IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0713533
(2007-03-02)
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등록번호 |
US-8135651
(2012-03-13)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
0 인용 특허 :
106 |
초록
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A system and method for printing multiple postage indicia, such as an outbound and/or an associated return postage meter stamp, including a desired postage amount, onto a document or label is described. A processor based system is programmed to interact with a customer to produce the desired postage
A system and method for printing multiple postage indicia, such as an outbound and/or an associated return postage meter stamp, including a desired postage amount, onto a document or label is described. A processor based system is programmed to interact with a customer to produce the desired postage indicia and to print multiple ones of the indicia substantially contemporaneously. The indicia may include information to allow their use at a later date and/or from a location other than where they are produced.
대표청구항
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1. A multi-part label comprising: a postage indicia label portion; andan address label portion, wherein the postage indicia label portion, and the address label portion are removably disposed upon a same carrier substrate for automated manipulation by a printer mechanism to print a postage indicia u
1. A multi-part label comprising: a postage indicia label portion; andan address label portion, wherein the postage indicia label portion, and the address label portion are removably disposed upon a same carrier substrate for automated manipulation by a printer mechanism to print a postage indicia upon the postage indicia label portion, and to print an address upon the address label portion during a same printing operation, and wherein the postage indicia label portion and the address label portion are cut to provide separate portions of the multi-part label,wherein said postage indicia label portion and said address label portion are adjacent each other, and wherein said postage indicia label portion and said address label portion are disposed on a common face of said carrier substrate. 2. The multi-part label of claim 1, wherein the address printed upon the address label portion comprises an address of an addressee, wherein the addressee is an addressee of a postal item to be posted using the postage indicia. 3. The multi-part label of claim 1, wherein the postage label portion and the address label portion comprise clear film labels. 4. The multi-part label of claim 1, wherein the postage indicia label portion is sized and shaped to accommodate a postage indicia having a machine readable barcode. 5. The multi-part label of claim 4, wherein the postage indicia label portion is sized and shaped to further accommodate a human readable portion. 6. The multi-part label of claim 4, wherein the postage indicia label portion is sized and shaped to further accommodate a user selected graphic image. 7. The multi-part label of claim 1, further comprising: a second address label portion, wherein the second address label portion is removably disposed upon the carrier substrate for automated manipulation by the printer mechanism. 8. The multi-part label of claim 7, wherein the second address label portion is cut to provide a separate portion of the multi-part label. 9. The multi-part label of claim 7, wherein the address printed upon the address label portion comprises an address of an addressee, wherein the addressee is an addressee of a postal item to be posted using the postage indicia, and wherein the address printed upon the second address label portion comprises an address of an addressor, wherein the addressor is an addressor of the postal item. 10. A method comprising: obtaining address data, wherein said address comprises an addressee address and an addressor address, wherein said addressee address is associated with an addressee of a postal item to be posted, and wherein said addressor address is associated with an addressor of the postal item;generating, by a postage generating computer processor, a first postage indicia data comprising addressee information from said addressee address and a second postage indicia data comprising addressor information from said addressor address; andprinting said first postage indicia data as a first postage indicia upon a first indicia label portion of a multi-part label, said second postage indicia data as a second postage indicia upon a second indicia label portion, and at least a portion of said address data as an address upon an address label portion of said multi-part label, wherein said first postage indicia label portion, said second postage indicia label portion, and said address label portion are each disposed upon a single document and are each separate and removable, and wherein said address label portion is adjacent at least one of said first postage indicia label portion and said second postage indicia label portion on said single document. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein said printing said postage indicia data and said address data is performed under control of a personal computer based postage indicia system. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein a printer operating under control of said personal computer based postage indicia system comprises a general purpose printer. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein a printer operating under control of said personal computer based postage indicia system comprises a special purpose label-maker. 14. The method of claim 10, wherein said postage indicia label portion and said address label portion are each removably disposed upon a same carrier substrate. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein a cut is provided between said postage indicia label portion and said address label portion to thereby define separate removable label portions upon said carrier substrate. 16. The method of claim 10, wherein said printing said postage indicia data and said at least a portion of said address data comprises: printing said addressee data as a first address upon said address label portion of said multi-part label; andprinting said addressor data as a second address upon a second address label portion of said multi-part label, wherein said addressee data and said addressor data is printed in a single pass of a printer. 17. The method of claim 10 wherein said address label portion is disposed on a same face of said single document as at least one of said first postage indicia label portion and said second postage indicia label portion. 18. The method of claim 10 wherein said generating comprises: generating said first postage indicia data and said second postage indicia data for related mail items. 19. The method of claim 10 wherein said generating comprises: generating said first postage indicia data and said second postage indicia data for separate related deliveries by a postal authority of at least one mail item. 20. The method of claim 19 wherein said separate related mail deliveries comprise one of the following related mail deliveries: delivery of a given mail piece from a sender to a recipient, and further delivery of said given mail piece from said recipient;delivery of a given mail piece from a sender to a recipient, and further delivery of a related mail piece from said recipient; anddelivery of a given mail piece from a sender to a recipient, wherein said given mail piece includes a related mail piece therewith, and further delivery of said included related mail piece from said recipient. 21. The method of claim 19 wherein said separate related mail deliveries comprise one of the following related mail deliveries: delivery of a given mail piece from a sender to a recipient, and return delivery of said given mail piece to said sender;delivery of a given mail piece from a sender to a recipient, and return delivery of a related mail piece to said sender; anddelivery of a given mail piece from a sender to a recipient, wherein said given mail piece includes a related mail piece therewith, and return delivery of said included related mail piece to said sender. 22. A multi-part mail item comprising: a document to be mailed;a postage indicia label portion located on the document, wherein the postage indicia label portion is sized and shaped to accommodate a postage indicia having a machine readable barcode;a first address label portion located on the document; anda second address label portion located on the document, wherein the postage indicia label portion, the first address label portion, and the second address label portion are removably disposed upon the document, for automated manipulation by a printer mechanism to print the document, to print a postage indicia corresponding to the document upon the postage indicia label portion, and to print addresses upon the first and second address label portions during a same printing operation, wherein the addresses correspond to the location the document will be mailed and the location the document will be mailed from. 23. The multi-part label of claim 22, wherein the postage indicia label portion is sized and shaped to further accommodate a human readable portion. 24. The multi-part label of claim 22, wherein the postage indicia label portion is sized and shaped to further accommodate a user selected graphic image. 25. The multi-part label of claim 22, wherein the postage indicia label portion and the first and second address label portions are cut to provide separate portions of the multi-part label. 26. The multi-part label of claim 22, wherein the address printed upon the first address label portion comprises an address of an addressee, wherein the addressee is an addressee of a postal item to be posted using the postage indicia, and wherein the address printed upon the second address label portion comprises an address of an addressor, wherein the addressor is an addressor of the postal item.
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