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

Claim 0:
1. 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;
store the postage indicium data in the memory;
charge an amount corresponding to a postage value represented by the postage indicium to a postage account via transmission of identification information included in the address information to a postage service provider system;

a printer configured to print a postage indicium on the mail item based on the postage indicium data;
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
a housing, wherein the input receptacle, the scanner, the scale, the printer, the controller, and the storage receptacle are disposed within the housing.