Patent ID: 8600909
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06Q,G07B

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of adjusting an amount of prepaid postage on a mailpiece, wherein the mailpiece comprises a postage indicia including an indication of an initial postage amount, comprising: receiving a payment for the initial postage amount; receiving the mailpiece, wherein the postage indicia includes the initial postage amount, billing information of a sender, a unique postage number in a machine readable format for uniquely identifying the postage indicia, and a unique delivery confirmation number for identifying the mailpiece; verifying, by a computer, that the initial postage amount is the proper amount; updating, by the computer, a database to associate the billing information with the unique postage number; determining, by the computer, the billing information according to the association between the billing information and the unique postage number stored in the database; using, by the computer, the billing information to bill a party for an adjusted postage amount upon determining that the initial postage amount is not verified; and altering the postage indicia to reflect the adjusted postage amount, once the party has been billed for the adjusted amount,