EP1762986A3 - Process and system for validating and verificating mailpieces - Google Patents

Process and system for validating and verificating mailpieces Download PDF

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EP1762986A3
EP1762986A3 EP06120224A EP06120224A EP1762986A3 EP 1762986 A3 EP1762986 A3 EP 1762986A3 EP 06120224 A EP06120224 A EP 06120224A EP 06120224 A EP06120224 A EP 06120224A EP 1762986 A3 EP1762986 A3 EP 1762986A3
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Fabien Chatte
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Quadient Technologies France SA
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Neopost Technologies SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
    • G07B2017/00443—Verification of mailpieces, e.g. by checking databases
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00709—Scanning mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00725—Reading symbols, e.g. OCR

Abstract

Procédé de validation d'articles de courrier par un expéditeur en vue de leur remise à un service de distribution de courrier dans lequel les articles de courrier sont remis par l'expéditeur au service de distribution de courrier sans apposition d'aucune marque postale, les articles de courrier comportant chacun lors de leur fabrication un numéro d'identification unique et ce numéro étant après capture par l'expéditeur transmis à un serveur avec un montant à payer déterminé par l'expéditeur, la confirmation du paiement par débit du compte de l'expéditeur dans le serveur valant affranchissement.
L'invention concerne également un article de courrier et des terminaux de validation et de vérification de courrier.

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A method of validation of mail items by a sender for delivery to a mail delivery service in which the mail items are delivered by the sender to the mail delivery service without affixing any postal mark, the mail items each having a unique identification number at the time of their manufacture and this number being after capture by the sender transmitted to a server with an amount to be paid determined by the sender, confirmation of payment by debit of the account of the sender sender in the server worth postage.
The invention also relates to a mail item and validation and mail verification terminals.
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EP06120224A 2005-09-09 2006-09-06 Process and system for validating and verificating mailpieces Pending EP1762986A3 (en)

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FR0509184A FR2890771B1 (en) 2005-09-09 2005-09-09 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION OF POSTAL MAIL

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EP1762986A2 EP1762986A2 (en) 2007-03-14
EP1762986A3 true EP1762986A3 (en) 2007-09-12

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FR2890771B1 (en) 2007-12-14
FR2890771A1 (en) 2007-03-16

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