Telephone Number Stamps
OwnerUdo Hinz, Anders Bjorhn +1inventors
InventorsUdo Hinz, Anders Bjorhn, Adrian Hinz
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Abstract
The invention regards a method, a system and a package for payment and granting of postage rate for an item of mailing (10) through at least one of a network for data- and telecommunication. The item of mailing (10) is marked up with a telephone number (12) belonging to the mailer, and the mailer calls a pre-determined telephone number (14) to the distributor of items of mailing (10), thus through the pre-determined telephone number (14) confirming postage rate and payment of an item of mailing (10) at the distributor of mail.
Claims32
A method relating to payment and granting of postage rate for items of mailing through at least one of a network for data- and telecommunication wherein an item of mailing is marked up with a telephone number (0123456789) on which a mailer subscribes to, and that the mailer calls a predetermined telephone number belonging to the distributor of the items of mailing, confirming by the predetermined telephone number the payment of an item of mailing at the distributor, whereby said calling is registered in a database for distribution of mail associated to the predetermined telephone number (9876543210) and to the telephone number of the mailer, said items of mail read by a machinery during distribution where data registered in said database through the mailers telephone number is checked for correspondence with data marked up and read on the item of mailing regarding postage rate and payment, by correspondence between data, the item of mailing being granted for distribution.
A system relating to payment and granting of postage rate for items of mailing through at least one of a network for data- and telecommunication wherein it comprises:
- an item of mailing is marked up with a telephone number on which a mailer subscribes to, and that the mailer calls a predetermined telephone number belonging to the distributor of the items of mailing, confirming by the predetermined telephone number the payment of an item of mailing at the distributor;
- said calling is registered in a database for distribution of mail associated to the predetermined telephone number and to the telephone number of the mailer;
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- said items of mailing read by a machinery during distribution where data registered in said database through the mailers telephone number is checked for correspondence with data marked up and read on the item of mail regarding postage rate and payment, by correspondence between data, the item of mailing being granted for distribution.
A package for items of mailing regarding payment and granting of postage for items of mailing through at least one of a network for data and telecommunication, wherein said package is marked with an array pattern intended for filling in a telephone number, which a mailer subscribes to, with figures, visible to the human eyes, and identifiable for machine scanning, whereby said telephone number identifies a mailer by the same telephone number being stored in a database at a distributor of items of mailing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.