Appeal No. 2002-2322
Application 09/094,314
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for selecting and accounting for value-added services
with a closed postage metering system.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for selecting and accounting for value-added
services with a closed system metering device, the method
comprising:
coupling a scanning device to a closed system postage
meter;
scanning information, including recipient address,
printed on a mailpiece;
determining if value-added services are desired;
performing accounting related to the desired value-
added services;
combining the recipient address with other information
relating to the postage payment for the mailpiece to obtain
postal data relating to the mailpiece;
using the postal data to generate an indicium for the
mailpiece, the indicium including cryptographic evidencing of
postage payment;
adding graphical representation of the desired value-
added services to the generated indicium to generate a value-
added indicium; and
printing the value-added indicium on the mailpiece
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