Franking system with a verified distribution point
US9058700B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 14, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00443
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of franking a mailpiece that is to be put into a letter box associated with a mail-receiving office, including, in a portable communications device of a sender of the mailpiece, firstly an operation of inputting an identifier of said letter box, and secondly an operation of transmitting the identifier together with other postal data, including at least one franking amount and an unique identification code relating to the mailpiece, to a server of a franking service having the function of issuing a franking authorization for the sender.
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