United States Postal Service

Bell + Howell Company

Wayne Henry Orbke

Jon L Cook

Robert G Krause

Leo J Campbell

Harry Aldstadt

Christine Ray

Cathy M Rogerson

Michael J Murphy

Gerald Matthews

Michael Selnick

Christine R L Ray

Phillip A Pensabene

Maria C Penn

Jacquelyn Estes

Julie F Rios

Jacquelyn M Robinson

Kerry J Troxel

Audrey K Conley Williams

Pat Matthews, Legal Representative

Samuel R Tremaine

Walter S Conard

Richard Wojdyla

John J Sadler

William Andrew Grady

Audrey K Conley

An electronic account is provided to a customer to enable the customer to access electronic services, such as e-mail and electronic transactions. The electronic account links an electronic address of the customer to a physical address of the customer. Using the electronic account, electronic services can be provided to the customer at either the electronic or physical address, or both. The services can be both secure and non-secure and can be provided by any service provider, such as an online merchant, a government agency, or a bank.

Methods and systems for providing and electronic account to a customer

This disclosure describes systems and methods for collecting and processing change of address data and providing change of address services to a customer using a computer network. The address data can include a physical address, an electronic address, or both. The systems and methods may also provide additional services to the customer to assist in changing addresses.

Systems and methods for providing change of address services over a network

Methods and systems for providing an electronic account to a customer

An electronic account links an electronic address to a physical address of a customer. Services provided to the customer using the electronic account can be delivered to the physical address or the electronic address of the customer. If the customer requests to receive only physical mail, the link between the addresses can be used to deliver any electronic mail to the physical address of the customer.

Methods and systems for linking an electronic address to a physical address of a customer using a delivery point identification key

An electronic message identification method and system is provided for identifying and managing electronic messages. The electronic message identification method and system may be used for sending an electronic file to a customer by receiving an approval from the customer indicating acceptable content for electronic files that are sent to the customer; receiving the electronic file from a sender, the electronic file including file content and a message content identifier corresponding to the file content; comparing the message content identifier to the approval from the customer; and delivering the file content to an electronic mailbox of the customer, if the message content identifier is consistent with the approval from the customer indicating acceptable content.

System and methods for electronic message content identification

Methods and systems for linking an electronic address to a physical address of a customer

Systems and methods for electronic message content identification

Registration information is sent form a customer to a registration system over a network. The registration system creates an electronic account for the customer and facilitates the validation of the customer's identity. When the customer's identity is validated, the registration system activates the electronic account. The electronic account includes a unique electronic account number, a physical address of the customer, and an electronic address of the customer.

Methods and systems for establishing an electronic account for a customer

Methods and systems consistent with the present invention facilitate in sending a package () to a customer at a physical address via a shipper () while preserving customer privacy. In accordance with an embodiment, an order is received from the customer (). The order may include a unique identifier corresponding to the customer. A package () is sent to the shipper () in fulfillment of the order, the package including the unique identifier. Then, the customer's physical address is derived from the unique identifier and the package is delivered () from the shipper to the customer's physical address.

System, method and article of manufacture for shipping a package privately to a customer

Systems and methods are disclosed for processing a mailing including one or more mail pieces. The exemplary systems and method include capturing address data, addressee data, or address and addressee data associated with each respective mail piece of the mailing. A delivery point address code and a unique identifier are determined for the respective mail piece based at least in part on the captured address data, addressee data, or address and addressee data. In addition, a machine readable code is generated comprising at least a mailer identifier for the mailing and the unique identifier. The machine readable code is then printed on the respective mail piece. Also disclosed are exemplary systems and methods for retrieving a delivery point address code from a move data file. A machine readable code is generated from the delivery point address code and a unique identifier, and is printed on the mail piece.

Mail processing system for address change service

Growing community of inventors

Germantown, TN, United States of America

Wayne Henry Orbke