System and method for mail verification
First Claim
1. A method of verifying mail identification data, comprising:
- affixing mail identification data to at least one mail object;
storing at least a verifying portion of said mail identification data;
receiving at least an authenticating portion of said mail identification data from at least one reception device; and
providing mail verification data to said at least one reception device if said authenticating portion of said mail identification data corresponds with said verifying portion of said mail identification data.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for transmitting mail verification data over a wide area network, such as the Internet, in response to receiving and authenticating at least a portion of mail identification (ID) data. In one embodiment of the present invention, a mail verification application is adapted to store at least a verifying portion (e.g., an identifiable code portion, a shipping portion, a recipient portion, etc.) of mail ID data in memory. The mail ID data is then affixed to a mail object. The mail object is then manually delivered to a recipient. At least an authenticating portion of the mail ID data is then provided to a reception device. The reception device, which communicates with the mail ID device over a wide area network, transmits at least the authenticating portion of the mail ID data to the mail verification application operating on the mail ID device. The mail verification application then compares the authenticating portion of the mail ID data with the verifying portion stored in memory. If the authenticating portion of the mail ID data is authenticated, mail verification data is sent to the reception device. In one embodiment of the present invention, at least a portion of the mail verification data includes authenticating data, securing data, sender data, recipient data, mail-content data, downloadable-produce data, sender-web-page data, and/or third-party-web-page data.
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1. A method of verifying mail identification data, comprising:
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affixing mail identification data to at least one mail object;
storing at least a verifying portion of said mail identification data;
receiving at least an authenticating portion of said mail identification data from at least one reception device; and
providing mail verification data to said at least one reception device if said authenticating portion of said mail identification data corresponds with said verifying portion of said mail identification data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of verifying mail identification data, comprising:
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receiving said mail identification data from a mail object;
providing at least a portion of said mail identification data to a mail identification device over a wide area network; and
receiving mail verification data from said mail identification device if said at least a portion of said mail identification data is stored on said mail identification device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A mail verification system for authenticating at least one mail object, comprising:
at least one mail verification device adapted to communicate with at least one reception device over a wide area network, said at least one mail verification device comprising;
a memory; and
a mail verification application adapted to;
store at least a verifying portion of mail identification data in said memory;
receive at least an authenticating portion of said mail identification data from said at least one reception device; and
provide mail verification data to said at least one reception device if said authenticating portion of said mail identification data corresponds to said verifying portion of said mail identification data. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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