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A system for maintaining the security of user postal funding charges and allowing accurate accounting of delivery charges includes the step of and apparatus for printing on a mailpiece or type at the originating station value to cover delivery charges along with encrypted validation information whic

A system for maintaining the security of user postal funding charges and allowing accurate accounting of delivery charges includes the step of and apparatus for printing on a mailpiece or type at the originating station value to cover delivery charges along with encrypted validation information which is later employed to account for postage funds, particularly at the time of delivery. A visual marking is imprinted on the mailpiece at the time of accounting to show that accounting has occurred. The mail deliverer can rely on the visual indication for assurance that processing and accounting has occurred.

대표청구항 ▼

A system comprising: a computer; a postage validating device responsive to said computer for providing postage value and user account information; a printer responsive to said computer, said printer receiving from said computer said postage value and user account information for printing on a mailpi

A system comprising: a computer; a postage validating device responsive to said computer for providing postage value and user account information; a printer responsive to said computer, said printer receiving from said computer said postage value and user account information for printing on a mailpiece, said computer providing said postage value information to be printed on a mailpiece but not accounting for such value at the time of postage printing; a reader for reading validating data from said mailpiece; accounting means for account processing, said accounting means responsive to said reading means; and means responsive to said accounting means for imprinting a mark on said mailpiece at a time of account processing to provide a visual indication that accounting for said mailpiece has occurred.