Pitney Bowes Inc.

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Ronald P Sansone

Robert A Cordery

Frederick W Ryan, Jr

Karl H Schumacher

Kevin D Hunter

John F Braun

Richard A Connell

Daniel F Dlugos

Richard A Bernard

Terrence M Doeberl

Michael P Taylor

Guy L Fougere

Raymond Keating

Anthony F Violante

Frank T Check, Jr

Robert B McFiggans

Barry H Axelrod

Robert A Law

Ronald Reichman

Michael W Wilson

Fran E Blackman

Karin A Russo

Leon A Pintsov

Alfred C Schmidt

William M Hunt

Joseph W Wall

Judith A Martin

Flavio M Manduley

Judith D Auslander

David W Hubbard

Jeffrey D Pierce

Arthur J Parkos

Donald G Mackay

Steven M Kaye

William G Hart, Jr

Theresa Biasi

Wojciech M Chrosny

Denis J Stemmle, Sr

Mark E Sievel

Michael D O'Hare

Paul A Levitsky

Vadim L Stelman

William G Hart

George G Gelfer

Scott Korowotny

Je H Oh

Meredith B Fischer

Patricia B Baer

Robert P Kemper

Susan Garvey

Erik Monsen

Denis J Stemmle

Douglas B Quine

Donald T Dolan

David K Lee

Edilberto I Salazar

Claude Zeller

David W Riley

John C Hamma

Robert T Durst, Jr

Mike S Chang

Gary G Hansen

Antonio S Cruz-Uribe

Michael J Critelli

Paul W Porter

Ian A Siveyer

Pradeep K Das

John J Stelben

G Jonathan Wolfman

David W Spencer

Benjamin D Singer

John T Balga, Jr

Michelle S Breault

Nathan Rosenberg

Maya R Barton

George B Harvey

Uday W Joshi

Nathaniel M Gifford

Francis X Hines, Jr

Paul P Carella

Kathleen A Bishop

Patricia Corsetti

Stanley E Metelits

Marc Morelli

Wendy F Jai

Francedillaois Touchet

Pascal Rougeau

Didier LeDuc

Jean Paul DeBuchy

Pierre Coupe

Brian J Moughty

Joel P Bernard

Ahjaz A Sethi

Shawn P Uleske

Patrick D Mahoney

Suti Prakash

Marcy F Macdonald

Critelli Michael

Chao Chen

John N Moody

Systems and methods for optimizing the process of digitizing and delivering physical mail based upon selective scanning are described and in certain illustrative examples, an intelligent agent computer system is employed for making selective scanning decisions in the process of digitizing and delivering physical mail.

System and method for delivering digitized mail

A printing system is provided that dynamically adjusts the method of printing an image based on the lightness or darkness of the medium upon which the image will be printed. The reflectivity of the medium upon which an image is to be printed is determined, and the way in which the image will be printed is adjusted based on the determined reflectivity of the medium. For lighter colored mediums, on which sufficient contrast will be provided, the image can be printed directly onto the medium. For darker colored mediums, on which the ink used to print the image will not provide enough contrast with respect to the medium to produce a reliably readable image, the method of printing the image is modified to ensure that sufficient contrast is always provided to produce a reliably readable image.

System and method for improving print quality on mail pieces having low reflectivity

The invention makes it easier for the post office to calculate accurately terminal dues by providing information to the post regarding each piece or parcel of mail that crosses an international border. The invention also makes it easier for the post offices to calculate terminal dues by obtaining fee information from mail that is sent internationally. The foregoing is accomplished by placing an indication on the mail that the fees for delivering the mail have been paid or will be paid by a mailer to each post office that handles the mail. For instance, if a mail piece is mailed in the United States and delivered to a destination in the United Kingdom, the mailer's postage meter will place a Radio Frequency Identification Tag (RFID) on the mail piece that indicates the portion of the delivery cost that is attributable to the United States post office and that portion of the delivery cost that is attributable to the Royal Mail.

Method for postage evidencing for the payment of terminal dues using radio frequency identification tags

A method that enables the post to deliver letters, flats, post cards and packages (mail) addressed to a recipient's virtual post office box and then to be delivered directly to the recipient. The process enables individuals or entities to rent a virtual post office (VPO) box i.e., a box that does not physically exist, from the post office ('post'). Mail addressed to the virtual post office box would be captured by the post during the post's sortation process and rerouted to the specified address of the renter of the virtual post office box.

Virtual post office box

An opt-in email system in which a recipient that has opted in to an email list can recognize and trust that an email has actually come from a desired sender. When a recipient desires to opt-in to an e-mail list, the recipient is sent to a trusted third party certification service that generates a certificate associated with a key pair. A key is maintained at the sender's location by a secure cryptographic device that can verify the certificate and create a signature, using a key of the key pair, for messages intended for the recipient. When a message intended for the recipient is received from the sender, the signature will be verified based on the status of the certificate and the corresponding key of the key pair. If the signature does not verify, it indicates that the recipient has not opted-in to receive emails from this sender.

E-mail system and method having certified opt-in capabilities

A method that enables the USPS to be aware of the contents of mail and the identity of the party who licensed the postal meter that paid for the mailing. The foregoing is accomplished by placing human readable postal meter indicia on the mail that contains information that uniquely identifies the mail and the licensee of the meter in addition to incorporating a radio frequency identification tag on the mail that identifies the contents of the mail and the information that uniquely identifies the mail. Additional security will be obtained by knowing the identity of the mailer and the contents of the mailing. The radio frequency tags may be remotely read, enabling the USPS to be aware of the contents of the mail permitting different content mail to be handled differently.

Dual metering method for indicating the contents of mail

A method that allows taxing jurisdictions to collect sales and/or use taxes from sales that are made via the internet and catalogs. The method also makes it easier for sellers to comply with the taxing jurisdiction's mandated seller administrative functions. The foregoing is accomplished by using an agent to perform the sales tax administration functions of a seller, relieving the seller of as much of the burden of compliance as possible.

Method for collecting sales and/or use taxes on sales that are made via the internet and/or catalog

The security feature of a postal indicia is enhanced by recording a number in a memory of a radio frequency identification tag that is linked to a dual meter user before the tag is delivered to the user of the dual meter; processing by the dual meter the number recorded in the radio frequency identification tag memory when the dual postal indicia is being composed; storing the processed number in the radio frequency tag memory; affixing a postal indicia portion of a dual postal indicia and a radio frequency identification tag portion of a dual postal indicia to a mail piece; and uploading the number recoded in the radio frequency identification tag memory and the processed number stored in the radio frequency tag memory to a data center.

Dual metering method for enhanced mail security

A board that hides information in a manner that only certain authorized personnel may change the information and other authorized personnel may view the information. This invention accomplishes the foregoing by placing a locked panel of translucent material over certain information written on the board that may only be changed by an authorized individual by opening the lock. A panel of opaque material is placed over the translucent material in a manner that certain information written on the board will be revealed when authorized personnel remove the opaque material or cause the opaque material to be transparent. The translucent material may be removed by activating a switch or entering a code.

Restricted access display system

A permit mail metering system that preprints the non-variable portion of an indicia. The pre-printed portions may be printed with a fluorescent and phosphorescent ink, while other pre-printed portions may be printed using standard colored or black inks. Some variable printed portions may be printed with a fluorescent and phosphorescent ink, while other variable portions may be printed using standard colored or black non-luminescent inks.

System and method for accounting for postage for mail

A system and method for determining the thickness of a mail piece is provided. A first image of at least a portion of a surface of a mail piece is captured using a first optical axis for a feature on the surface of the mail piece. A second image of the feature is captured after the mail piece has moved a distance using a second optical axis that is angled with respect to the first optical axis. The first and second images are correlated to determine a displacement of the feature, and the thickness of the mail piece is determined based on the displacement and the angle between the first and second optical axes.

Method and system for measuring thickness of an item based on imaging

The invention makes it easier for the post office to calculate accurately terminal dues for business reply mail by providing information to the post regarding each piece of business reply mail that crosses an international border. The foregoing is accomplished by charging a sender's meter for business reply mail that is being deposited with a first carrier; transmitting the funds charged to the meter to a meter data center; transmitting from the meter data center to a first carrier meter payment center the funds attributable to the first and second carriers; and transmitting from the first meter payment data center to the second meter payment data center the funds attributable to the second carrier.

Integrated payment for international business reply mail

A method that enables the recipient to receive notification of the letter mail, flats and/or packages (mail) that the recipient is going to receive prior to the delivery of the mail. The recipient is then able to inform a post or courier e.g., Federal Express&#xae;, Airborne&#xae;, United Parcel Service&#xae;, DHL&#xae;, etc. of the manner in which the recipient would like the mail delivered. The post and courier hereinafter will be referred to as 'carrier'. For instance, the recipient may want the mail physically delivered to their house faster or slower, or the mail physically redirected to the recipient's temporary address, or physically delivered to the recipient's agent, or physically delivered to the recipient's attorney, or physically returned to the mailer, or have the carrier open the physical mail and have the post e-mail or fax the contents of the envelope to the recipient and/or parties designated by the recipient.

Recipient elected messaging services

A method that enables the recipient to receive notification of the mailpieces, flats and/or packages (mail) that the recipient is going to receive prior to the delivery of the mail. The recipient is then able to inform a post or courier i.e., Federal Express&#xae;, Airborne&#xae;, United Parcel Service&#xae;, DHL&#xae;, etc. of the manner in which the recipient would like the mail delivered. The post and courier will hereinafter be referred to as 'carrier'. For instance, the recipient may want the mail physically delivered to their house faster or slower, or the mail physically redirected to the recipient's temporary address, or physically delivered to the recipient's agent, or physically delivered to the recipient's attorney, or physically returned to the mailer, or have the carrier open the physical mail and have the post e-mail or fax the contents of the envelope to the recipient and/or parties designated by the recipient.

Messaging services for the visually impaired

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Weston, CT, United States of America

Ronald P Sansone