Patent ID: 7389274
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
1. A method for paying for international business reply mail that is processed by a second carrier located in a second country and a first carrier located in a first country, comprising the steps of: placing a first number on the business reply mail that indicates a batch number of the business reply mail; placing a second number on the business reply mail that indicates a maximum number of authorized business reply mail that will be charged to a sender's meter located in the first country, wherein the maximum number is less than a total number of the business reply mail mailed; charging the sender's meter located in the first country for postage for the authorized maximum number of business reply mail that is due to the second carrier for processing the business reply mail that is deposited by a recipient with the second carrier based upon the first and second numbers scanned by the second carrier; charging a sender's meter located in the first country for postage that is due to the first carrier for the business reply mail that is received from the second carrier based upon the first and second numbers scanned by the first carrier and delivered to a party located in the first country; paying the first carder the amount charged to the sender's meter for the first carrier's postage; and paying the second carrier the amount charged to the sender's meter for the second carrier's postage.