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Number: 705/402
Name: Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination > For cost/price > Postage meter system > Special service or fee (e.g., discount, surcharge, adjustment, etc.)
Description: Subject matter wherein a basic postage fee is modified to accommodate a particular postage service or condition.


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7451119 System and method of identifying and sorting international mail pieces based on applied-postage adequacy in order to enhance postal service revenue protection Nov. 11, 2008
7346590 Method to account for domestic and international mail fees Mar. 18, 2008
7310621 System for guaranteeing print of postal indicia Dec. 18, 2007
7301115 System and method of identifying and sorting response services mail pieces in accordance with plural levels of refinement in order to enhance postal service revenue protection Nov. 27, 2007
RE39779 Method for the recovery of unusable printed postage Aug. 21, 2007
7233929 Postal system intranet and commerce processing for on-line value bearing system Jun. 19, 2007
7209905 System and method for detecting mail theft using additional mail pieces as probes Apr. 24, 2007
7191158 System and method for providing computer-based postage stamps Mar. 13, 2007
7152049 Method and system for dispensing virtual stamps Dec. 19, 2006
7131572 Automatic business reply mail funding Nov. 7, 2006
7133850 Postage system having telephone answering and message retrieval capability Nov. 7, 2006
7082417 Method of calculating mailroom chargeback cost for incoming mails Jul. 25, 2006
7080045 Electronic revenue stamp issuing apparatus and method thereof and recording medium stored control program thereof Jul. 18, 2006
7076471 Filtering method and apparatus Jul. 11, 2006
7069247 Authentication system for mail pieces Jun. 27, 2006
7065492 Method and apparatus for providing a personal item drop off/return service at security checkpoints Jun. 20, 2006
7062473 Method and process for providing postal discounting Jun. 13, 2006
7050995 System for managing orders and method of implementation May. 23, 2006
6963861 Method and system for resolution of carrier specific data utilizing a generic data model Nov. 8, 2005
6954742 Closed loop postage metering system Oct. 11, 2005
6920438 System and method for employing digital postage marks as part of value-added services in a mailing system Jul. 19, 2005
6873978 Event interface for a carrier manager system Mar. 29, 2005
6868395 Business transactions using the internet Mar. 15, 2005
6865557 Network open metering system Mar. 8, 2005
6865560 Method and system for reporting carrier delivery status to a mailer Mar. 8, 2005
6853989 System and method for selecting and accounting for value-added services with a closed system meter Feb. 8, 2005
6834273 System for capturing information from a postal indicia producing device so as to correct improperly paid mail pieces Dec. 21, 2004
6826543 System and method for matching an offer with a quote Nov. 30, 2004
6813614 Method for re-keying postage metering devices Nov. 2, 2004
6754366 Method for determining if mail contains life harming materials Jun. 22, 2004
6741724 Method and system for form processing May. 25, 2004
6711555 Method and apparatus for delivering mail items to non-postal route locations Mar. 23, 2004
6658351 Apparatus and method for delivering road map data to movable body Dec. 2, 2003
6618709 Computer assisted and/or implemented process and architecture for web-based monitoring of energy related usage, and client accessibility therefor Sep. 9, 2003
6592027 Method for the recovery of unusable printed postage Jul. 15, 2003
6532452 System and method for employing digital postage marks as part of value-added services in a mailing system Mar. 11, 2003
6442571 Methods and apparatus for secure electronic, certified, restricted delivery mail systems Aug. 27, 2002
6385597 Arrangement and method for data exchange between a postage meter machine and clip cards May. 7, 2002
6381590 Remote postage meter resetting system having alternate postage funding sources Apr. 30, 2002
6338067 Product/service hierarchy database for market competition and investment analysis Jan. 8, 2002
6169977 Method and system of assigning rates based on class service and discount level Jan. 2, 2001
6105014 Automated package shipping machine Aug. 15, 2000
6073125 Token key distribution system controlled acceptance mail payment and evidencing system Jun. 6, 2000
6064981 Method for online display and negotiation of cargo rates May. 16, 2000
6058384 Method for removing funds from a postal security device May. 2, 2000
6047271 Qualification engine, rating system, and method for qualifying rating requests in a computerized rating system Apr. 4, 2000
6041318 Object oriented rating system and method Mar. 21, 2000
6006210 Mailing machine including dimensional rating capability Dec. 21, 1999
5995950 Carrier management system having a capability to determine discounted shipping charges for groups of parcels having the same consignee Nov. 30, 1999
5991734 Method of measuring the creative value in communications Nov. 23, 1999

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