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Postage metering with accumulated postage

  • US 9,965,903 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2014
  • Issued: 05/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for metering postage value in an Internet metering system, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a postage server of the Internet metering system, a request for postage value from a postage metering services provider system of the Internet metering system, wherein the postage metering services provider system provides online services facilitating sales of items by a plurality of users;

    generating, by the postage server, at least one postage indicium in response to the request for postage value prior to receiving full payment for the postage value, wherein the generating the at least one postage indicium adjusts an accumulated postage register in an amount of a portion of the postage value for which payment for the postage value has not been received and an ascending register in a full amount of the postage value, wherein the accumulated postage register and the ascending register are each registers of a postal security device; and

    processing, by the postage server in accordance with an established postage value settlement schedule, payment for at least a portion of an amount of the accumulated postage register including the portion of the postage value after outputting the generated at least one postage indicium, wherein the processing the payment adjusts the accumulated postage register in the payment amount of the portion of the amount of the accumulated postage register including the portion of the postage value.

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