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US 8,027,934 B2Granted
Method and system for paying for a service
AssigneeNeopost Technologies
InventorsFabien Chatte, Dennis T. Gilham
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Abstract
A system of paying for a service that is delivered to a user by a provider of said service, the system including print means for printing out a docket issued by the service provider and bearing the amount to be paid for the requested service, and franking means for printing a postage amount equal to said amount to be paid on said docket or on a label affixed next to said docket.
Claims9
A method of paying for a non-postal service that is delivered to a user by a provider of said non-postal service, the method comprising:
- communicating by the user with the provider to determine an amount for the requested service;
- issuance by the provider to the user of a docket bearing a human-readable docket amount that is equal to said amount to be paid;
- and
- printing by the user using a franking machine a postal imprint, bearing a human-readable postage amount that is equal to said amount to be paid, next to or on the docket issued by the non-postal service provider.
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