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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
Escher Group, Ltd., Boston, MA (US);
Joshua R. Smith, Cambridge, MA (US);
Paul Michael Yarin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michael J. Murphy, Salem, NH (US);
Andrew Victor Sutherland, II, Cambridge, MA (US);
Eric Metois, Arlington, MA (US);
Escher Group, Ltd., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for linking data objects and physical objects of various kinds to an identified user is described. The system provides to the identified user information relating to the delivery status of mail pieces directed to or sent by the user, and the user then tracks and traces the mail pieces. The system further provides to the identified user information relating to continued sessions through which the user provides to a postal service system information relating to mailing labels and postage.