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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2004
Jeffrey S. Poulin, Endicott, NY (US);
Jeffrey S. Poulin, Endicott, NY (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A method for verifying uniquely identifiable postal indicia in a closed loop system is provided. An embodiment of the method may include scanning a mail piece for human-readable and machine-readable images in a single image, including a postal indicium representing postage-related information associated with the mail piece, the postal indicium being uniquely identifiable and having human-readable and machine-readable portions. The method may further include sending information on the postal indicium to a point of automation for comparison against stored data on the postal indicium to determine whether the postal indicium is valid; receiving an instruction on how to handle the mail piece at the mail facility; and processing the mail piece in accordance with the received instructions.