Systems and methods for mid-stream postage adjustment

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20090182687A1
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12382462

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A method and system for receiving payment for postage by a delivery system operator from a customer is provided. The method includes receiving payment from the customer for a first postage value; receiving the parcel for delivery, the parcel including a machine-readable postage indicia indicating the amount of the received payment; determining parcel attributes; calculating a determined postage value for the parcel based on the determined parcel attributes; determining the first postage value from the indicia; and transmitting a postage payment adjustment amount based on a comparison between the first postage value and the determined postage value.

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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE475 L'ENFANT PLAZA #6443 WASHINGTON DC 20260-1135

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
McPherson, Donald Billings , US 4 144
Phillips, John R Atlanta , US 9 353
Stickler, Vantresa Annapolis , US 6 146

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