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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1999
Linda V Gravell, Sutton, MA (US);
Leon A. Pintsov, West Hartford, CT (US);
David W. Riley, Easton, CT (US);
Brian Romansky, Monroe, CT (US);
Frederick W. Ryan, Jr., Oxford, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system ( ) and method of evidencing postage payment include a local postage printing system ( ) requesting to a remote data metering center ( ) for the generation of postage evidencing information ( ). The request includes a postage amount to be printed on a mail piece. The remote data metering center ( ) determines a postal origin ( ) corresponding to the request for postage evidencing information ( ), then accounts for the postage amount in a general account ( ) corresponding to the local postage printing system ( ) and in a payment account corresponding to the determined postal origin ( ). The remote metering center ( ) generates postage evidencing information ( ) in response to the request. The postal evidencing information includes a digital token and the determined postal origin ( ). The remote data metering center ( ) sends the postage evidencing information to the local postage printing system ( ) which prints the postage evidencing information and the determined postal origin on the mail piece.