CA2300621A1 - Postal stamp and method of verifying the validity thereof - Google Patents

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CA2300621A1
CA2300621A1 CA 2300621 CA2300621A CA2300621A1 CA 2300621 A1 CA2300621 A1 CA 2300621A1 CA 2300621 CA2300621 CA 2300621 CA 2300621 A CA2300621 A CA 2300621A CA 2300621 A1 CA2300621 A1 CA 2300621A1
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postal stamp
code
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database
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Ronald P. Sansone
Judith A. Auslander
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
    • G07B2017/00443—Verification of mailpieces, e.g. by checking databases
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/0058—Printing of code
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00709—Scanning mailpieces

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Character Discrimination (AREA)
  • Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)
CA 2300621 1999-03-11 2000-03-10 Postal stamp and method of verifying the validity thereof Abandoned CA2300621A1 (en)

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US26630499A 1999-03-11 1999-03-11
US09/266,304 1999-03-11

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CA2300621A1 true CA2300621A1 (en) 2000-09-11

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CA 2300621 Abandoned CA2300621A1 (en) 1999-03-11 2000-03-10 Postal stamp and method of verifying the validity thereof

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CA (1) CA2300621A1 (de)

Families Citing this family (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6948660B2 (en) 2002-12-30 2005-09-27 Pitney Bowes Inc. Method for improving the readability of composite images
DE102004036176A1 (de) * 2004-07-26 2006-04-20 Deutsche Post Ag Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Entgeltüberprüfung beim Transport von Postsendungen über eine elektronische Paketfachanlage
US8209267B2 (en) 2004-12-08 2012-06-26 Lockheed Martin Corporation Automatic revenue protection and adjustment of postal indicia products
US7937332B2 (en) 2004-12-08 2011-05-03 Lockheed Martin Corporation Automatic verification of postal indicia products
US8005764B2 (en) 2004-12-08 2011-08-23 Lockheed Martin Corporation Automatic verification of postal indicia products
US7427025B2 (en) 2005-07-08 2008-09-23 Lockheed Marlin Corp. Automated postal voting system and method
US8085980B2 (en) 2008-08-13 2011-12-27 Lockheed Martin Corporation Mail piece identification using bin independent attributes
DE102008063009A1 (de) * 2008-12-23 2010-06-24 Deutsche Post Ag Verfahren und System zum Versenden einer Postsendung
GB2578436B (en) * 2018-10-25 2021-05-05 Royal Mail Group Ltd Stamp management method and mail processing system

Family Cites Families (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5504316A (en) 1990-05-08 1996-04-02 Symbol Technologies, Inc. Laser scanning system and scanning method for reading 1-D and 2-D barcode symbols
US5627358A (en) 1994-06-20 1997-05-06 Roustaei; Alexander System and method for reading two-dimensional barcodes
US5768384A (en) * 1996-03-28 1998-06-16 Pitney Bowes Inc. System for identifying authenticating and tracking manufactured articles
US5691258A (en) 1996-06-24 1997-11-25 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Two phase HfB2 -SiB4 material
DE19737232A1 (de) * 1997-08-27 1999-03-04 Matthias Oberlaender Elektronisches Verfahren zum Freimachen von Postsendungen

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EP1035515A2 (de) 2000-09-13

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