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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
May. 15, 2002
Stuart Willoughby, Oakton, VA (US);
Ronald F. Smith, Rockville, MD (US);
Daniel Lord, Upper Marlboro, MD (US);
Charles Outman, Damascus, MD (US);
Joseph A. Otten, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Gullo, Alexandria, VA (US);
Anna Vale, Pearland, TX (US);
Stuart Willoughby, Oakton, VA (US);
Ronald F. Smith, Rockville, MD (US);
Daniel Lord, Upper Marlboro, MD (US);
Charles Outman, Damascus, MD (US);
Joseph A. Otten, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Gullo, Alexandria, VA (US);
Anna Vale, Pearland, TX (US);
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A label and a method for providing a label to a user is described. The label may be a mailing label to be placed on letters or parcels. The label includes information such as postage, delivery address, return address, and a barcode for tracking delivery information. A user may request both a label and postage in what, to the user, appears to be a single computerized connection on a single internet web-page. A postage indicia is provided through a postage provider with whom the user has a deposit or credit. The label itself may be generated through a label-generating application hosted or generated by an entity separate from the postage provider.