Data append method for sent postal mail
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1. The application of a radio-frequency identification (“
- RFID”
) transponder onto the outer addressable surface of a mailing piece to enable an information disclosure system that grants access to privacy protected correspondence with a contractually bound, permission-based method for the retrieval of supplemental text, data and images directly associated with the postage-paid letter or package placed in the U.S. Mail.
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Abstract
Method to manage an electronic interface by radio-frequency identification (“RIFD”) transponder to retrieve supplemental data for U.S. Postal Service sent mailings under non-negotiable privacy and digital identity registration policy standards, pursuant to data registration templates and self-certification standards.
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1. The application of a radio-frequency identification (“
- RFID”
) transponder onto the outer addressable surface of a mailing piece to enable an information disclosure system that grants access to privacy protected correspondence with a contractually bound, permission-based method for the retrieval of supplemental text, data and images directly associated with the postage-paid letter or package placed in the U.S. Mail. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 17)
- RFID”
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4. Method for creating and managing postal customer relationships between contracting parties under a data append disclosure policy said contracting parties comprising (1) postal customers receiving data of customers and creating, using, and disclosing private data of such customers in the ordinary course of business, and (2) enrolled self-certified partners requiring the use of said private data, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) assigning digital identities to the contracting parties;
(b) providing a postal customer RFID label having non-negotiable terms requiring observation of said data append with respect to said private data of a customer;
(c) providing self-certification procedures for contracting parties to certify adherence to said data append as self-certified covered entities or as self-certified business associates;
(d) providing an electronic interface accessible to said digital identities to facilitate negotiating and entering binding postal customer agreements between at least one of said self-certified covered entities and a plurality of said self-certified business associates pursuant to the terms of said RFID standards template; and
(e) storing said postal customer agreements in a registration and standards database, accessible among sender and recipient of mail by computer server. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- (a) assigning digital identities to the contracting parties;
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11. Method for creating and managing postal customer relationships between contracting parties under a protected data policy access method, said contracting parties comprising (1) postal customers receiving data of customers and creating, using, and disclosing selected and USPS or other industry certified standards data of such customers in the ordinary course of business, and (2) enrolled self-certified partners requiring the use of said selected and USPS or other industry certified standards data, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) assigning digital identities to the contracting parties;
(b) providing a postal customer RFID label having non-negotiable terms requiring observation of said data append format with respect to said selected and USPS or other industry certified standards data of a customer;
(c) providing a self-certification standard registration template for contracting parties to certify adherence to said data append as self-certified covered entities or as self-certified business associates by electronic signature so as to achieve self-certification;
(d) storing registrations corresponding to said template in a separate self-certification database;
(e) providing an electronic interface accessible to said digital identities, said electronic interface being selectively connectable to the self-certification database to facilitate negotiating and entering binding postal customer agreements between at least one of said self-certified covered entities and a plurality of said self-certified business associates pursuant to the terms of said registrations and said RFID standards template; and
(f) storing said postal customer agreements in an RFID registration and standards database accessible by computer server access. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- (a) assigning digital identities to the contracting parties;
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