System and method for retrieving postage credit over a network
CA 2266517 A1 · Owner: Post N Mail, L.C. · Inventors: Kara, Salim G.
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A system and method for printing postage indicia including a desired postage , amount, onto a piece of mail. A user takes a postal dispensing device to or , establishes information communication with an authorized agent of a postal , authority in order to obtain a replenishment of the amount of postage stored within the portable postage dispensing device. A desired amount of postage is entered into the dispensing device by an authorized agent through a host processor-based system. The user is then able to access this stored postage at the user's location through a network of processor-based systems. By using the network of processor-based systems the user is able to couple the portable …
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- Filed October 2, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 2, 2017.
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