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US Sequential Patent List
- year 2004: (4 issued)
6,717,957
- 6,782,415
- 6,795,376
- 6,832,246
- year 2005: (4 issued)
6,839,738
- 6,865,561
- 6,895,427
- 6,957,248
- year 2006: (6 issued)
6,985,408
- 6,988,129
- 7,004,396
- 7,016,938
- 7,060,927
- 7,149,780
- year 2007: (4 issued)
7,156,290
- 7,191,222
- 7,229,025
- 7,258,277
- year 2008: (2 issued)
7,340,970
- 7,341,334
European Patent List
year 2007:
EP1022693
year 2008:
EP1544593
- 4. British
- 5. French
- 6. German
Topical Patent List
- Barcode
7,229,025
- Biohazard Detection
7,060,927
7,340,970
- Closed Loop Messaging
6,717,957
6,782,415
- Email Forward / Correct
6,832,246
6,839,738
6,895,427
6,957,248
6,988,129
7,016,938
7,149,780
7,191,222
- Ink Security
7,341,334
- Mail Access Reporting
7,156,290
- Mail Sorter
7,004,396
7,258,277
- Postage Meter
6,865,561
- Product Expiration Date
6,795,376
6,985,408
Patents by Classification
(* = primary)
- 53/450
7,060,927
- 73/31.03
7,340,970
- 73/864.74
7,340,970 *
- 106/31.32
7,341,334
- 193/35
7,060,927
- 209/583
7,060,927
- 209/584
7,060,927 *
- 209/900
7,060,927
- 235/375
7,156,290 *
7,258,277
- 235/383
7,156,290
- 235/385
7,258,277 *
- 235/475
7,004,396 *
- 235/485
7,004,396
- 235/487
7,156,290
7,258,277
- 235/491
7,229,025
- 235/462.02
7,229,025
- 235/492.04
7,229,025
- 235/494
7,229,025 *
- 340/309.16
6,985,408
- 340/309.4
6,795,376
- 340/309.7
6,985,408
- 347/85
7,341,334 *
- 368/10
6,795,376 *
6,985,408 *
- 368/107
6,985,408
- 368/109
6,795,376
- 368/11
6,985,408
- 368/29
6,795,376
6,985,408
- 370/487
6,717,957 *
6,782,415
- 370/493
6,717,957
- 374/102
6,985,408
- 705/400
6,865,561
- 705/406
6,865,561 *
- 705/408
6,865,561
- 705/410
6,865,561
- 705/76
6,988,129
7,191,222
- 707/6
7,149,780
- 707/7
7,149,780
- 709/203
6,988,129
7,149,780
- 709/204
7,016,938
- 709/206
6,782,415 *
6,839,738 *
6,895,427 *
6,957,248 *
6,988,129 *
7,016,938 *
7,149,780 *
7,191.222 *
- 709/207
6,832,246 *
7,149,780
- 709/219
6,988,129
6,717,957
7,191,222
- 709/225
6,988,129
- 709/228
6,988,129
- 709/232
6,832,246
- 709/238
6,832,246
6,957,248
7,149,780
- 709/241
6,839,738
- 709/242
7,149,780
- 709/245
6,832,246
6,895,427
- 709/246
6,895,427
- 713/170
6,988,129
7,191,222
- 713/300
7,258,277
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United States Patents
Method for Delivering Information in a Closed Loop MultiMedia System
U. S. Patent Number 6,717,957
awarded to Douglas B. Quine on April 6, 2004
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A closed-loop message distribution method is disclosed for accepting documents from a variety of sources via a plurality of media, presenting the documents to a plurality of recipients through their preferred communications channel, document personalization, and suppressing delivery of follow-up documents to those recipients who have responded to an earlier related message.
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Business-To-Employee Messaging System
U. S. Patent Number 6,782,415
awarded to Douglas B. Quine on August 24, 2004
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A closed-loop message distribution system is disclosed for accepting documents from a variety or sources via a plurality of media, presenting the documents to a plurality of recipients through their preferred communications channel, document personalization, and suppressing delivery of follow-up documents to those recipients who have responded to an earlier related message.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION: The present invention relates to a system for eliminating duplicate or unnecessary messages in a message delivery system. More particularly, it relates to a system for accepting documents from a variety of sources via a plurality of media, forwarding the received documents to a plurality of recipients through their preferred communications mode/channel, personalizing/condensing documents, and suppressing the delivery of follow-up documents to those recipients who have responded to an earlier notification/message.
Method For Displaying An Environmentally Modulated Expiration Date
U. S. Patent Number 6,795,376
awarded to Douglas B. Quine on September 21, 2004
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A system and method for dynamically adjusting expiration dates displayed on consumer products, the system and method utilizing an LCD display for displaying an expiration date and messages, sensors for monitoring environmental conditions, a clock for counting back the expiration date, and a controller for determining messages and adjustments to the displayed expiration date based on monitored environmental conditions.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION: The present invention relates to a system and method for displaying expiration dates for consumer products, and more particularly, relates to an environmentally modulated expiration date display that adjusts the expiration date to reflect changes resulting from environmental factors.
Dynamic electronic forwarding system
U. S. Patent Number 6,832,246
awarded to Douglas B. Quine on December 14, 2004
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A method for forwarding an e-mail message from a disfavored e-mail address to a forwarding e-mail address via a remote e-mail forwarding computer having a unique e-mail address. An e-mail message is sent from a user to the remote e-mail forwarding computer. The remote e-mail forwarding computer parses the intended e-mail address from the e-mail message to determine if there is a disfavored e-mail address associated with the intended e-mail address. The e-mail message is sent from the remote computer to the computers associated with the forwarding address[es] if there is determined at least one disfavored e-mail address is associated with the intended e-mail address.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION: The present invention relates to a system and method for forwarding electronic messages, and more particularly, relates to a system and method for use of a dynamic e-mail forwarding system capable of forwarding e-mail transmitted to one or more e-mail addresses to one or more prescribed e-mail forwarding addresses.
System and method for cleansing addresses for electronic messages
U. S. Patent Number 6,839,738
awarded to Douglas B. Quine and Karl H. Schumacher on January 4, 2005
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A method for correcting an e-mail message that has been determined as being undeliverable via a remote e-mail correcting computer having a unique e-mail address including the steps of prescribing at least one domain name address in the remote e-mail computer by a subscriber and prescribing at least one format for formatting e-mail addresses intended to be sent to the at least one domain name address. A server then sends to the remote computer an e-mail message addressed to an intended e-mail address that was determined undeliverable. The remote computer receives this e-mail message from the senders computer that was addressed to an intended e-mail address. The intended e-mail address is parsed from the e-mail message in the remote computer to determine if the domain name address of the e-mail message has been prescribed with the remote computer. And, if yes, a message is sent to the senders computer indicating the prescribed at least one format for the parsed domain name address if the parsed domain name address has been prescribed with the remote computer.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION: The present invention relates to a system and method for forwarding electronic messages, and more particularly, relates to cleansing the addresses for e-mail messages that were previously returned to the sender as undeliverable.
Closed system meter having address correction capabilities
U. S. Patent Number 6,865,561
awarded to Robert W. Allport, Stephen Kelly, Timothy J. Nicholls, Christopher J. Capelli, and Douglas B. Quine on March 8, 2005
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: System and method are provided for generating a Postnet bar code with a closed system metering device. Before an indicium is printed on a mailpiece, a scanner is used to scan recipient address information printed on a mailpiece. Using the scanned information, the metering device determines the Postnet bar code corresponding to the scanned information. A check is then made to determine if the recipient address information has changed from the scanned information. If it has not changed, the metering device prints the postal code on the mailpiece. When the recipient address information has changed, the metering device generates a corrected postal code and prints the corrected postal code and the corrected address on the mailpiece.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION: The present invention relates generally to postage metering systems. More particularly, the present invention is directed to closed postage metering systems that print digital indicia.
System and method for cleansing addresses for electronic messages
U. S. Patent Number 6,895,427
awarded to Douglas B. Quine and Karl H. Schumacher on May 17, 2005
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A method and system for forwarding an e-mail message intended to be delivered to a first e-mail address to a second e-mail address in the event the first e-mail address is disfavored. An e-mail message is sent from a from a first computer that was originally addressed to a first e-mail address to a second computer that is capable of forwarding the e-mail message to a second e-mail address. The second computer receives the e-mail message and parses the first e-mail address from the e-mail message to determine if there is a second e-mail address associated with the first e-mail address. If there is a second e-mail address associated with the first e-mail address, the second computer sends the e-mail message to a third computer associated with the second e-mail address. If there is not, then the second computer determines if it can suggest a username, or a new username format to be used for the username associated with the domain name address of the disfavored e-mail address.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION: The present invention relates to a system and method for forwarding electronic messages, and more particularly, relates to cleansing the addresses for e-mail messages that were previously returned to the sender as undeliverable.
System and method for forwarding electronic messages
U. S. Patent Number 6,957,248
awarded to Douglas B. Quine and Alexander B. Quine on October 18, 2005
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A method and system for forwarding an e-mail message addressed to a first disfavored e-mail address to a second preferred forwarding e-mail address. A message is received at an e-mail forwarding computer, the message identifying the first disfavored e-mail address. The e-mail forwarding computer parses the first e-mail address from the message to determine if there is a second preferred forwarding e-mail address associated with the first e-mail address. If there is a second e-mail address associated with the first e-mail address, the e-mail forwarding computer sends the e-mail message to a third computer associated with the second e-mail address.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION: The present invention relates to a system and method for forwarding electronic messages, and more particularly, relates to forwarding e-mail messages intended to be initially delivered to an obsolete or disfavored address to a chosen forwarding address associated with the obsolete or disfavored e-mail address.
Method For Displaying An Environmentally Modulated Expiration Date
U. S. Patent Number 6,985,408
awarded to Douglas B. Quine on January 10, 2006
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A system and method for dynamically adjusting expiration dates displayed on consumer products, the system and method utilizing an LCD display for displaying an expiration date and messages, sensors for monitoring environmental conditions, a clock for counting back the expiration date, and a controller for determining messages and adjustments to the displayed expiration date based on monitored environmental conditions.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION: See US Patent #6,795,376 Method For Displaying An Environmentally Modulated Expiration Date for summary of invention; this patent expands the claims.
Method for providing address change notification in an electronic message forwarding system
U. S. Patent Number 6,988,129
awarded to Douglas B. Quine on January 17, 2006
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A method and system for providing address change notification in an e-mail forwarding system by providing a pre-generated e-mail address change notification to recipients selected during registration in the e-mail forwarding system. The e-mail forwarding system operating when a message is received at an e-mail forwarding computer, the message identifying the first disfavored e-mail address. The e-mail forwarding computer parses the first e-mail address from the message to determine if there is a second preferred forwarding e-mail address associated with the first e-mail address. If there is a second e-mail address associated with the first e-mail address, the e-mail forwarding computer sends the e-mail message to a third computer associated with the second e-mail address.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION: The present invention relates to a system and method for providing address change notification to correspondents in connection with an e-mail forwarding system. The e-mail forwarding system forwards e-mail messages intended to be initially delivered to an obsolete or disfavored address to a chosen forwarding address associated with the obsolete or disfavored e-mail address.
System and method for grouping mail pieces in a sorter
U. S. Patent Number 7,004,396
awarded to Douglas B. Quine and Christopher A. Baker on February 28, 2006
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A mailpiece sorter system including a mailpiece feeding assembly operative to selectively feed mailpieces singularly or in groupings of mailpieces consisting of more than one mailpiece and a mailpiece sortation assembly operatively coupled to the mailpiece feeding assembly. The mailpiece sortation system includes a plurality mailpiece sortation bins and a diverting assembly for directing fed mailpieces into a predetermined mailpiece sortation bins. A control system is operatively coupled to the mailpiece feeding assembly to determine which mailpieces are to be singularly fed from said feeding assembly and which mailpieces are to be fed from said feeding assembly in a predetermined grouping of mailpieces.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION: The present invention relates to media item handling equipment and more particularly to a system and method for grouping mail pieces in a sorter.
E-Mail Forwarding System Having Archival Database
U. S. Patent Number 7,016,938
awarded to Douglas B. Quine on March 21, 2006
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A method for forwarding an e-mail message from a disfavored e-mail address to a forwarding e-mail address via a remote e-mail forwarding computer having a unique e-mail address. An e-mail message is sent from a user to the remote e-mail forwarding computer. The remote e-mail forwarding computer parses the intended e-mail address from the e-mail message to determine if there is a disfavored e-mail address associated with the intended e-mail address. The e-mail message is sent from the remote computer to a computer associated with at least one forwarding address if there is determined at least one disfavored e-mail address is associated with the intended e-mail address. If there is not a determined forwarding e-mail address than the remote computer stores at least the disfavored e-mail in archival for forwarding in the event a forwarding address is subsequently stored in the remote computer which is associated with the disfavored e-mail address.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention relates to a system and method for forwarding electronic e-mail messages, and more particularly, relates to a system and method which archives requests for forwarding e-mail messages from undeliverable e-mail addresses and checks each new subscriber and address registration to determine if there is a forwarding e-mail address available for the previous undeliverable e-mail message.
Method and system for isolating and testing biological contaminants in mail packages
U. S. Patent Number 7,060,927
awarded to Douglas B. Quine and Denis J. Stemmle on June 13, 2006
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A method and system for encapsulating mail containers delivered to a building so as to prevent possible contaminants in the mail containers from contaminating the building. An opening is provided on a building wall that substantially separates indoor air circulation from the outdoor air for receiving the mail containers. A plastic tube having a closed end and an open end is used to encapsulate the mail containers. The open end is securely attached to the opening in the wall for receiving the mail containers into the tube, while preventing air circulation outside the building from entering the opening. A sealing device is used to seal the plastic tube for keeping the mail containers in separate sealed sections. A severing device is used to separate the sealed sections in the encapsulated packages so that the encapsulated packages can be tested for the possible contaminants.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention relates generally to biohazard detection and, more particularly, to the isolation of unknown mail in a building for safety testing.
Method for determining e-mail address format rules
U. S. Patent Number 7,149,780
awarded to Douglas B. Quine and Karl H. Schumacher on December 12, 2006
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A method for determining e-mail address formatting rules corresponding to particular domain names, whereby e-mail address data is collected and sorted based on domains. Based on the gathered data for particular domains, a pattern is identified and an e-mail address formatting rule is determined. Format rule information is stored for future use to assist in correcting and directing e-mail messages so that they may be received by their intended recipients. Gathering of e-mail address data occurs by directly gathering e-mail addresses and e-mail address format data directly from entities responsible for the domain or format are derived based on patterns observed in collected address data for particular domains. Data for developing these patterns may be gathered from e-mail address information resident on the Internet, e-mail address information from e-mail address books, or from public e-mail address listings.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention relates to a system and method for correcting incorrect, or undeliverable, addresses of electronic messages, and more particularly, techniques for determining the appropriate formatting rules for a given address, and steps for processing an undeliverable message to provide a suggestion for a corrected address.
System and method for determining and reporting whether a mail piece has been opened by a recipient
U. S. Patent Number 7,156,290
awarded to Denis J. Stemmle, Jacques E. Hasbani, Judith D. Auslander,
Douglas B. Quine, David Wittenberg, and Pushpavadan S. Nagarsheth on January 2, 2007
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A system for determining whether a mail piece has been opened including mail pieces that have the ability indicate a previously opened and never opened state, such as with a state change element, an interrogator unit, such as an RFID reader, for receiving state information, and a data center that receives the state information from the interrogator unit. Also, a method for determining whether a mail piece has been opened including receiving mail pieces at a recipient location, receiving at an interrogator unit, such as an RFID reader, state information from the mail pieces, and transmitting the state information from the interrogator unit to a data center. In either the system or method, each mail piece may have an RFID tag that communicates with the state change element and transmits the state information to the RFID reader. Bar code or other technologies may be substituted for RFID technology.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The invention disclosed herein relates to mail processing systems, and more particularly to a system and method for determining and reporting whether, and preferably when, a mail piece has been opened by a recipient.
Method for providing address change notification in an electronic message forwarding system
U. S. Patent Number 7,191,222
awarded to Douglas B. Quine on March 13, 2007
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A method and system for providing address change notification in an e-mail forwarding system by providing a pre-generated e-mail address change notification to recipients selected during registration in the e-mail forwarding system. The e-mail forwarding system operating when a message is received at an e-mail forwarding computer, the message identifying the first disfavored e-mail address. The e-mail forwarding computer parses the first e-mail address from the message to determine if there is a second preferred forwarding e-mail address associated with the first e-mail address. If there is a second e-mail address associated with the first e-mail address, the e-mail forwarding computer sends the e-mail message to a third computer associated with the second e-mail address.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention relates to a system and method for providing address change notification to correspondents in connection with an e-mail forwarding system. The e-mail forwarding system forwards e-mail messages intended to be initially delivered to an obsolete or disfavored address to a chosen forwarding address associated with the obsolete or disfavored e-mail address.
Barcode with enhanced additional stored data
U. S. Patent Number 7,229,025
awarded to John W. Sussmeier, Judith D. Auslander, Donald G. MacKay,
Andrei Obrea, and Douglas B. Quine on June 12, 2007
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A printed barcode including first basic barcode information stored in a first basic mode of printed data storage, and second additional enhanced barcode information stored in a second enhanced mode of printed data storage. The second information is printed, at least partially, as a component of the first information. The first information is adapted to be read by a basic barcode reader. The second information is adapted to be read by an enhanced barcode reader and cannot be read by the basic barcode reader.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention relates to barcodes and, more particularly, to a barcode having a first basic stored information structure and a second enhanced stored information structure.
Method for enhancing mail piece processing system
U. S. Patent Number 7,258,277
awarded to Christopher A. Baker and Douglas B. Quine on August 21, 2007
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A method for processing mail pieces having information thereon includes scanning the mail piece information and storing scanned mail piece information. Stored information is accessed when a scanned mail piece information is incomplete to obtain previously stored complete mail piece information. The previously stored complete mail piece information is employed in processing the mail piece with the incomplete information. The information may be a code or text that is scanned and stored during the processing of the mail. Fragmentary information from various sources on the scanned mail piece may be combined to access a previously stored mail piece record. The accessed information may be displayed.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention relates to mail piece handling systems and more particularly a method for enhancing the sortation of mail pieces.
Method and device for isolating, collecting and transferring hazardous samples
U. S. Patent Number 7,340,970
awarded to Douglas B. Quine, Denis J. Stemmle, John E. Massucci, and Deborra J. Zukowski on March 11, 2008
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: A method and system for isolating, transferring and testing potentially contaminated mail pieces. The mail pieces are encapsulated in a sealed package at one location and transferred to another location for testing. During testing, the sealed package is connected to an air sampling system, which directly draws an air sample from the sealed package. At the end of testing, the air pressure in the sealed package is sufficiently reduced, causing the sealed bag to collapse. A septum or a tube with a self-sealed coupler is provided on the sealed package to allow the air sampling system to draw air out of the sealed package. When the air sampling system is not connected to the sealed package, the septum or the self-sealed coupler prevents the air inside the sealed package from escaping into the environment. It is advantageous to disturb the mail pieces during air sampling.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION: The present invention relates generally to biohazard detection and, more particularly, to the isolation, collection and transferring of a biohazard sample trapped in a filter of a detection system.
System and method for preventing security ink tampering
U. S. Patent Number 7,341,334
awarded to Judith D. Auslander and Douglas B. Quine on March 11, 2008
assigned to Pitney Bowes
ABSTRACT: An ink supply system for a printer including an inner chamber comprising a controlled security ink; an outer chamber comprising a chemical; an ink conduit from the inner chamber through and out of the outer chamber; and a rupture wall at a junction between the inner chamber and the outer chamber. The ink conduit keeps the chemical away from the ink when the ink travels from the inner chamber out of the ink supply system. When the rupture wall is ruptured, the chemical is adapted to interact with the controlled security ink to indicate that the rupture has occurred.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION: The present invention relates to controlled security inks and, more particularly, to controlling use of a controlled security ink.
German Patent
Closed system meter having address correction capabilities
German Patent Number DE69935493D
awarded to Robert W. Allport, Stephen Kelly, Timothy J. Nicholls, Christopher J. Capelli, and Douglas B. Quine on April 26, 2007
assigned to Pitney Bowes (see U.S. Patent #6,865,561)
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