| RAF TECHNOLOGY, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20120005733 | VERIFICATION ENGINE FOR USER AUTHENTICATION - Computer-implemented system and methods for authenticating the identity of a person, for example a customer ( | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110290569 | WEIGH ON THE FLY - Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving at high speed. An article ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110114543 | PROCESSING SHINY MAIL PIECES - Methods, apparatus, software and systems are disclosed for improved processing of mailpieces in order to reduce expensive manual steps. Shiny mail, i.e., mailpieces having glossy surfaces that sometimes interfere with printing of barcodes and or ID Tags may lead to rejects. In some embodiments, shiny mailpieces are identified, and at least one new (non-shiny) label is over-labeled in the POSTNET clear zone ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110071665 | LOOP MAIL PROCESSING - Methods to solve the costly “loop mail” problem (FIG. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110004441 | FLATBED WEIGH SYSTEM WITH VACUUM CAPSTAN ROLLER - A flatbed weigh system and methods for weighing substantially flat articles such as mail flats while they are moving. A weigh system has an intake plate ( | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100324724 | RETURN ADDRESS DESTINATION DISCRIMINATION TECHNOLOGY - Methods, software and apparatus (FIG. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100294572 | DYNAMIC THICKNESS ADAPTATION FOR AN IN-LINE SCALE - Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving at high speed. An article ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100282521 | ACTIVE ELECTRONIC DAMPING FOR AN IN-LINE SCALE - Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving at high speed, for example along a transport of a sorter machine. An article ( | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100082389 | POSTAL SERVICE REVENUE PROTECTION WITH REAL-TIME PROCESSING - Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving at high speed, and for checking that the correct amount of postage has been paid for delivery of the article. An article ( | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100050233 | VERIFICATION ENGINE FOR USER AUTHENTICATION - Computer-implemented system and methods for authenticating the identity of a person, for example a customer ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100006346 | WEIGH ON THE FLY - Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving at high speed. An article ( | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090301947 | PROCESSING SHINY MAIL PIECES - Methods, apparatus, software and systems are disclosed for improved processing of mailpieces in order to reduce expensive manual steps. Shiny mail, i.e., mailpieces having glossy surfaces that sometimes interfere with printing of barcodes and or ID Tags may lead to rejects. In some embodiments, shiny mailpieces are identified, and at least one new (non-shiny) label is over-labeled in the POSTNET clear zone ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090139914 | MAILPIECE REJECT PROCESSING OF FIRST PASS DPS REJECTS - Methods, apparatus, software and systems are disclosed for improved processing and especially sorting of mailpieces in order to reduce expensive manual steps. Mailpieces rejected during a first pass DPS sort, in one embodiment, are transferred to a special Reject Encoding Machine (REM) instead of a manual sort process. The REM preferably includes a labeling machine and on-board OCR engine, in order to read and barcode the reject mailpiece in a single processing step. This technique provides very fast turnaround so as to enable returning the mail to the DBCS in time to be included in the first pass run. In this way, the once rejected mailpieces are returned to resume automated processing. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090071728 | WEIGH ON THE FLY - Methods and apparatus for weighing an article, such as a mail piece, while the article is moving, for example along a transport path (FIG. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090008304 | MAILPIECE REJECT PROCESSING WITH WINDOW INSERTS - Improvements are disclosed for further processing of a mail piece initially rejected from an automatic sorting machine. In the case of a window envelope, the envelope is rotated or inverted, shaken, and rotated to reposition the insert. Address recognition is repeated, and additional techniques are applied if an address is not quickly resolved. Additional processing may be carried out on a reject processing machine. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20080228469 | ROLLUP FUNCTIONS FOR EFFICIENT STORAGE, PRESENTATION, AND ANALYSIS OF DATA - Methods of organizing a series of sibling data entities in a digital computer are provided for preserving sibling ranking information associated with the sibling data entities and for attaching the sibling ranking information to a joint parent of the sibling data entities to facilitate on-demand generation of ranked parent candidates. A rollup function of the present invention builds a rollup matrix ( | 09-18-2008 |
