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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

May. 24, 2022
Applicant:

United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

Anthony Cramer Jones, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Dominik Heinrich, New York, NY (US);

Caspar Serge Ouvaroff, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Washington, DC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); G06Q 50/32 (2012.01); G07B 17/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3223 (2013.01); G06Q 50/32 (2013.01); G07B 17/00508 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and media for the delivery of physical items using a digital stamp. Various implementations include operations such as receiving a request from a user to deliver an item to a destination using a digital stamp, wherein the item includes destination information and lacks any physical indicator that the delivery fee for the item has been paid or will be paid; receiving a destination address from the user; determining a delivery fee for the item; and generating a digital stamp using the destination address, the delivery fee, and user account information for the user. The operations may also include obtaining an image of the item including the destination information; determining, from the image, that the item lacks any physical indicator regarding the delivery fee; checking for a digital stamp corresponding to the item; and directing the item for delivery to the destination information, if the digital stamp is found.


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