Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110015935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING POSTAGE FRAUD USING AN INDEXED LOOKUP PROCEDURE - A method and system for using an indexing identifier (such as, e.g., a tracking identifier or the combination of a postage vendor ID, user account, and piece count) to decrease the size of the postage indicium transmitted to an end user computer, or eliminate transmission of the postage indicium altogether, is provided. When the postage indicium for the end user computer is generated, it is stored, and the indexing identifier, rather than the postage indicium, is transmitted to the end user computer. The indexing identifier is applied to a mail piece, which is then scanned by the postal authority. The postal authority can obtain the stored postage indicium by reference to the indexing identifier. In this manner, the postal authority has access to the postage indicium without having to apply it to the mail piece. The indexing identifiers can optionally be used to index sender identification information for verifying that the sender of a mail piece is a trusted individual or entity. | 01-20-2011 |
20110029429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A MAILING LABEL - A system and method of processing a mailing label through a postal service that requires an account that can be charged for generating the mailing label are described. The method includes charging or deducting a fictitiously fundable or chargeable account to enable generation of a mailing label for a mail piece. The mailing label includes a tracking indicium associated with the fictitiously fundable or chargeable account. The method further includes receiving the tracking indicium scanned from the mailing label on the mail piece when the mail piece is inducted in the mail stream or during transit of the mail piece in the mail stream, and charging or deducting funds from an actually fundable or chargeable account based upon the received scanned tracking indicium. | 02-03-2011 |
20110066549 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE CUSTOMS HARMONIZATION, TARIFF COMPUTATIONS, AND CENTRALIZED TARIFF COLLECTION FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPERS - The systems and methods described herein relate generally to the integration of a shipping label with a customs form to provide a single label having postage, addressing, customs, and other information for international shipping, and in particular, to managing landed cost and harmonization for international packages. In one embodiment, managing the landed cost and harmonization may comprise generating a unique self-validating postage indicium or mark in response to a request that includes a description of contents for a package onto which an international shipping label is to be placed and a destination country where the package is to be delivered. As such, the unique self-validating postage indicium or mark may indicate that landed costs for delivering the package to the destination country have been pre-paid, wherein the unique self-validating postage indicium or mark and a customs declaration form may be printed on the international shipping label. | 03-17-2011 |
20110161671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING DATA - A system and method are provided for securing data. The method includes generating a first public encryption key by a cryptographic processor associated with a first computer subsystem; sending the first public encryption key to a second computer subsystem; and receiving first encrypted data at the first computer subsystem, the first encrypted data having been encrypted by the second computer subsystem using the first public encryption key. The method further includes generating a first private encryption key by the cryptographic processor; decrypting the first encrypted data using the first private encryption key generated by the cryptographic processor to obtain a first decrypted data; and storing the first decrypted data in a memory associated with the cryptographic processor. | 06-30-2011 |
20120066153 | SHIPPING LABEL KIOSK - A method and system for generating a mailing label includes inputting data relating to an item to be mailed into a first computer system; printing, by the first computer system, an information-bearing mark onto a base material, the information-bearing mark associated with the data relating to the item; reading, by a second computer system, the information-bearing mark on the base material; and printing, by the second computer system, the mailing label for mailing the item based on the read information-bearing mark. | 03-15-2012 |
20130198060 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING COLLECT ON DELIVERY TRANSACTIONS - A system and method for processing collect on delivery transactions are disclosed. The method includes defining, by a computer, a tracking code including a service type code for a collect on delivery service; scanning, using a scanning device, the tracking code on a shipping label of a mail item, the tracking code including the service type code; inputting into the scanning device delivery data including the amount of funds collected and the type of funds collected, if the service type code corresponds to the collect on delivery service; and transferring the delivery data from the scanning device to a postal tracking system computer. A method and system of centralizing payments from a Postal authority to merchants using the collect on delivery service are also disclosed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130304663 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A MAILED ITEM - A method and system of processing a mailing label through a postal service are provided. The method includes causing, by a computer system associated with a postage provider, a mailing label for mailing a mail piece to be generated, the mailing label including a tracking mark; receiving, by the computer system associated with the postage provider an indication that the tracking mark is detected when the mail piece is inducted in the mail stream or during transit of the mail piece in the mail stream; and creating, by the computer system associated with the postage provider, a record of a transaction for an amount of postage based on the received indication that the tracking mark is detected. | 11-14-2013 |
20140324702 | HIGH VOLUME SERIALIZED POSTAGE AT AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE OR OTHER KIOSK - A system and method for retrieving a plurality of indicia are described. The method includes receiving, by a computer system associated with a postage provider a request from a user, the request including a number of the plurality of indicia, and a monetary value of each of the plurality of indicia; and authenticating the request. The method further includes verifying whether sufficient funds exist in an account of the user for the number and monetary value of the plurality of requested indicia. If the request is found authentic and the computer system determines that sufficient funds exist in the account of the user for the number and monetary value of the requested indicia, extracting the plurality of indicia. The method further includes assembling in a return message the plurality of indicia as at least one binary data message; and transmitting the message to a computer associated with the user. | 10-30-2014 |