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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2000
Piers Christian Lingle, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Keith Shoji Kiyohara, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Kenneth Kay-yih Hwang, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Girish Venkat, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Piers Christian Lingle, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Keith Shoji Kiyohara, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Kenneth Kay-Yih Hwang, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Girish Venkat, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stamps.Com, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
An on-line system for printing a value bearing item (VBI) that includes a client subsystem for interfacing with a user, a cryptographic device remote from the client subsystem for authenticating a plurality of users, and a server subsystem capable of communicating with the client subsystem and having code for providing customer support to a user, for administering a user VBI meter, for providing payment administration support to a user, providing accounts receivable support to a user, meter refund and withdrawal processing support to a user, providing misprint processing support to a user, and providing payment processing and billing functions. A method implementing these features is also provided.