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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2002
James R. Norris, Jr., Danbury, CT (US);
John W. Rojas, Norwalk, CT (US);
John F. Braun, Fairfield, CT (US);
Jean-hiram Coffy, Norwalk, CT (US);
Arthur Parkos, Southbury, CT (US);
Alan Leung, New York, NY (US);
Wendy Chui Fen Leung, Woodside, NY (US);
James R. Norris, Jr., Danbury, CT (US);
John W. Rojas, Norwalk, CT (US);
John F. Braun, Fairfield, CT (US);
Jean-Hiram Coffy, Norwalk, CT (US);
Arthur Parkos, Southbury, CT (US);
Alan Leung, New York, NY (US);
Wendy Chui Fen Leung, Woodside, NY (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and system for authenticating the sender of a mailpiece is described for identifying certain mailpieces as originating from known trusted senders. In one configuration, biometric information and/or biometric metadata is captured when a user writes on a mailpiece with a digital pen. That data is then compared to reference data in a database. Registrant data is then loaded into storage device on the mailpiece and may be digitally signed and/or encrypted by the trusted third party. In another configuration, a mailpiece includes the signature of a sender and the biometric data includes authentication data obtained from the signature that is compared to the biometric data related to the signature obtained during a sender registration process.