System and method for generating personalized postage indicia

a postage indicia and personalized technology, applied in the field of system and method for generating personalized postage indicia, can solve the problems of not being able to purchase a postage meter, and not being able to meet the needs of customers year after year,

a postage indicia and personalized technology, applied in the field of system and method for generating personalized postage indicia, can solve the problems of not being able to purchase a postage meter, and not being able to meet the needs of customers year after year,

US20050071297A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-03-31STAMPS COM
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[0050] The present invention provides for a portable postage storage device, described in more detail below, that can be coupled to a processor-based system at both the customer's site and at the U.S. Post Office. Throughout the remainder of this description, reference is made to the U.S. Post Office. Note, however, that the present invention may be implemented within any country and with respect to any postal system.

[0051] The present invention will allow an individual to purchase a desired amount of postage at a U.S. Post Office, such postage being stored within a postage storage device. The user may then invoke a processor-based system to access and retrieve a portion of the stored amount of postage via a program stored on a processor-based system, such program hereinafter referred to as the “E-STAMP” program. The E-STAMP program requests input from the user on the weight of the item to be mailed, the addressee's address, etc. The E-STAMP program will utilize the information that...

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Abstract

A system and method for printing a postage meter stamp, including a desired postage amount and a personalized postage indicia, onto a piece of mail. A user takes a postal storage device to the Post Office in order to obtain a replenishment of the amount of postage stored within the postage storage device. A desired amount of postage is entered into the storage device by a postal employee through a processor-based system. The user is then able to access this stored postage at the user's location through a complementary processor-based system. The user is also able to create or to select one of a variety of graphical configurations of postage indicia to be imprinted as the postage meter stamp on a piece of mail.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application is a continuation of co-pending, commonly assigned, patent application Ser. No. 10 / 082,398 entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING MULTIPLE POSTAGE INDICIA,” filed Feb. 25, 2002, which itself is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 09 / 491,949 entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING MULTIPLE POSTAGE INDICIA,” filed Jan. 26, 2000, which itself is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 08 / 965,015 entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING MULTIPLE POSTAGE INDICIA,” filed Nov. 5, 1997 and now issued as Pat. No. 6,208,980, which itself is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 08 / 561,417 entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING POSTAGE INDICIA DIRECTLY ON DOCUMENTS,” filed Nov. 21, 1995 and now issued as Pat. No. 5,801,944, which itself is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 08 / 540,658 entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING PERSONALIZED POSTAGE INDICIA ON GREETING CAR...

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Patent Timeline
31 Mar 2005
Publication
US20050071297A1
IPC
G07B17/00
CPC
G07B17/00508; G07B2017/00201; G07B2017/0037; G07B2017/00588; Y10S707/99933; G07B2017/00604; G07B2017/0062; Y10S707/99943
Inventors
KARA, SALIM G.