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Postage printing system having variable subsidies for printing of third party messages

  • US 6,327,580 B1
  • Filed: 04/17/2000
  • Issued: 12/04/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a printing system including a printer for printing on an item intended for a recipient;

    a data center in operative communication with the printing system, the printing system being located remotely from the data center, the data center including a plurality of advertiser accounts and a plurality of user accounts, each of the plurality of advertiser accounts including respective message data representative of a message, each of the plurality of user accounts including respective user profile data;

    a control system in operative communication with the data center and the printing system for;

    using user profile data from a selected one of the plurality of user accounts to identify a subset of messages available for printing on the item.

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