Controlled acceptance mail fraud detection system
US6430543B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00725
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for processing controlled acceptance mail includes creating, at a first location, a batch of mail including a plurality of mailpieces, each of the plurality of mailpieces having unique indicia data printed thereon which identifies a source of creation of the batch of mail and a unique identifier for a corresponding one of the plurality of mailpieces upon which the unique indicia data is printed; generating, at the first location, a manifest containing all of the unique indicia data for each of the plurality of mailpieces; cryptographically protecting the manifest; sending the cryptographically protected manifest to a second location; verifying the authenticity of the cryptographically protected manifest at the second location; providing the batch of mail to a carrier distribution system for distribution; as part of the carrier distribution system reading unique indicia data from selected mailpieces being distributed therein and sending the unique indicia data for each of the selected mailpieces to the second location; and comparing, at the second location, the unique indicia data received from the carrier distribution system for each of the selected mailpieces with all of …
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