POSTAGE METERING MACHINES

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
EVCOR	EVCOR SYSTEMS, INC.	605 North Broadway Aurora IL 605052128	Postage Metering Machines, Parcel Registering Machines, and Weighing Machines;Letter Openers in the Nature of Automated Machines, Paper Folding Machines, and Paper Inserting Machines;
PB	PITNEY-BOWES, INC.	Stamford CT	POSTAGE METERING MACHINES, POSTAGE CANCELING MACHINES, TAX STAMPING MACHINES, CHECK SIGNING MACHINES, PARCEL REGISTERING MACHINES, ADDRESS PRINTING MACHINES AND PLATES THEREFOR, INKING APPLICATORS, CARTON IMPRINTING MACHINES, SHEET FOLDING MACHINES, ENVELOPE STUFFING MACHINES, ARTICLE STACKING MACHINES, LETTER OPENERS, EMBOSSING MACHINES AND COLLATORS;
RAPIDMAILER	PITNEY BOWES INC.	3001 Summer Street Stamford CT 06926	POSTAGE METERING MACHINES;RAPID MAILER;
TOUCHMATIC	PITNEY BOWES, INC.	ONE ELMCROFT ROAD STAMFORD CT 069260700	POSTAGE METERING MACHINES;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A virtual postage metering system and method provides value added services corresponding to postage metering transactions. Funds are not stored at a user's site, reducing the risk of unauthorized modification of accounting balances. There is a database record of every mailpiece, thereby improving verification since all valid pieces are known. Furthermore, the present invention enables the Post to know the volume of mail to be processed prior to receipt of physical mail pieces. Since more mailer data is available (e.g. when users usually mail, how much mail per day, average postage amount) the virtual postage metering system enables the postal service to predict mail handling patterns. Additionally, users have the option to pay as they go which contrasts present systems in which funds must be on deposit prior to being downloaded to a meter although such downloaded funds may remain in the meter for weeks before being used.