Patent ID: 11893833
Assignee: AUCTANE, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A system comprising:
a memory configured to store postage indicia data;
an input receptacle for receiving a mail item bearing address information;
a scanner;
a scale;
a controller configured to:
extract the address information from the mail item based on scanning the mail item via the scanner;
determine a weight of the mail item via the scale;
generate postage indicium data based on the address information and the weight; and
store the postage indicium data in the memory;

a printer configured to print a postage indicium on the mail item based on the postage indicium data;
a gravity feed drop chute;
a storage receptacle configured to store the mail item subsequent to the printing, wherein the mail item is retrievable from the storage receptacle to place the mail item into a mail stream of a delivery service provider, and wherein the mail item enters the storage receptacle through the gravity feed drop chute; and
a housing, wherein the input receptacle, the scanner, the scale, the printer, the controller, and the storage receptacle are disposed within the housing.