METHOD OF PAYING FOR POSTAGE AMOUNTS VIA A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
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1. A method of paying for a postage amount relating to franking a mail item addressed to a sendee by a sender, said method comprising the following operations:
- inputting the address of the sendee or “
destination address”
borne on the mail item into a handheld communications device of the sender;
inputting a postage amount into the handheld communications device;
generating a franking authorization code in the handheld communications device;
sending said franking authorization code to a server for issuing franking authorizations;
debiting the account of the sender for an amount corresponding to the postage amount of the requested franking, and having the server for issuing franking authorizations send said franking authorization code;
displaying said franking authorization code on the handheld communications device;
having the franking authorization code copied by the sender onto the mail item; and
depositing the mail item in a mailbox.
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Abstract
A method of paying for a postage amount relating to franking a mail item addressed to a sendee by a sender, said method comprising the following operations:
- inputting the address of the sendee or “destination address” borne on the mail item into a handheld communications device of the sender;
- inputting a postage amount into the handheld communications device;
- generating a franking authorization code in the handheld communications device;
- sending said franking authorization code to a server for issuing franking authorizations;
- debiting the account of the sender for an amount corresponding to the postage amount of the requested franking, and having the server for issuing franking authorizations send said franking authorization code;
- displaying said franking authorization code on the handheld communications device;
- having the franking authorization code copied by the sender onto the mail item; and
- depositing the mail item in a mailbox.
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1. A method of paying for a postage amount relating to franking a mail item addressed to a sendee by a sender, said method comprising the following operations:
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inputting the address of the sendee or “
destination address”
borne on the mail item into a handheld communications device of the sender;inputting a postage amount into the handheld communications device; generating a franking authorization code in the handheld communications device; sending said franking authorization code to a server for issuing franking authorizations; debiting the account of the sender for an amount corresponding to the postage amount of the requested franking, and having the server for issuing franking authorizations send said franking authorization code; displaying said franking authorization code on the handheld communications device; having the franking authorization code copied by the sender onto the mail item; and depositing the mail item in a mailbox. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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