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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2008
Meghan Novack, Aptos, CA (US);
Richard Hernandez, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Stephen Lee Kearney, Oakland, CA (US);
Patrick Herbert Castaldo, Portland, OR (US);
Aaron Tuller, Portland, OR (US);
Meghan Novack, Aptos, CA (US);
Richard Hernandez, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Stephen Lee Kearney, Oakland, CA (US);
Patrick Herbert Castaldo, Portland, OR (US);
Aaron Tuller, Portland, OR (US);
PSI Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system of providing postage indicia to a user. The method includes receiving an account number of the user at a computer server associated with a postage provider and receiving a request to print one or more postage indicia from the user at the computer server. The method further includes selectively prompting the user to enter an activation code associated with a plurality of postage labels by the computer server, wherein the prompting is waived if a predetermined parameter is satisfied; and sending, by the computer server, an authorization to print one or more postage indicia on at least one of the plurality of postage labels to the user if the activation code is valid.