IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0287984
(2008-10-15)
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등록번호 |
US-8240579
(2012-08-14)
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발명자
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Khorsandi Patent Law Group, A Law Corporation
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
23 인용 특허 :
36 |
초록
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The present invention provides apparatus, systems and methods for the computerized generation and printing of a U.S. Postal Service Shipping Label over the Internet that provides postage, shipping address, delivery address, and shipment and delivery tracking indicia. According to the invention, huma
The present invention provides apparatus, systems and methods for the computerized generation and printing of a U.S. Postal Service Shipping Label over the Internet that provides postage, shipping address, delivery address, and shipment and delivery tracking indicia. According to the invention, human-readable postage payment indicia is formatted in such a way that the actual price of shipping postage is obscured; postage payment can only be translated from the postage payment indicia by someone who knows the format template. The present invention further provides a United States Postal Service shipping label comprising a representation of paid postage, said representation of paid postage comprising a human-readable character string, said character string comprising imbedded postage price information. The present invention further provides a United States Postal Service shipping label, comprising a machine-readable representation of paid postage and a ship to address.
대표청구항
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1. An electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label, said electronic representation of the United States Postal Service shipping label comprising: an electronic representation of machine-readable paid United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia, wherei
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An electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label, said electronic representation of the United States Postal Service shipping label comprising: an electronic representation of machine-readable paid United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia, wherein said electronic representation of machine-readable paid United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia comprises an electronic representation of a machine-readable, information-based indicia of an amount of paid United States Postal Service postage;an electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping service type selected from the group consisting of: a United States Postal Service Express Mail identifier, a United States Postal Service Priority Mail identifier, a United States Postal Service Parcel Post identifier, a United States Postal Service Global Express Mail identifier, and a United States Postal Service Global Priority Mail identifier;an electronic representation of a ship-to address; andan electronic representation of a corresponding machine-readable United States Postal Service shipping service processing option identifier, said corresponding machine-readable United States Postal Service shipping service processing option identifier selected from a group consisting of: a United States Postal Service Express Mail tracking identifier, a United States Postal Service Delivery Confirmation identifier, and a United States Postal Service postal routing identifier,wherein said electronic representation of the United States Postal Service shipping label comprises an indication of a correspondence in a shipping label provider computer system that produced said electronic representation of said United States Postal Service shipping label between said machine-readable paid United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia and said corresponding machine-readable United States Postal Service shipping service processing option identifier, andwherein said electronic representation of the United States Postal Service shipping label is formatted for printing via a remote client computer to a printer device associated with the remote client computer. 2. The electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label of claim 1, wherein said electronic representation of the United States Postal Service shipping service type corresponds to an Express Mail service offered by the United States Postal Service, and wherein said electronic representation of the United States Postal Service shipping label further comprises: an electronic representation of a machine-readable United States Postal Service Express Mail tracking code. 3. The electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label of claim 2, wherein the electronic representation of machine-readable paid United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia comprising an electronic representation of a machine-readable information-based indicia of an amount of paid United States Postal Service postage, comprises the sole and exclusive representation in the electronic representation of the United States Postal Service shipping label of the amount of paid United States Postal Service postage. 4. The electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label of claim 1, wherein said electronic representation of the United States Postal Service shipping label further comprises a printable United States Postal Service shipping label that is formatted for printing the electronic representation of machine-readable paid United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia, the representation of a United States Postal Service shipping service type, and the representation of a ship-to address on a single sheet of printing material. 5. The electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label of claim 2, wherein said electronic representation of a corresponding machine-readable United States Postal Service shipping service processing option identifier is a United States Postal Service Delivery Confirmation identifier. 6. The electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label of claim 1, said electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label further comprising: an electronic representation of a human-readable character string, said human-readable character string comprising a plurality of characters that do not correspond to postage amount information, said human-readable character string further comprising a plurality of characters comprising an undelimited human-readable postage amount imbedded within the plurality of characters that do not correspond to postage amount information. 7. The electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label of claim 6, wherein the electronic representation of a human-readable character string is formatted to obscure the undelimited human-readable postage amount. 8. The electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label of claim 1, wherein said electronic representation of a corresponding machine-readable United States Postal Service shipping service processing option identifier is a United States Postal Service Express Mail tracking identifier. 9. The electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label of claim 1, wherein said electronic representation of a corresponding machine-readable United States Postal Service shipping service processing option identifier is a United States Postal Service postal routing identifier. 10. The electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label of claim 1, wherein said indication of said correspondence in said shipping label provider computer system comprises an existence in said electronic representation of said United States Postal Service shipping label of both said machine-readable paid United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia and said corresponding machine-readable United States Postal Service shipping service processing option identifier. 11. The electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label of claim 1, wherein said indication of said correspondence in said shipping label provider computer system comprises both said machine-readable paid United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia and said corresponding machine-readable United States Postal Service shipping service processing option identifier being provided in said electronic representation of said United States Postal Service shipping label. 12. An electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label, said electronic representation of the United States Postal Service shipping label comprising: an electronic representation of machine-readable paid United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia, wherein said electronic representation of machine-readable paid United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia comprises an electronic representation of a machine-readable, information-based indicia of an amount of paid United States Postal Service postage;an electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping service type selected from the group consisting of: a United States Postal Service Express Mail identifier, a United States Postal Service Priority Mail identifier, a United States Postal Service Parcel Post identifier, a United States Postal Service Global Express Mail identifier, and a United States Postal Service Global Priority Mail identifier;an electronic representation of a ship-to address; andan electronic representation of a corresponding machine-readable United States Postal Service shipping service processing option identifier, said corresponding machine-readable United States Postal Service shipping service processing option identifier comprising at least one of: a United States Postal Service tracking identifier, and a United States Postal Service postal routing identifier,wherein said electronic representation of the United States Postal Service shipping label comprises an indication of a correspondence in a shipping label provider computer system that produced said electronic representation of said United States Postal Service shipping label between said machine-readable paid United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia and said corresponding machine-readable United States Postal Service shipping service processing option identifier, andwherein said electronic representation of the United States Postal Service shipping label is formatted for printing via a remote client computer to a printer device associated with the remote client computer. 13. The electronic representation of a United States Postal Service shipping label of claim 12, wherein said indication of said correspondence in said shipping label provider computer system comprises both said machine-readable paid United States Postal Service information-based postage indicia and said corresponding machine-readable United States Postal Service shipping service processing option identifier having been generated by said shipping label provider computer system in said electronic representation of said United States Postal Service shipping label.
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