Intelligent postage stamp printer
AssigneemyiStamp Inc.
InventorSalim G. Kara
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Abstract
A postage printing apparatus includes a user interface for accepting user input of postage criteria. The apparatus also includes a processor to process the user input to generate a postage request. A postage server communication module communicates the postage request to a remote postage server. The remote postage server returns data corresponding to postage indicia. The apparatus includes a printer for accepting instructions to print the postage indicia. The apparatus is in direct communication with the remote postage server without a separate computer performing any postage printing processing functionality.
Claims30
A postage printing apparatus, comprising:
- a user interface operable to receive user input for generating a postage request;
- a processor operable to process the user input to generate the postage request;
- a postage server communication module in electronic communication with the processor and operable to transmit the postage request to a remote postage server, and receive from the remote postage server postage data for creating a postage indicia;
- a printer in electronic communication with the postage server communication module, the printer operable to receive instructions to print the postage indicia.
A postage printing apparatus, comprising:
- a processor operable to receive postage criteria to generate the postage request;
- a postage server communication module in electronic communication with the processor and operable to transmit the postage request to a remote postage server, and receive from the remote postage server postage data for creating a postage indicia, wherein the postage server communication module is in direct Internet communication with the remote postage server;
- a printer in electronic communication with the postage server communication module, the printer operable to receive instructions to print the postage indicia.
A method of printing postage indicia, comprising:
- receiving user input of one or more postage criteria;
- using the one or more postage criteria to generate a postage request;
- transmitting the postage request directly to a remote postage server;
- receiving, directly from the postage server, postage indicia data;
- and
- using the postage indicia data to print a postage indicia.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.