Systems and methods for mid-stream postage adjustment
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United States of America Patent
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Issued Date -
Jul 16, 2009
app pub date -
Mar 17, 2009
filing date -
Aug 29, 2002
priority date (Note) -
Abandoned
status (Latency Note)
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Abstract
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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