A method and system of accounting for transaction costs and currency exchange in a hybrid mail system

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The invention is a method of accounting for a transaction cost and currency exchange relative to customer accounts in a hybrid mail system. The method begins by establishing a data center, a first remote data entry point and a second remote data entry, point which has mailpiece production means. The first remote data entry point the second, remote data entry point, and/or the data center may be co-located. A set of parameters which define a mailpiece, a unit cost where known for each parameter a destination for, the mailpiece, and a choice of debiting or crediting a customer account are determined at the first remote data entry point. The parameters and known costs point are transmitted to …