Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price – Postage meter system
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-26
2005-07-26
Cosimano, Edward (Department: 3629)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
Postage meter system
Reexamination Certificate
active
06922678
ABSTRACT:
A system and method of evidencing postage payment includes a local postage printing system requesting to a remote data metering center for the generation of postage evidencing information. The request includes a postage amount to be printed on a mailpiece. The remote data metering center determines a postal origin corresponding to the request for postage evidencing information, then accounts for the postage amount in a general account corresponding to the local postage printing system and in a payment account corresponding to the determined postal origin. The remote data metering center generates postage evidencing information in response to the request. The postage evidencing information includes a digital token and the determined postal origin. The remote data metering center sends the postage evidencing information to the local postage printing system which prints the postage evidencing information and the determined postal origin on the mailpiece.
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Gravell Linda V
Pintsov Leon A.
Riley David W.
Romansky Brian
Ryan Jr. Frederick W.
Chaclas Angelo N.
Cosimano Edward
Lemm Brian A.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
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