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Parcel self-servicing machine

  • US 20010042055A1
  • Filed: 02/07/2001
  • Published: 11/15/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A postal item check-in system comprising a control unit having a central data processing unit, data storage means, means for communicating information to a customer, means for receiving information from a customer to the control unit, means for communicating with a global computer network, and means for OCR (optical character recognition), the system further comprising a payment device for receiving payment from a customer, the operation of said payment device being controlled by the control unit, and a printing device being enabled to print a postal delivery address, the operation of said printing device being controlled by the control unit, the control unit being enabled to look up delivery addresses in a database comprising valid postal delivery addresses, validate a user-provided address, and control the operation of the printing device according to the validated address, and the control unit further being enabled to receive commands from a customer via the global computer network, the means for OCR being enabled to read a text on an item delivered to the system and communicate a content of the text to the central data processing unit.

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