Patent ID: 7509291
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: G06Q,G07B

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a format for which to generate postage indicia, said method comprising: displaying to a display device in communication with a computer device, an input field for inputting a control number input; receiving from a user, via the computer device, the control number input, wherein the control number input comprises a format identifier that corresponds to a particular type of label stock, wherein the format identifier comprises a plurality of characters, wherein a subset of characters of the plurality of characters that comprise the format identifier comprises a media type format identifier and a postage indicia orientation format identifier, and wherein a particular unit of the particular type of label stock comprises a plurality of labels; receiving from the user, via the computer device, a request for a postage indicia; identifying a set of postage indicia format information corresponding to the media type format identifier and the postage indicia orientation format identifier, for formatting and orienting at least one postage label, wherein the set of postage indicia format information comprises print orientation information for formatting the postage indicia on an at least one label on the particular unit of label stock according to the orientation indicator, and at least one of: a label size, a set of label dimensions, or a set of label configuration information; and calculating, according to the set of postage indicia format information: a printable size of the postage indicia for printing on the at least one label on the particular unit of label stock, and a print location and a print orientation of the postage indicia for printing on the at least one label on the particular unit of label stock.