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MAIL FRANKING AND TRACKING METHOD

  • US 20090216686A1
  • Filed: 01/27/2006
  • Published: 08/27/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Method of franking and tracking dispatches, of the type letters or package, sent by at least one user sender to an address of at least one recipient, over a distributor network provided with an information system (IS), which comprises:

  • a first step of pre-franking said dispatches by a user, comprising, among others, a step consisting in placing an identification means on each of the dispatches, said identification means being characterized in that it makes it possible to uniquely identify each of the dispatches using the dispatch identification information it contains, said information being constituted by at least an identification part of the shipping rank of the mail, which is variable for each dispatch,a step consisting, for the user, in posting his pre-franked dispatches in a mail box of the distributor,a step of weighing and determining the price of the required franking, performed by the distributor for each dispatch, in order to route said dispatches to their respective recipients, according to the dispatch options and complementary services requested by the user for each of said dispatches.

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