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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2006
Steven J. Pauly, New Milford, CT (US);
Bertrand Haas, New Haven, CT (US);
Steven J. Pauly, New Milford, CT (US);
Bertrand Haas, New Haven, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method of creating and printing a postal indicium incorporating a dynamic, image-dependent watermark including receiving and storing a transformed image and metadata from an electronic device, inserting a watermark or portions of a watermark into the transformed image at one or more watermarking zones specified in the metadata, performing a transform on the transformed image with the watermark or portions of the watermark inserted therein to create a printing image, and printing the postal indicium wherein the postal indicium incorporates the printing image, a barcode and human readable text.