970714 |
System and method for producing a mailpiece including value added services
A system for producing a mailpiece for delivery in accordance with a Value Added (VA) service. The system comprises a computer processor having Value Added Services (VAS) program code adapted to...
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7962241 |
Method for shipping objects
A method and a system for shipping objects and/or goods which are transferred from a drop-off point (4) constructed as an organized franking system for the application of at least partially coded...
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7949614 |
Two-stage printing of value indicia
A method of printing value indicia includes feeding a roll of printing stock into a value indicia printer. The roll of printing stock includes color images pre-printed on the roll of printing...
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7941378 |
Stamp testing and monitoring
A method for detection of fraudulent postage indicia such as a stamp or permit marking includes an initial step of introducing a mail piece for processing on an automated facing and canceling...
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7925596 |
High-rate franking machine
This invention relates to a high-rate franking machine comprising means for printing postal indicia on a mailpiece and means for transporting this mailpiece along a mailpiece-conveying path, said...
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7917453 |
Mail franking system with a secure external printing mode
To print a postal imprint by an external imprint label dispenser connected via a communications link to a postage meter, during an initialization step for initializing the communications link, the...
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7908217 |
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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7885903 |
Method and device for generation and sale of frankings for sending mail
Method for generation and sale of frankings, which can be used for sending mail from a customer to a receiver. The frankings are thus preferably produced on an electronic mailbox, whereby the...
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7882036 |
System and method for postal indicia printing evidencing and accounting
System and method for printing indicia on mailing items, such as envelopes, cards, or label media, has a host computer system connected to a postal security device. The postal security device...
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7873184 |
Method for automarking postal mail
A method for automarking presorted postal mail includes scanning a mail piece in a first sorting pass at a presort facility and then printing an automark code on the mail piece indicating the type...
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7849015 |
Electronic postal money order method and system
Provided is an electronic postal money order system and method comprising the purchase and fulfillment of a money order, having the steps of inputting, through a computer, money order identifying...
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7840492 |
Personal funds metering system and method
Methods and systems for dispensing value are described. In one configuration, a unique tangible indicia is enabled with a value and then disabled after the value is redeemed. In another...
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7840499 |
Outbound document system and method
A computer-based system and method enables an item to be mailed by providing a web site offering access to a mail delivery program, receiving a request for delivering the item with Extra service...
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7831518 |
Systems and methods for detecting postage fraud using an indexed lookup procedure
A method and system for using an indexing identifier (such as, e.g., a tracking ID or the combination of a postage vendor ID, user account, and piece count) to decrease the size of the postage...
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7818268 |
System and method for mail verification
A system and method is provided for transmitting mail verification data over a wide area network, such as the Internet, in response to receiving and authenticating at least a portion of mail...
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7818269 |
Computer postage and mailing tracking labels
The present invention provides special purpose label arrangement sets for use with computer-based postage systems to facilitate mailing tracking, sheets of such label arrangement sets, and methods...
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7814032 |
System and method for mail verification
A system and method is provided for transmitting mail verification data over a wide area network, such as the Internet, in response to receiving and authenticating at least a portion of mail...
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7792765 |
Method of controlling the operation of an automated postage meter
Disclosed is an improved work-ahead method for efficiently operating a software-controlled, automated postage meter of the type used to print postage and other digital data on batches of mail that...
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7779481 |
Systems and methods for electronic postmarking of data including location data
Systems and mehods for electronic postmarking of location data are provided. Electronic postmarking of location data (S.20) includes generating a hash value corresponding to merged data (S.30)....
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7756795 |
Mail piece verification system
A mail piece verification system for processing a mail piece having associated therewith mail piece data includes an incoming mail processing center, an outgoing mail processing center located...
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7747544 |
Meter tape with location indicator used for unique identification
A method for producing a metered tape and an indicium on a meter tape comprising determining a location on the meter tape where the indicium is to be printed, generating the indicium with...
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7747670 |
Customized item cover
Creating a customized item cover comprises receiving customization data and creating at least one customization segment using the customization data. In addition, creating a customized item cover...
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7743000 |
Printer
A printer which provides detailed information on usage of consumables such as paper, ink, toner, etc., aiding in planning print tasks and ordering supplies. The printer also provides information on...
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7742582 |
Offender message delivery system
A correctional facility communication system for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility is disclosed. The correctional facility communication system includes a...
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7711650 |
System and method for validating postage
Systems and methods for dispensing postage or other authorization information electronically by using a secure processor containing an amount of preauthorized postage which can be applied to any...
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7707577 |
Job management device, job management method, and image forming apparatus including the job management device and method
A job management device that determines an order in which a plurality of jobs are processed. The job management device includes a storage device that stores therein issued jobs in order and a...
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7693803 |
Hybrid postage printer systems and methods
Systems and methods which implement hybrid postage printer technology are shown. Embodiments provide a postage printing apparatus having a printable area larger than that associated with a postage...
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7668786 |
Method and system for estimating the robustness of algorithms for generating characterizing information descriptive of selected printed material such as a particular address block
A method and system for selecting a characterizing algorithm to be used to characterize blocks of printed material. A digital image of printed material, such as an address block, on an object is...
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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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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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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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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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