CA2108280A1 - System for mailing and collecting items - Google Patents

System for mailing and collecting items

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CA2108280A1
CA2108280A1 CA002108280A CA2108280A CA2108280A1 CA 2108280 A1 CA2108280 A1 CA 2108280A1 CA 002108280 A CA002108280 A CA 002108280A CA 2108280 A CA2108280 A CA 2108280A CA 2108280 A1 CA2108280 A1 CA 2108280A1
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customer
accepting
item
storage area
printer
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CA002108280A
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CA2108280C (en
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Gary William Ramsden
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USHIP Intellectual Properties LLC
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Gary William Ramsden
U-Ship International Ltd.
U-Ship Usa, Ltd.
U-Ship, Inc.
United Shipping & Technology, Inc.
The Intelligent Kiosk Company
Uship Intellectual Properties, Llc
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Application filed by Gary William Ramsden, U-Ship International Ltd., U-Ship Usa, Ltd., U-Ship, Inc., United Shipping & Technology, Inc., The Intelligent Kiosk Company, Uship Intellectual Properties, Llc filed Critical Gary William Ramsden
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Abstract

A system (10) for accepting and storing items for subse-quent pickup by a commercial carrier may include a storage area (14) which is defined by an outer housing (12), and a cus-tomer interface area (16) that includes a weighing unit (22) and a unit, such as a magnetic card reader (30), for accepting pay-ment from a customer, The system (10) may also include a con-trol system (100) that accepts address information from the customer through a key pad (28), and then instructs a printer (26) to print an address label for the item. The system (10) in-cludes safeguards which prevent unauthorized access to the storage area (14), and will not provide a receipt to the customer until internal sensors (112, 114, 116) verify deposit of the item.
A manifest printer (90) may also be provided for the benefit of the commercial carriers who service the system (10), to print out a summary of the transaction that pertain to each carrier.
CA002108280A 1991-04-10 1992-03-17 System for mailing and collecting items Expired - Lifetime CA2108280C (en)

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US683,243 1991-04-10
US07/683,243 US5233532A (en) 1991-04-10 1991-04-10 System for mailing and collecting items
PCT/US1992/002177 WO1992018949A1 (en) 1991-04-10 1992-03-17 System for mailing and collecting items

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JP (1) JPH06510146A (en)
AT (1) ATE155596T1 (en)
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DE (1) DE69220933T2 (en)
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