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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2004
Applicants:
Robert A. Cordery, Danbury, CT (US);
Donald G. Mackay, Roxbury, CT (US);
Claude Zeller, Shelton, CT (US);
Inventors:
Robert A. Cordery, Danbury, CT (US);
Donald G. Mackay, Roxbury, CT (US);
Claude Zeller, Shelton, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 90/00 (2006.01); G06Q 99/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention includes apparatus and methods for printing and verifying postage stamps on demand via a personal postage stamp printer. The indicium by which the stamp is printed includes a color stripe and a data field including authentication data that corresponds to the color stripe. To authenticate the stamp, the authentication data in the data field is read and compared with authentication data extracted from the color stripe.