ON LINE ELECTRONIC POSTAGE SERVICES

Brand Owner Address Description
ISHIP.ECOM ISHIP, INC. 55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE ATLANTA Germany On-line electronic postage services, namely, applying digitally-generated postal bar codes and postal indicia to documents via a global computer information network; computerized tracking and tracing of packages in transit featuring delivery confirmation and return receipt services; mail ordering services featuring postage stamps and postage supplies; promoting the goods and services of others in the fields of mailing, shipping, marketing, direct mailing, printing, computer services, network services, office supplies, insurance, small-office and home-office solutions, and other business-related products and services by providing website links via local and global communications networks; promoting the goods and services of others through the issuance of gift certificates and coupons;
 

Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

    
Technical Examples
  1. In a postage payment system, a secure integrated circuit (IC) card is used to manage postage funds, and create encrypted postage indicia. Among other things, the system is capable of performing charge-back accounting of postage expenses and generating mail contents. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, the postage indicia are applied onto selected locations of the mail contents while they are being generated. In the preferred embodiment, each mail content is placed in a window envelope such that the postage indicium on the mail content exposes through a window of the envelope to facilitate inspection of the indicium. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, by including transactional data in addition to the traditional postal data in a postage indicium, the indicium can be used to pay bills, purchase products and services, including any courier service different than the postal service.