Method and arrangement for data processing in a shipping system

Details Method and arrangement for data processing in a shipping system Method and arrangement for data processing in a shipping system

1997-05-02

2000-03-07

Voeltz, Emanuel Todd

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

For cost/price

Postage meter system

177 2515, G06F 1700

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060352914

ABSTRACT:
In a method for data processing in a mail processing system, the most beneficial carrier, among a number of available carriers, for shipping a particular item is determined by initializing the franking system with pre-selection of a group of carriers from which the desired carrier can be subsequently selected, processing inputs with respect to service demands made of the carrier and automatic selection of those carriers from the aforementioned group of carriers that meet the service demands that have been made, calculating the postage fee on the basis of current fee schedules for selected services, comparing the postage fee for cost optimization in the narrower automatic selection of the most beneficial carrier and debiting the calculated postage fee in a fee memory for the selected carrier.

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