SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AND ACCOUNTING FOR VALUE-ADDED SERVICES WITH A CLOSED SYSTEM METER
Patent №
US 6,853,989
Granted
2005-02-08
Filed 1998
Owner
PITNEY BOWES INC.
Lab
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AI components
1
kr
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09223116
System and method are provided for selecting and accounting for value-added services with a closed system metering device. A scanning device coupled to the closed system postage meter scans information, including recipient address, printed on a mailpiece. From the scanned information or manual selection, a selection of value-added services is made and the closed system metering device performs accounting related to the selected value-added services. The recipient address is combined with other information relating to postage payment for the mailpiece to obtain postal data relating to the mailpiece. The postal data is used to generate an indicium, which includes cryptographic evidencing of postage payment. A graphical representation of the selected value-added services is added to the generated indicium to generate a value-added indicium, which is then printed on the mailpiece.
AI classification
Ownership
PITNEY BOWES INC.
assignment · 98840694
Assignors
ALLPORT, ROBERT W., KELLY, STEPHEN, NICHOLLS, TIMOTHY J., RYAN, FREDERICK W., JR.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.