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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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7577617 |
Method for the dependable transmission of service data to a terminal equipment and arrangement for implementing the method
In a method and apparatus for dependable transmission of data from a data center to terminal equipment, particularly transmission of fee schedule table data to a postage-calculating scale or...
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7558761 |
Method and system for automatically associating a manually entered postage amount to a class of service
The present invention relates to a method for processing mail pieces to automatically associate a manually entered postage to a class of service and to a system which implements the method. The...
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7555467 |
System and method for reliable transfer of virtual stamps
The present application describes systems and methods for reliable transfer of information of value such as virtual postage stamps between a remote data center and a local device. An identifier...
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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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7526454 |
Method and system for conveying funds to postage meters
In a postage meter capable of making a request to refill automatically when postage funds drop below a threshold value, date-based rules are used to disable the refilling request if the request is...
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7496538 |
Franking method and apparatus
In a method and system and franking apparatus for franking postal matter and for inspection of the franking, postage fees are stored and debited in electronic form, and a fee stamp and a...
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7451118 |
System and method for automated response piece
System and method for creating response pieces. The response piece system authenticates a user, generates a standardized address based on address code information received from the user, and...
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7433847 |
System and method for manufacturing and securing transport of postage printing devices
A method of manufacturing a postage printing device that is to be registered by a registering entity having a public/private key pair. The manufacturing station has a manufacturing station...
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7403926 |
Mail preparation system
In a method of preparation of a series of mail items in which postal indicia are printed on the mail items when creating an indicium for a mail item after the first mail item, a determination is...
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7356517 |
Method for automatic balancing of mail processing accounts for an inserter system
A method for automatic balancing of mail processing accounts for an inserter system that can automatically account for discrepancies in large quantities of gathered postage data, as well as...
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7356162 |
Method for sorting postal items in a plurality of sorting passes
The method of sorting postal items in a plurality of sorting passes using at least one sorting machine having sorting outlets constituted by bins consists in using digital fingerprints (V_ID)...
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7346591 |
Messaging services for uniquely identified mail
A method that enables the recipient to receive notification of the letters, flats and/or packages (mail) that the recipient is going to receive prior to the delivery of the mail. The recipient is...
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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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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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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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RE39779 |
Method for the recovery of unusable printed postage
A method for recovering postage for metered mail pieces that have not been posted, the method includes: placing information that uniquely identifies the mail piece in a postal indicia ; storing...
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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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7216108 |
Transferable meter licenses using smartcard technology
A metering system is provided including a smartcard reader and peripheral computer in communication with a metering apparatus. A smartcard with memory, microprocessor, and license counter may then...
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7194443 |
Method for protecting a security module and arrangement for the implementation of the method
In a security module and a method for protecting a security module, wherein security-relevant data are stored in a memory in the module, proper insertion of the security module on a device...
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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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7171449 |
Friend-to-friend mail systems and methods
Methods and systems are provided for a three party mailing service. The process may enable a first party, such as an advertiser, to create a mailpiece, such as a postcard, marked with a unique...
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7171392 |
Secure data capture apparatus and method
In a postage meter system (FIG. 2 ), a user enters information,indicative of a batch of mail pieces to be franked ( 30 ). The mail pieces are franked( 31 ), and when the batch is completed, data...
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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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7133851 |
System and method for combined mailing of a plurality of diverse publications
A system for combined mailing of a plurality of diverse publications to a plurality of recipients at an optimized mail rate. The system includes a bindery for binding a plurality of the signatures...
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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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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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7082417 |
Method of calculating mailroom chargeback cost for incoming mails
This invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a method of calculating sorting costs for incoming mail. The foregoing is accomplished by providing a method that can...
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7080045 |
Electronic revenue stamp issuing apparatus and method thereof and recording medium stored control program thereof
An electronic revenue stamp issuing apparatus and a method thereof and a recording medium stored a control program thereof, in which the amount of an electronic revenue stamp that became invalid...
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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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7062474 |
Interactive process for applying or printing information on letters or parcels
A computer system for providing commercial advertisements, messages, coupons, or other types of information on letters, parcels, and other written communications to a receiver of the letter,...
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7058610 |
System and method for communicating a message in a mailing system
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing confirmation and messaging relating to the distribution of a mail piece within a mailing system. Information including a...
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7035832 |
System and method for automatically providing shipping/transportation fees
There is disclosed a system and method for dispensing postage or other authorization information electronically by using a portable processor containing a maximum amount of preauthorized postage...
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7021528 |
System and method for tracking checks
Systems and methods for providing a track and trace capabilities for checks in the mail stream and in the bank check clearing system are described. A mailing machine facilitates the association of...
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7003471 |
Method and system for accepting non-toxic mail that has an indication of the mailer on the mail
A system that determines if mail contains life-harming materials before the mail enters the interior of a receptacle, i.e., mail box. This invention accomplishes the foregoing by issuing stamps...
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6996546 |
System and methods for digital receipts
A secure system for creating digital receipts, while minimizing the amount of data that is encoded in the digital receipt. The digital receipt provides authentication for a transaction. A digital...
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6983194 |
Bulk mailing tracking system
An acceptance and verification system creates data base records for each posted item of a bulk mailing so as to provide early notification to a mailing system as to the content of mail to be...
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6978932 |
Apparatus for converting an envelope feeding machine into an internet connected postage machine
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for using existing envelope feeding machines to print IBIP indicium, and CASS approved address information and bar code information. The invention is shown to...
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6957197 |
Load planning tables for a parcel shipping system
A system for managing shipping parcels that includes a specially adapted set of load planning tables, or, from another aspect, a set of load planning tables for use with a system for managing...
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6942144 |
Secure remote access to metering product enclosure
A system for providing remote control access to internal components of a device. The system comprises a housing comprising a cover and a base, at least one device being located within the housing...
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6941284 |
Method for dynamically using cryptographic keys in a postage meter
A postage meter includes a vault that accounts for postage dispensed by the postage meter; and a printhead module having a printhead for printing the postage dispensed; a smart card chip having a...
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6938023 |
Method of limiting key usage in a postage metering system that produces cryptographically secured indicium
A method for requiring that a key used in a cryptographic apparatus be changed includes the steps of: storing a constraint value for a non-time parameter of the cryptographic apparatus, the...
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6925451 |
Mail receipt terminal having deposit tracking capability
A mail receipt terminal for accepting an envelope having evidence of postage applied thereto. The mail receipt terminal includes a controller module and an input scanner module and a printer...
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6920438 |
System and method for employing digital postage marks as part of value-added services in a mailing system
System and method for providing confirmation relating to the distribution of a mailpiece within a mailing system includes a determination of postal data required for postage evidencing of a...
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