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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:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Salim G. Kara, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Stamps.com Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 ; H04N 7/167 ; H04L 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 ; H04N 7/167 ; H04L 9/00 ;
Abstract
A system and method for certified transmission of an electronic document, as verified by the generation of a certification indicia. Three embodiments of the system and method are disclosed, providing for the certified transmission of a document through an independent certification device or for direct transmission from a sender to a recipient. Furthermore, the resulting certification indicia may be generated by an independent certification device or by a portable processor at the sender or receiver's location.