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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2002
Applicants:
Daniel J. Lord, Upper Marlboro, MD (US);
Roy R. Gordon, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Wayne A. Wilkerson, Manassas, VA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel J. Lord, Upper Marlboro, MD (US);
Roy R. Gordon, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Wayne A. Wilkerson, Manassas, VA (US);
Assignee:
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01); G07B 17/02 (2006.01); B65B 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Postage stamps are dispensed by receiving payment from a customer for a postage value at a point of sale terminal. The point of sale terminal requests and receives an authorization key from an authorization system. The authorization key is provided to the customer. Thereafter, the customer provides the authorization key to a postage dispensing machine, which provides postage stamps equivalent to the postage value.