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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2005
Applicant:
James M. Mattern, Bethany, CT (US);
Inventor:
James M. Mattern, Bethany, CT (US);
Assignee:
Neopost Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An intelligent label for dynamically displaying an information bearing indicium. The label includes a microprocessor coupled to communications circuitry, a display and a storage device. The storage device stores instructions that are executed by the microprocessor to receive through the communications circuitry a request for location information, to send through the communications circuitry location information in response to the request, to receive information based upon a computed postage amount, and to show on the label display an information bearing indicium based upon the computed postage amount.