Shipping shared services postage indicia
CA 2454726 A1 · Owner: Connell, Richard A. · Inventors: Stickler, Vantresa S.; Wanish, Paul; Gullo, John
Overview
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A system and method is provided that enables a postal customer to order a shipping label on-line via the internet. The label may be a mailing label to be placed on letters or parcels. The label includes information such as postage, delivery address, return address and a barcode for tracking delivery , information. A user may request both a label and postage in what to the user, appears to be a single computerized connection on a single internet web-page. A postage indicia is provided through a postage provider with whom the user has a deposit or credit. The label itself may be generated through a labelgenerating application hosted or generated by an entity separate from the postage …
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- Filed July 29, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 29, 2022.
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