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US 2014/0032439 A1Published application
Pc postage™ service indicia design for shipping label
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorsJohn F. Gullo, Wayne A. Wilkerson, Roy R. Gordon, Dan Lord
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Abstract
Systems and methods of insuring payment of a proper amount of postage, comprise receiving payment for an amount of postage, affixing a postage indicia to a piece of mail, wherein the postage indicia includes the postage amount in a format readable only by machine, and adjusting the postage amount at a time subsequent to receipt of payment.
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A system for preventing postage fraud comprising:
- a scanner for reading a unique parcel number and a unique postage number from a postage indicia affixed to a mailpiece;
- a database in communication with the scanner, for verifying that the unique parcel number and the unique postage number are assigned to each other;
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- an electronic interface for transmitting the postage indicia to a user, wherein the electronic interface is in communication with the database such that, upon purchase of the postage indicia by the user, the database is updated with a record for the postage indicia.
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A method for preventing postage fraud comprising:
- receiving a user request for purchasing postage;
- transmitting, in response to the user request, a postage indicia to the user, the postage indicia including a unique postage number and a unique parcel number;
- updating a database with a record of the postage indicia;
- receiving a mailpiece having the postage indicia;
- scanning the unique parcel number and the unique postage number from the mailpiece;
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- verifying that the unique parcel number and the unique postage number are assigned to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.