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Controlled acceptance mail payment and evidencing system    
United States Patent5675650   
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Inventor(s)Cordery; Robert A. (Danbury, CT); Gravell; Linda V. (Guilford, CT); Pintsov; Leon A. (West Hartford, CT); Weiant, Jr.; Monroe A. (Trumbull, CT)
AbstractA method for controlled acceptance mail payment and evidencing in accordance with the present invention includes creating a mail batch with a plurality of mailpieces each having encrypted indicia printed thereon. A mail documentation file is created containing the total weight of the mail batch, the total payment for the mail batch and mailer identification, all of which are digitally signed to facilitate a subsequent verification of the integrity of the data. The digital signature is included as part of the mail documentation file. The mail batch and mail documentation file are submitted to a carrier distribution system. The carrier processes the batch of mail and the mail documentation file as part of the carrier distribution process to determine the total weight of the batch of mail and verify the weight of the actual batch of mail in comparison to the total weight of the batch of mail as set forth in the mail documentation file.



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Inventor     Cordery; Robert A. (Danbury, CT); Gravell; Linda V. (Guilford, CT); Pintsov; Leon A. (West Hartford, CT); Weiant, Jr.; Monroe A. (Trumbull, CT)
Owner/Assignee     Pitney Bowes Inc. (Stamford, CT)
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Publication Date     October 7, 1997
Application Number     08/432,733
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Filing Date     May 2, 1995
US Classification     705/60 380/29 380/30 380/51 380/55 705/401 705/405
Int'l Classification     H04L 009/00
Examiner     Gregory; Bernarr E.
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Attorney/Law Firm     Malandra, Jr.; Charles R. Pitchenik; David E. , Scolnick; Melvin J. ,
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What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlled acceptance mail payment and evidencing, comprising the steps of:

creating a mail batch including a plurality of mailpieces each having encrypted indicia printed thereon;

creating a mail documentation file containing the total weight of said mail batch, the total payment for said mail batch and