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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8131652 | Residential delivery indicator This invention provides methods, apparatus, and systems for classifying addresses. An address is evaluated based upon a postal code or standardized postal code, such as a U.S. Postal Service ZIP+4 code, serving the address. If the address cannot be classified based ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7996333 | Manifest delivery system and method There is provided a method and system of determining efficient routing of a mail piece in a delivery system for delivering mail pieces. The system determines whether or not the mail piece requires urgent delivery. The system determines a weight of the mail piece. Al... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7962421 | Residential delivery indicator This invention provides methods, apparatus, and systems for classifying addresses. An address is evaluated based upon a postal code or standardized postal code, such as a U.S. Postal Service ZIP+4 code, serving the address. If the address cannot be classified based ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7937333 | System and method for facilitating refunds of unused postage A system and method for processing refund requests in a postage system is described. In one configuration, each mail piece includes a tracking code. The refund system monitors the tracking codes as mail pieces are processed in the mail stream. A user enters a refund... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933844 | Address forwarding for parcels A method for sorting parcels may include reading, during a first sortation pass, machine readable indicia applied to the parcel prior to mailing and at least a portion of delivery address information on a parcel. The method may also include selecting a reference ind... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7739200 | Method of electronically consolidating mail items A method of electronically consolidating mail items between a plurality of senders and a postal administration, including consolidating files received from senders into a single consolidation file; each file containing a unique identity code and an address of a dest... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7702593 | System and method for printing correct postage for batches of mail with presort discounts A method and system of providing postage wherein delivery fee discounts are provided based on one or more sorting levels in which mail pieces are run through the system twice. In the first run, postal codes are obtained from the mail pieces, a running tally for each... | 04/20/2010 |
| 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 described. In one configuration, a remote data center provides Units of Info... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7493292 | System and a method for automating delivery of communication by a special service A system and a method for assisting in the process of generating mailing communications and satisfying their requirements are provided. The system and the method allow customers or users to interact on a computer network, such as the internet, with a database to gen... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7356481 | Delivery management method and device, and delivery information service method Method for making delivery of products more efficient, and having deliveries made that are convenient for delivery recipients. When a user (delivery recipient 3) purchases a product from a vendor and applies for delivery, a management server 4 accepts ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7346590 | Method to account for domestic and international mail fees The invention makes it easier for the post office to calculate accurately terminal dues by providing information to the post regarding each piece or parcel of mail that crosses an international border. The invention also makes it easier for the post offices to calcu... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343299 | System and methods for mail security A method of securing the mails is described. Using a mail information retrieval system and a the use of data-rich, machine readable barcodes to make each mailing piece unique by including data that ‘lives’ with the mail piece or package allows mail to become tra... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343319 | Multi-tier pricing of individual products based on volume discounts A point of sale system or other computer system stores a product pricing database in which a full price and discount prices corresponding to one or more discount pricing tiers are stored for each product available for sale. Each of the discount prices for a given pr... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343357 | 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 described. A processor based system is programmed to interact with a custo... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325732 | Method and system for mail security and traceability A method and system for mail security and traceability is disclosed. Identification code producing equipment prints an encrypted code which identifies the source of the individual mail piece on each mail piece in a batch of mail. When the mailer submits the mailing ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324375 | Multi-bits storage memory A nonvolatile memory apparatus including a control circuit, plural terminals having clock, command and other terminals, data and command registers, and plural nonvolatile memory cells. The clock terminal receives a clock signal and the command terminal receives comm... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324968 | Method and system for improved online auction Methods and systems for improving auction-based online commerce are provided, including methods and systems for facilitating advance, rapid, accurate estimation of shipping costs between a seller and the winner of an online auction. Methods and systems include an ap... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310621 | System for guaranteeing print of postal indicia This invention relates to a process for recording an extension of guarantee of print for a system for franking mailpieces, comprising a display of an indication of “end of initial guarantee” at the level of the franking system; comparing a remaining volume of in... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302115 | Method for using customer images in a promotional product A method of offering a customized promotional product to a user. The method comprises the steps of: accessing a user-supplied digital image at a digital imaging device; providing a digital image representative of a promotional product, the promotional product digita... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301115 | System and method of identifying and sorting response services mail pieces in accordance with plural levels of refinement in order to enhance postal service revenue protection A method to reduce lost postal revenue by identifying and sorting a mail piece by determining whether algorithmically-resolved image data corresponding to the mail piece indicates that the mail piece is business reply mail. The method is facilitated in part by maint... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 list is generated by the carrier or other trusted third party. The uni... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 the information that uniquely identifies each metered mail piece at a re... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7236937 | Method for consigning ordered commodities To dispatch ordered articles order data is transferred from a customer to a supplier of the articles. A dispatch center of a common dispatch service is notified of the earliest possible outward delivery time for each supplier. This information is saved in a database... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233907 | Parcel or service delivery with partially scheduled time windows A delivery scheduling system that is configured for scheduling the delivery of an item or service from a sender to an intended recipient. After receiving a signal indicating that, for example, a particular package is to be delivered to an intended recipient, the sys... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233929 | Postal system intranet and commerce processing for on-line value bearing system An on-line system for printing a value bearing item (VBI) that includes a client subsystem for interfacing with a user, a cryptographic device remote from the client subsystem for authenticating a plurality of users, and a server subsystem capable of communicating w... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7216804 | Postage metering system A postage metering system for applying indicia including postage value on mail items, the system including: a keyboard for inputting information; a printer for printing indicia; an accounting module for accounting for postage value applied to mail items; and a secur... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213987 | Synchronization method and apparatus in a value metering system having a digital print head A manually activated, value-metering system having a method and an apparatus for achieving synchronization, wherein the value metering system uses a digital print head to print a plurality of printed lines, one printed line at a time, on a substrate, which is advanc... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209905 | System and method for detecting mail theft using additional mail pieces as probes A method of tracking mail pieces includes determining that an observation event has not occurred with respect to a high value mail piece (HVMP). If it is also determined that a corresponding observation event has occurred with respect to another mail piece that was ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7193163 | Handheld electronic scale with background digital animation on display screen The hand held scale of the present invention comprises a rectangular casing with a weighing platform, for supporting items to be weighed, a display screen, for displaying the weight of the objects and to view the animation sequences. There are a series of digital an... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 postage, determining the means for generating the request, determining th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7165053 | System and method for pre-feeding mailpieces, detecting the presence of harmful materials in the mailpieces and sorting the mailpieces An embodiment of the system of the present invention generally comprises an automated mailpiece sorting apparatus and method and more particularly, the system generally comprises a pre-feeding apparatus, a diverter, a collection module, a mailpiece sorting apparatus... | 01/16/2007 |
| 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 basis. The mailing machine securely stores the indicia and dispenses th... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138585 | Scale with message display Disclosed is a bath scale for measuring a user's weight having a weight display and a message display driven by a detection-and-display system adapted to provide through the message display one or more substantially non-deductive messages to the user of the bath sca... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131572 | Automatic business reply mail funding A method for enabling a mailer to infer the amount of business reply that he/she is going to receive on a given day and determine the amount of postage that is due. The foregoing is accomplished by placing a planet code that references the mailer's permit number on ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133850 | Postage system having telephone answering and message retrieval capability A postage system includes a data center, a population of postage metering systems and a control system that is in operative communication with the data center and the population of postage metering systems. The population of postage metering systems are located remo... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 module for receiving verification from a server. The apparatus may include... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118034 | Systems and methods for package sortation and delivery using radio frequency identification technology A disclosed method comprises scanning a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag on a package to generate scanned data, and generating a handling instruction for the package based on the scanned data. The handling instruction can be executed to route the package to... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7096743 | Device for measuring the bending strength of flat consignments An apparatus for measuring the flexural rigidity in the longitudinal direction of flat items of mail transported one after another on a conveying path includes a control device, a sensor for detecting the edges of the items of mail and signaling the control device w... | 08/29/2006 |
| 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 determine the number and types of mailpieces being sorted and associated th... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 can be used again as a possible amount to issue without any communicati... | 07/18/2006 |
