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Postage and mailing information applying system
Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc
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Filing: 1986-02-25
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Granted: 1988-05-10
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Expires: 2006-02-25
Abstract
Abstract A postage and mailing information system wherein an encrypted message based upon postage and mail address information is created. This encrypted message is used in the determination of authenticity. Another aspect of the invention resides in placing the encrypted message in the address field of a mail piece for authentication by an automatic high speed sorter.
Inventors
- 👤 Guy L. Fougere
- 👤 Kevin D. Hunter
- 👤 Ronald P. Sansone
- 👤 Alfred C. Schmidt, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 21:24
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07B; G07B17/00; G07B17/00185; G07B17/00193; B; B07; B07C; B07C3/00; B07C3/18; G07B17/00459; G07B17/00508; G07B17/00016; G07B17/0008; G07B2017/00153; G07B2017/00177; G07B2017/00201; G07B2017/00217; G07B2017/00572; G07B2017/0058; G07B2017/00588; G07B2017/00596; G07B17/00733; G07B2017/00822; G07B2017/0083; G07B2017/00959; G07B2017/00967
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
A system including a computer for providing self authentication on a mail piece, comprising: a card means for providing communication between said card and the computer encryption means supported by said card and operative to derive an encrypted message based upon recipient address information, means for communicating recipient address information to said encryption means, and means for placing onto a mail piece an encrypted message derived from said recipient address information by said encryption means such that a relationship between said recipient address information and said encrypted information can be used to authenticate said mail piece.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
96 words
A system including a computer for providing self authentication on a mail piece, comprising: a card means for providing communication between said card and the computer encryption means supported by said card and operative to derive an encrypted message based upon recipient address information, means for communicating recipient address information to said encryption means, and means for placing onto a mail piece an encrypted message derived from said recipient address information by said encryption means such that a relationship between said recipient address information and said encrypted information can be used to authenticate said mail piece.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
The system of claim 1 including mail piece authentication means comprising: means for decrypting said encrypted message, and means for comparing the descryption with said address information to determine the authenticity of said mail piece such that a relationship between said recipient address information and said encrypted information can be used to authenticate said mail piece.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 2 wherein said address information includes the zip code of the mail piece recipient.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 3 wherein said recipient address information includes the street address of the mail piece recipient.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
73 words
In a method of placing an encryption message upon a mail piece, the steps comprising: inserting a card into a computer communicating recipient address information to an encryptor supported by the card, deriving an encryption message based upon the communicated recipient address information, and placing the encrypted message on the mail piece such that a relationship between said recipient address information and said encrypted information can be used to authenticate said mail piece.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
73 words
In a method of placing an encryption message upon a mail piece, the steps comprising: inserting a card into a computer communicating recipient address information to an encryptor supported by the card, deriving an encryption message based upon the communicated recipient address information, and placing the encrypted message on the mail piece such that a relationship between said recipient address information and said encrypted information can be used to authenticate said mail piece.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 5 including communicating the mail address zip code to the encryptor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 5 including communicating a street address of the recipient to the encryptor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 5 including printing the encryption message in dot matrix form onto a label and attaching the label to a mail piece.
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