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US 8,195,579 B2Granted
System and method for printing postage indicia with mail-by date
AssigneeStamps.com Inc.
InventorSalim G. Kara
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Abstract
An envelope having a window for allowing a printed postage indicia to show through is shown. According to a preferred embodiment, the postage indicia window may be provided with a glassine covering. Preferably the postage indicia may be put in a corner of a document to be mailed and the document placed in the envelope so that the postage indicia shows through the postage indicia window.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- determining a mail-by-date for a postage indicium, wherein said mail-by date is a date by which said postage indicium must be introduced into a mail stream to be valid;
- printing by a printer, on a printing date, said postage indicium comprising said mail-by date, wherein said printing date is a day which is before in time than said mail-by date, and wherein said printing date is a different date than said mail-by date;
- and
- introducing said postage indicium into said mail stream on any date before in time than said mail-by date and after in time than said printing date.
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A system comprising:
- a postage generator generating a postage indicium including a mail-by date, wherein said mail-by date establishes a finite number of two or more days within which said postage indicium must be introduced into a mail stream to be valid;
- and
- a printer printing said generated postage indicium.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor;
- executing by said processor and memory, a postage generator generating a postage indicium including a mail-by date, wherein said mail-by date establishes a finite number of days within which said postage indicium must be introduced into a mail stream to be valid, wherein said device receives input from said user defining a location from which said postage indicium is to be introduced into sais mail stream, and wherein said location is in a zip code distant from said postage generator.
A method comprising:
- determining an expiration date for a postage indicium, wherein said expiration date establishes a finite number of two or more days within which said postage indicium must be introduced into a mail stream to be valid;
- and
- printing by a printer, said postage indicium comprising said expiration date.
A method comprising:
- determining an expiration date for a postage indicium, wherein said expiration date establishes a finite number of days within which said postage indicium must be introduced into a mail stream to be valid;
- printing by a printer, said postage indicium comprising said expiration date;
- and
- selecting, by a user, a location where said postage indicium will be introduced into said mail stream, wherein said selected location is in a zip code distant from said printing zip code.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.