发明名称 |
Unique identifier bar code on stamps and apparatus and method for monitoring stamp usage with identifier bar codes |
摘要 |
A system for identifying mail pieces with stolen stamps is provided in which a database of unique identifiers of stolen stamps is maintained, and in which the unique identifiers of stamps on originating mail pieces are compared to the unique identifiers in the database and with the mail piece being segregated if one of the stamps has been stolen. A method of preventing stamp reuse is also provided in which at an originating mail processing apparatus unique identifier bar codes on stamps are read and sent to a national circulation database together with an identification tag applied to the mail piece and information identifying a destination mail processing plant. The national circulation database makes a determination of whether the stamp has been reused, and if so sends a message to the destination mail processing plant which segregates the mail pieces when it arrives.
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申请公布号 |
US6398106(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
2002.06.04 |
申请号 |
US20000707192 |
申请日期 |
2000.11.06 |
申请人 |
CANADA POST CORPORATION |
发明人 |
ULVR JOSEPH FRANK;CRITCHLEY BARBARA LYNN |
分类号 |
G06K19/06;G07B17/00;(IPC1-7):G06F17/00 |
主分类号 |
G06K19/06 |
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