Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Business processing using cryptography – Postage metering system
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-14
2007-08-14
Dixon, Thomas A. (Department: 3628)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Business processing using cryptography
Postage metering system
Reexamination Certificate
active
09938274
ABSTRACT:
In a postage payment system, a secure integrated circuit (IC) card is used to manage postage funds, and created encrypted postage indicia. Among other things, the system is capable of performing charge-back accounting of postage expenses and generating mail contents. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, the postage indicia are applied onto selected locations of the mail contents while they are being generated. In the preferred embodiment, each mail content is placed in a window envelope such that the postage indicium on the mail content exposes through a window of the envelope to facilitate inspection of the indicium. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, by including transactional data in addition to the traditional postal data in a postage indicium, the indicium can be used to pay bills, purchase products and services, including any courier service different than the postal service.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4015523 (1977-04-01), Evans et al.
patent: 4097923 (1978-06-01), Eckert, Jr. et al.
patent: 4317030 (1982-02-01), Berghell
patent: 4405829 (1983-09-01), Rivest et al.
patent: 4725718 (1988-02-01), Sansone et al.
patent: 4743747 (1988-05-01), Fougere et al.
patent: 4802218 (1989-01-01), Wright et al.
patent: 4809185 (1989-02-01), Talmadge
patent: 4812994 (1989-03-01), Taylor et al.
patent: 4813912 (1989-03-01), Chickneas et al.
patent: 4831555 (1989-05-01), Sansone et al.
patent: 4837701 (1989-06-01), Sansone et al.
patent: 4853864 (1989-08-01), Hart et al.
patent: 4853961 (1989-08-01), Pator
patent: 4855920 (1989-08-01), Sansone et al.
patent: 4858138 (1989-08-01), Talmadge
patent: 4873645 (1989-10-01), Hunter et al.
patent: 4893338 (1990-01-01), Pator
patent: 4900903 (1990-02-01), Wright et al.
patent: 4900904 (1990-02-01), Wright et al.
patent: 4933849 (1990-06-01), Connell et al.
patent: 4934846 (1990-06-01), Gilham
patent: 4947333 (1990-08-01), Sansone et al.
patent: 4959795 (1990-09-01), Christensen et al.
patent: 4998204 (1991-03-01), Sansone et al.
patent: 4999481 (1991-03-01), Baer et al.
patent: 5085470 (1992-02-01), Peach et al.
patent: 5237506 (1993-08-01), Harbal et al.
patent: 5276884 (1994-01-01), Mohan et al.
patent: 5283744 (1994-02-01), Abumehdi et al.
patent: 5319562 (1994-06-01), Whitehouse
patent: 5326181 (1994-07-01), Eisner et al.
patent: 5326959 (1994-07-01), Perazza
patent: 5452203 (1995-09-01), Moore
patent: 5490077 (1996-02-01), Freytag
patent: 5508933 (1996-04-01), Abumehdi
patent: 5510992 (1996-04-01), Kara
patent: 5535279 (1996-07-01), Seestrom
patent: 5586036 (1996-12-01), Pintsov
patent: 5602743 (1997-02-01), Freytag
patent: 5602921 (1997-02-01), Ramadei
patent: 5606507 (1997-02-01), Kara
patent: 5608636 (1997-03-01), Guenther
patent: 5615120 (1997-03-01), Schwartz et al.
patent: 5625694 (1997-04-01), Lee et al.
patent: 5628249 (1997-05-01), Cordery et al.
patent: 5650934 (1997-07-01), Manduley
patent: 5651103 (1997-07-01), Arsenault et al.
patent: 5684706 (1997-11-01), Harman et al.
patent: 5822738 (1998-10-01), Shah et al.
patent: 6157919 (2000-12-01), Cordery et al.
patent: 6260029 (2001-07-01), Critelli
patent: 6327578 (2001-12-01), Linehan
patent: 2002/0023055 (2002-02-01), Antognini et al.
patent: 0286768 (1988-10-01), None
patent: 0 527 010 (1993-10-01), None
patent: 0717376 (1996-06-01), None
patent: 0 737 944 (1996-10-01), None
patent: 2319217 (1998-05-01), None
patent: 62-194594 (1987-08-01), None
patent: 63015387 (1989-01-01), None
patent: 1309195 (1989-08-01), None
patent: 62060084 (1990-09-01), None
patent: 4016394 (1992-01-01), None
patent: 6191120 (1994-07-01), None
patent: 63015386 (1994-12-01), None
patent: WO 86/05611 (1986-09-01), None
patent: WO88/01818 (1988-03-01), None
patent: WO 89/11134 (1989-11-01), None
patent: WO 99/66456 (1999-12-01), None
patent: WO99/66456 (1999-12-01), None
“New postal imprinting to affect Soho”; Managing Office Technology, Jun. 1997, vol. 42, No. 6, p. 13.
Bielski: “Billpay, revisited. (Trieense Software's PaySense)(Breif Article)”; ABA Banking Journal, Mar. 1999, vol. 91, No. 3, pag 56.
Pavely, Richard; Intelligent indicias; Nov. 1996; Office Systems, v13n11 pp. 18-19; dialog copy 4 pages.
Brookner George M.
Brown Michael A.
Eskandari Fetneh
Gardner, legal representative Gaye D.
Heroy Douglas T.
Dixon Thomas A.
Neopost Technologies
LandOfFree
System and method for conducting a financial transaction... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with System and method for conducting a financial transaction..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and System and method for conducting a financial transaction... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3899976