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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Salim G Kara, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Post N Mail, L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36446402 ; 235380 ; 235381 ; 36446403 ; 364D / ; 3649183 ; 36491851 ; 36491852 ;
Abstract
A system and method for printing a postage meter stamp, including a desired postage amount, onto a piece of mail. A user takes a touch memory utility ('TMU') button to the Post Office in order to obtain a replenishment of the amount of postage stored within the TMU button. A desired amount of postage is entered into the TMU button by a postal employee through a processor-based system. The user is then able to access this stored postage at the user's location through a complementary processor-based system. The processor-based system automatically calculates the required postage for a piece of mail based upon a set of parameters pertaining to the mail.