Patent ID: 8108322
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G06Q,G07B

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for paying a proper amount of postage comprising: estimating, by a computer accessing a website associated with a mail delivery system, a postage amount necessary to send a mailpiece; prepaying for the estimated postage amount through the computer; printing, by a printing device, a postage indicia that represents the estimated postage amount, an addressee information, a sender information, a unique postage number that uniquely identifies the postage indicia and prevents duplication of the postage indicia, a unique delivery confirmation number that uniquely identifies the mailpiece, and a date, wherein the postage indicia represents the estimated postage amount in a format readable by machine only, and wherein at least one of the unique postage number and the unique delivery confirmation number is used to retrieve billing information of a sender that includes an account number of the sender; affixing the postage indicia to the mailpiece; depositing the mailpiece to the mail delivery system; and paying an adjusted postage amount, subsequent to the depositing, in response to a bill generated using the billing information.