发明名称 |
Systems and methods for mid-stream postage adjustment |
摘要 |
A method and system for receiving payment for postage by a delivery system operator from a customer is provided. The method includes receiving payment from the customer for a first postage value; receiving the parcel for delivery, the parcel including a machine-readable postage indicia indicating the amount of the received payment; determining parcel attributes; calculating a determined postage value for the parcel based on the determined parcel attributes; determining the first postage value from the indicia; and transmitting a postage payment adjustment amount based on a comparison between the first postage value and the determined postage value.
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申请公布号 |
US2009182687(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2009.07.16 |
申请号 |
US20090382462 |
申请日期 |
2009.03.17 |
申请人 |
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE |
发明人 |
STICKLER VANTRESA;PHILLIPS JOHN R.;MCPHERSON DONALD |
分类号 |
G06F17/00;B65G61/00;G01G19/414;G06Q10/00;G06Q20/00;G06Q30/00;G06Q50/00;G07B17/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F17/00 |
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