WO2003032110A3 - Sytem for combining postage, mailing address information, and payment services - Google Patents

Sytem for combining postage, mailing address information, and payment services Download PDF

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WO2003032110A3
WO2003032110A3 PCT/US2002/030703 US0230703W WO03032110A3 WO 2003032110 A3 WO2003032110 A3 WO 2003032110A3 US 0230703 W US0230703 W US 0230703W WO 03032110 A3 WO03032110 A3 WO 03032110A3
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user
postage
mailing
sytem
combining
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Michael J Murphy
Joshua R Smith
Paul M Yarin
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Escher Group Ltd
Michael J Murphy
Joshua R Smith
Paul M Yarin
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Priority to AU2002327746A priority Critical patent/AU2002327746A1/en
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Publication of WO2003032110A3 publication Critical patent/WO2003032110A3/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/06—Buying, selling or leasing transactions
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
    • G06Q20/08—Payment architectures
    • G06Q20/12—Payment architectures specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/00024—Physical or organizational aspects of franking systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/00024—Physical or organizational aspects of franking systems
    • G07B2017/00048—Software architecture
    • G07B2017/00056—Client-server
    • G07B2017/00064—Virtual meter, online stamp; PSD functions or indicia creation not at user's location

Abstract

A system integrates mailing label and/or postage purchasing systems. The system obtains mailing addresses locally (48) from the user's network and/or globally from a postal service server. Thus the system may provide an address from the user's workstation and then a more current or appropriate mailing address, based on information available through the postal service. Further, the system maintains the postage and mailing label (48) information supplied by the user in a session that either concludes when the user prints postage stamps (32) and mailing labels locally or continues to allow the user to print the postage and mailing labels at a Post Office. The system may provide services, such as money transfers, crediting telephone cards, and so forth, and debit (24) the user's postal account accordingly. The system may send status (47) messages to the user. The system may be combined with a personal mail piece tracking and tracing system.
PCT/US2002/030703 2001-10-09 2002-09-27 Sytem for combining postage, mailing address information, and payment services WO2003032110A2 (en)

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AU2002327746A AU2002327746A1 (en) 2001-10-09 2002-09-27 Sytem for combining postage, mailing address information, and payment services

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US32794101P 2001-10-09 2001-10-09
US60/327,941 2001-10-09

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US9639822B2 (en) 2009-07-28 2017-05-02 Psi Systems, Inc. Method and system for detecting a mailed item
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US5404231A (en) * 1993-05-24 1995-04-04 Audiofax, Inc. Sender-based facsimile store and forward facility
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