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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2004
Paul A. Kovlakas, Milford, CT (US);
Paul A. Kovlakas, Milford, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for recovering postage for metered mail pieces that have not been posted, the method includes: placing information that uniquely identifies the mail piecein a postal indicia; storing the information that uniquely identifies each metered mail piece at a remote site; requesting a refund for a mail piece that has not been posted; determining if the informationin the postal indiciathat appears on the face of the mail piecethat uniquely identifies the mail piece is the same as the information that uniquely identifies the mail piece that is stored in the remote site; and refunding the postage if the informationin the postal indiciathat uniquely identifies the mail piece is the same as the information that uniquely identifies the mail piece that is stored in the remote site.