Techniques for dispensing postage using a communication network

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G07B 17/00 (2006.01) B41J 11/42 (2006.01) G06Q 20/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2391126

Techniques for dispensing postage using a communication network such as the Internet. A postage vendor system (PVS) is assigned a single postal license number by a postal authority, such as the USPS, and is used by the PVS to cater to postage requests from a plurality of unrelated users who may be at different geographical addresses. The PVS may comprise a plurality of server systems and may receive requests to purchase stamps from one or more user systems. In response to the postage purchase requests, the PVS may generate information for printing indicia corresponding to the stamp requests based upon the single postal license number associated with the PVS. The PVS may then communicate the information for printing the indicia to the one or more user systems. The user systems may print the indicia based upon the information for printing the indicia received from the PVS.

L'invention concerne des techniques d'affranchissement par un réseau de communication comme Internet. Une autorité postale, telle que l'USPS, affecte à un système de vente d'affranchissement (PVS) un numéro de licence postale unique. Pour le PVS, ce numéro sert à effectuer les demandes d'affranchissement provenant de plusieurs utilisateurs sans relation les uns avec les autres et pouvant se trouver à des adresses géographiques différentes. Le PVS peut comporter plusieurs systèmes serveurs et recevoir des demandes d'achats de timbres de la part d'un ou plusieurs systèmes utilisateurs. Le PVS peut produire des informations afin d'imprimer des affranchissements correspondants aux demandes de timbres, basés sur le numéro unique de licence postale qui lui est associé, en réponse aux demandes d'achat d'affranchissement. Le PVS peut alors communiquer ces informations d'impression des affranchissements à un ou plusieurs systèmes utilisateurs. Ces systèmes utilisateurs peuvent imprimer lesdits affranchissements à partir des informations d'impression concernant ceux-ci, que le PVS aura reçues.

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