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US 2011/0035337 A1Published application
Unmanned mail accepting method and device and data managing device
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsYong Hoon Choi, Heongyu Lee, Hoon Jung, Jong Heung Park
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Abstract
An unmanned mail accepting device verifies ordinary and registered mail to be provided by a client, settles postage for the verified ordinary and registered mail, and displays electronic postmark information on the mail.
Claims16
An unmanned mail accepting device comprising:
- a weight measurer for measuring at least one of weight, standard, and identifier information of mail to be accepted;
- a verifier for verifying the mail to be accepted by using a measurement result of the measurer;
- a rate calculator for calculate postage of the verified mail according to the weight of the mail to be accepted;
- a settler for settling the postage through communication with a postage settling device;
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- an electronic postmark unit for displaying electronic postmark information on the mail when the postage is settled.
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A data managing device connected to an unmanned mail accepting device through a network, comprising:
- a member manager for managing client information including a client identifier;
- an ordinary mail manager for providing a mail identifier for ordinary mail provided by the client to the unmanned mail accepting device, receiving electronic postmark information that is displayed on ordinary mail from the unmanned mail accepting device, and managing the ordinary mail according to the client identifier by using electronic postmark information that is displayed on the ordinary mail;
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- a registered mail manager for receiving electronic postmark information that is displayed on registered mail from the unmanned mail accepting device, and managing the registered mail according to the client identifier by using electronic postmark information that is displayed on the registered mail.
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An unmanned mail accepting method by an unmanned mail accepting device, comprising:
- measuring at least one of weight, standard, and identifier information of mail to be accepted;
- verifying the mail to be accepted by using a measurement result;
- calculating rates of the verified mail according to the weight of the mail;
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- displaying electronic postmark information on the mail when the client settles the rates.
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An unmanned mail accepting method by an unmanned mail accepting device, comprising:
- measuring identifier information corresponding to an online stamp that is attached to mail;
- receiving issuance information of an identifier corresponding to the online stamp that is attached to the mail through communication with a mail information device;
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- verifying the online-stamp-attached mail by comparing the identifier information and the issuance information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.