Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price – Postage meter system
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-03
2011-05-03
Jabr, Fadey S (Department: 3628)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
Postage meter system
Reexamination Certificate
active
07937333
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for processing refund requests in a postage system is described. In one configuration, each mail piece includes a tracking code. The refund system monitors the tracking codes as mail pieces are processed in the mail stream. A user enters a refund request for a particular mail piece that is identified by a unique tracking code. The refund system then interrogates a tracking code database to determine if the mail piece was observed in the mail stream. The system then continues to periodically interrogate the tracking code database over a test period of a week to determine if the mail piece was observed in the mail stream. If the mail piece is not observed within the test period, a refund is processed. The system continues to interrogate the tracking code database for a year after the refund is processed to ensure that fraud is not committed.
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Hammell Bradley R.
Ketan Anuja S.
Ryan Jr. Frederick W.
Jabr Fadey S
MacDonald George M.
Malandra, Jr. Charles R.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Shapiro Steven J.
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