Closed loop transaction based mail accounting and payment system with carrier payment through a third party initiated by mailing information release
CA 2175406 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Shannon, William T.; Pintsov, Leon A.
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A method for mail accounting and payment includes creating a mail batch including a plurality of mailpieces and creating a statement of mailing containing data relating to the mail batch. The statement of mailing is digitally signed to facilitate a subsequent verification of the integrity of thedata in the statement of mailing. The digital signat ure is included as party of the statement of mailing. The statement of mailing is submitted to a transaction processing center. The transaction processing center initiates a funds transfer to a carrier delivery service for carrier delivery services payment for the batch of mail. The statement of mailing or other mailing data may be stored in a …
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- Filed April 30, 1996 and granted April 9, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 30, 2016.
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