High speed printing
AssigneeStamps.com Inc.
InventorsJ P Leon, Keith Bussell
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Abstract
A system and method for high-speed processing of mail pieces is disclosed. The high-speed system includes client server that forms and prints a shipping label comprising reduced Information-Based Indicia (RIBI) on each piece of mail. The client server provides funds to the system server and reports the RIBI usage to the system server. The system server issues tokens to the client server that allow the client server to the print a shipping label including RIBI indicia for a certain value of postage.
Claims20
A high speed mail processing method for processing mail items including mail items requiring different postage values, said method comprising:
- calculating a postage value for each mail item of said mail items, in a high speed processing system,
- generating, by a computer processor, a shipping label for each of said mail items, each said shipping labels comprising an information based postage indicium, wherein a first of said shipping labels' information based postage value is different from a second of said shipping labels' information based postage value;
- sending each information based postage indicium, of said mail items, to a remote database for storage;
- and
- printing, by a printer, said shipping labels comprising information based postage indicia.
A high speed mail processing system configured for processing mail items including mail items requiring different postage values, said system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory coupled to said one or more processors, wherein said one or more processors is configured, for high speed processing, to:
- calculate a postage value for each mail item of said mail items;
- generate a shipping label for each of said mail items, each said shipping label comprising an information based postage indicium, wherein a first of said shipping labels' information based postage value is different from a second of said shipping labels' information based postage value;
- send each information based postage indicium, of said mail items, to a remote database for storage;
- and
- direct printing, by a printer, of said shipping labels comprising information based postage indicia.
A high speed mail processing method comprising:
- receiving a token representing a predetermined value from a trusted meter, said token authorizing issuance of a plurality of reduced information based postage indicia up to said predetermined value;
- forming, by one or more computer processors, a dataset comprising enough information to create one or more full information based postage indicia;
- forming, by said one or more computer processors, one or more said reduced information based postage indicia using information from said dataset, wherein said reduced information based postage indicia evidences paid postage on a mail piece, and wherein said reduced information based postage indicia comprises less than said enough information to create a full information based postage indicia for said mail piece;
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- printing, by a printer, said reduced information based postage indicia without printing said full information based indicia and without delay associated with generating said full information based postage indicia, wherein said reduced information postage indicia is printed as evidence of paid postage.
A high speed mail processing method comprising:
- forming, by one or more computer processors, a plurality of datasets;
- generating, by said one or more computer processors, a plurality of shipping labels comprising at least one shipping label that comprises a respective reduced information based indicium, wherein each said respective reduced information based indicium is formed using a respective dataset, wherein said respective reduced information based indicium evidences payment of said at least one shipping label, wherein each said respective reduced information based indicium comprises less than enough information to generate a respective full information based indicium;
- mapping, by said one or more computer processors, said respective reduced information based indicium to a corresponding full information based indicium that was formed using said respective dataset,
- sending said respective full information based indicium and said mapping to a remote location for storage;
- and
- printing, by a printer, said at least one shipping label without printing said full information based indicium on said at least one shipping label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.