WO2003044620A3 - Systems and methods for detecting postage fraud using a unique mail piece indicium, reducing the size of postage indicia, and refunding postage - Google Patents
Systems and methods for detecting postage fraud using a unique mail piece indicium, reducing the size of postage indicia, and refunding postage Download PDFInfo
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- WO2003044620A3 WO2003044620A3 PCT/US2002/033024 US0233024W WO03044620A3 WO 2003044620 A3 WO2003044620 A3 WO 2003044620A3 US 0233024 W US0233024 W US 0233024W WO 03044620 A3 WO03044620 A3 WO 03044620A3
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- WO
- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- postage
- tracking
- indicium
- unique
- refunding
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
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- G07B17/00024—Physical or organizational aspects of franking systems
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- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
- G07B17/00024—Physical or organizational aspects of franking systems
- G07B2017/0004—Determining the location of mailpieces outside apparatus
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
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- G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
- G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
- G07B2017/00443—Verification of mailpieces, e.g. by checking databases
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
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- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
- G07B2017/0058—Printing of code
- G07B2017/00588—Barcode
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- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G07B2017/00612—Attaching item on mailpiece
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
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- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
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- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
- G07B2017/00709—Scanning mailpieces
- G07B2017/00717—Reading barcodes
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
- G07B2017/00741—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system using specific cryptographic algorithms or functions
- G07B2017/00758—Asymmetric, public-key algorithms, e.g. RSA, Elgamal
- G07B2017/00766—Digital signature, e.g. DSA, DSS, ECDSA, ESIGN
Abstract
Priority Applications (1)
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AU2002351501A AU2002351501A1 (en) | 2001-11-20 | 2002-10-14 | Systems and methods for detecting postage fraud using a unique mail piece indicium, reducing the size of postage indicia, and refunding postage |
Applications Claiming Priority (6)
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US09/990,605 US20030101143A1 (en) | 2001-11-20 | 2001-11-20 | Systems and methods for detecting postage fraud using a unique mail piece indicium |
US09/990,341 | 2001-11-20 | ||
US09/990,625 | 2001-11-20 | ||
US09/990,341 US7831518B2 (en) | 2001-11-20 | 2001-11-20 | Systems and methods for detecting postage fraud using an indexed lookup procedure |
US09/990,605 | 2001-11-20 | ||
US09/990,625 US8463716B2 (en) | 2001-11-20 | 2001-11-20 | Auditable and secure systems and methods for issuing refunds for misprints of mail pieces |
Publications (3)
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WO2003044620A2 WO2003044620A2 (en) | 2003-05-30 |
WO2003044620A9 WO2003044620A9 (en) | 2004-05-06 |
WO2003044620A3 true WO2003044620A3 (en) | 2005-12-22 |
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PCT/US2002/033024 WO2003044620A2 (en) | 2001-11-20 | 2002-10-14 | Systems and methods for detecting postage fraud using a unique mail piece indicium, reducing the size of postage indicia, and refunding postage |
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AU (1) | AU2002351501A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2003044620A2 (en) |
Families Citing this family (2)
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US20050097066A1 (en) * | 2003-10-31 | 2005-05-05 | Pitney Bowes Incorporated | Method and system for a mailing machine to verify the integrity of printed postage |
WO2015199977A1 (en) * | 2014-06-27 | 2015-12-30 | Psi Systems, Inc. | Systems and methods providing payment transactions |
Citations (1)
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US6005945A (en) * | 1997-03-20 | 1999-12-21 | Psi Systems, Inc. | System and method for dispensing postage based on telephonic or web milli-transactions |
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- 2002-10-14 WO PCT/US2002/033024 patent/WO2003044620A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2002-10-14 AU AU2002351501A patent/AU2002351501A1/en not_active Abandoned
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US6005945A (en) * | 1997-03-20 | 1999-12-21 | Psi Systems, Inc. | System and method for dispensing postage based on telephonic or web milli-transactions |
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AU2002351501A1 (en) | 2003-06-10 |
WO2003044620A9 (en) | 2004-05-06 |
WO2003044620A2 (en) | 2003-05-30 |
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