Pitney Bowes Inc.

Terry E Raikes

Jeffrey D Kotecki

John Burgess Howard

William L Kramer

Wayne D Moore

Louis Jackson

Jacques E Hasbani

Clint F Brandien

Ileana D Barns-Slavin

John H Howard

Norman Goodwin

George J Brazis, Jr

A carrier management system having the capability to compute discounted shipping charges. The carrier management system includes inputs for input of parcel weight, information for selecting a class of carrier service, a parcel identification number and operator input signals. A data processor responds to a first operator input signal to append a suffix to the parcel identification number and store the parcel information, and for succeeding parcels increments the suffix and stores the parcel information. Upon input of a second operator input signal the data processor determines the discounted shipping rate for the group of parcels. The data processor also compares the discounted and non-discounted costs and in response to other operator input signals adds or deletes parcels in the group.

Carrier management system having a capability to determine discounted

An electronic postal scale measures the weight of an item in metric or in avoirdupois units, at the user's election. The scale also calculates a postal or shipping rate for the item, in accordance with a stored rate table defined in either metric or avoirdupois units. When the user selects a class of service, the scale determines whether there is a stored rate table for that class in the currently elected weight units. If not, the scale automatically changes to the other weight units and calculates a rate according to a stored table in those other units.

Electronic postal rating scale operable in metric and avoirdupois weight

An electronic postal scale displays operator prompt messages and generates reports in more than one language. The language to be used in selectable by the operator of the scale. In a preferred embodiment there are two languages, English and French.

Electronic postal scale with multilingual operator prompts and report

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Santa Rosa, CA, United States of America

Terry E Raikes