Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price – Postage meter system
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-08
2005-03-08
Poinvil, Frantzy (Department: 3628)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
Postage meter system
C705S401000, C705S402000, C705S403000, C705S410000, C705S416000, C700S115000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06865560
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for providing a delivery confirmation service to a mailer who uses a postage meter to pay the postage for mailing a mail piece. The mailer applies a shipping label containing an identification number on the mail piece to identify the mail piece and the mailer. The identification number is retrieved by the postage meter which sends the identification number to a data processing center or a meter refill data center for processing. Upon receiving the identification number, the data processing center sends a shipping file to the carrier. When the mail piece is delivered, a message regarding the delivery status of the mail piece is sent to the carrier by the mail deliverer. With the shipping file and the delivery status message, the carrier makes available the delivery status of the mail piece to the data processing center which stores the delivery status. Upon request, the data processing center communicates at least a portion of the delivery status to the mailer via a meter refill system.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4757456 (1988-07-01), Benghiat
patent: 5309363 (1994-05-01), Graves et al.
patent: 5510992 (1996-04-01), Kara
patent: 5606507 (1997-02-01), Kara
patent: 5857184 (1999-01-01), Lynch
patent: 5869819 (1999-02-01), Knowles et al.
patent: 5880451 (1999-03-01), Smith et al.
patent: 6005945 (1999-12-01), Whitehouse
patent: 6013878 (2000-01-01), Schwartz et al.
patent: 6029177 (2000-02-01), Sadiq et al.
patent: 6081827 (2000-06-01), Reber et al.
patent: 6125388 (2000-09-01), Reisman
patent: 6134561 (2000-10-01), Brandien et al.
patent: 6285916 (2001-09-01), Kadaba et al.
patent: 6394354 (2002-05-01), Wilz et al.
patent: 6411891 (2002-06-01), Jones
patent: 0 371 607 (1989-10-01), None
patent: WO 9613015 (1996-05-01), None
Robert J. Bowman, B'gosh, it's Oshkosh! The popular children's clothing wholesaler finds that keeping close tabs on shipment can pay off in a number of ways. Chilton's Distribution, v88, n2, p44.
Dlugos Daniel F.
Garvey Susan
Law Robert A.
Sansone Ronald P.
Wilson Michael W.
Chaclas Angelo N.
Charles Debra
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Poinvil Frantzy
Reichman Ronald
LandOfFree
Method and system for reporting carrier delivery status to a... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Method and system for reporting carrier delivery status to a..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and system for reporting carrier delivery status to a... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3406053