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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 21, 2009
Applicant:
Geoffrey C. Begen, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Inventor:
Geoffrey C. Begen, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
Stamps.com Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G07B 17/04 (2006.01); G01G 19/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/02 (2012.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2013.01); G06Q 20/02 (2013.01); H04N 7/16 (2013.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 7/00 (2013.01); G07B 17/04 (2013.01); G01G 19/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to systems and methods which restrict the use of Value Bearing Indicia (VBI) such that a general purpose interface application can be used to securely and/or precisely print VBI. A method and/or system of embodiments of the invention, includes a general purpose interface application being operated on a general purpose processor to request VBI, and in response to that request, receiving a content object comprising both the VBI and defined parameters which are controlled such that the general purpose interface application's use of the VBI is restricted.