公开(公告)号：US09208620B1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-08

申请号：US12553824

申请日：2009-09-03

申请人： James Michael Bortnak ,  Kenneth Thomas McBride ,  John Roland Clem

发明人： James Michael Bortnak ,  Kenneth Thomas McBride ,  John Roland Clem

IPC分类号： G07B17/02 ,  G07B17/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/0008 ,  G07B2017/00064 ,  G07B2017/00709

摘要： Systems and methods provide for printing unactivated tokens which can be activated into valid postage indicia at a later time. Monetary liability for postage indicia value is postponed until the token is activated into a postage indicium; thus, the token does not have value and is not valid until activated into indicium. Consequently, a user is not made monetarily liable for printed tokens unless the tokens are activated into postage indicia.

摘要翻译： 系统和方法提供打印未激活的令牌，可以在以后激活成有效的邮资标记。 邮资标签价值的货币责任推迟到令牌激活成邮资标签; 因此，令牌没有价值，直到被激活成标记才有效。 因此，除非令牌被激活成邮资标记，否则用户不对印刷令牌负责。

公开(公告)号：US07963437B1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-21

申请号：US12103483

申请日：2008-04-15

申请人： Kenneth Thomas McBride ,  James Michael Bortnak ,  JP Leon ,  John Roland Clem

发明人： Kenneth Thomas McBride ,  James Michael Bortnak ,  JP Leon ,  John Roland Clem

IPC分类号： G09F3/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q50/32 ,  G07B17/00435 ,  G07B2017/00604 ,  G07B2017/00709

摘要： Systems and methods which provide for distributed printing of personalized postage indicia are shown. Embodiments facilitate printing of personalized postage indicia at various distributed printing locations, such as user sites, retail locations, consumer kiosks, etc., while implementing techniques to avoid widespread availability of live (e.g., active or representing postage value) postage barcodes, prevent printing of fraudulent postage indicia, and/or preventing approved images from being replaced with unapproved images in printed postage indicia. Embodiments facilitate distributed printing of personalized postage indicia through implementation of a technique wherein a manufacturer, such as a postage service provider or a postal authority, provides a centralized print of unassigned tokens on postage stock. The unassigned tokens are configured or otherwise able to form a complete postage indicia when appropriate personalized content is associated therewith.

摘要翻译： 显示了提供个性化邮资标签分布式打印的系统和方法。 实施方式便于在诸如用户站点，零售点，消费者信息亭等各种分布式打印位置打印个性化邮资标签，同时实施避免活动（例如，活跃或代表邮资值）邮资条形码的广泛可用性的技术，防止打印 的欺诈性邮资标记，和/或防止批准的图像被打印的邮资标记中的未经批准的图像替换。 实施例通过实施一种技术来促进个性化邮资标签的分布式打印，其中诸如邮资服务提供商或邮政机构的制造商提供邮寄库存上未分配的令牌的集中打印。 当适当的个性化内容与其相关联时，未分配的令牌被配置或以其他方式能够形成完整的邮资标记。