Personalized delivery payment coding

Abstract

A method and system for creating a personalized delivery payment coding includes selecting from a set of designs for the delivery payment coding ( 410 ), calculating an appropriate fee ( 415 ), paying an appropriate fee ( 420 ), and printing a selected design on delivery payment coding product paper ( 425 ).

We claim:  
     
         1 . A method for creating a personalized delivery payment coding, comprising: 
 selecting at least one of a set of designs for incorporation into the delivery payment coding;    calculating an appropriate fee;    paying the appropriate fee; and    printing a selected design on delivery payment coding product paper.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the set of designs comprise at least one of the following: a set of pre-approved designs, and a set of designs imputed by a user approved by a delivery system operator.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a user completes the stages on a user computer, wherein the user computer and a delivery system operator communicate over a network.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a user orders the personalized delivery payment coding from a delivery system operator, wherein the delivery system operator prints the personalized delivery payment coding and sends the personalized delivery payment coding to the user.  
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a user orders the personalized delivery payment coding from a licensee of a delivery system operator, and wherein the licensee prints the personalized delivery payment coding.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the licensee communicates with the delivery system operator over a network.  
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the personalized delivery payment coding comprises at least one of the following: a denomination of delivery payment indicated on the personalized delivery payment coding, and a delivery payment rate class indicated on the personalized delivery payment coding.  
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the delivery payment coding product paper comprises control markings.  
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the control markings comprise serial numbers.  
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the personalized delivery payment coding comprises machine readable markings.  
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the machine readable markings comprise phosphor.  
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the personalized delivery payment coding comprises microprinted text across a face of the personalized delivery payment coding.  
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the delivery payment coding product paper comprises a security thread.  
     
     
         14 . A system for creating a personalized delivery payment coding, comprising: 
 a component for selecting at least one of a set of designs for incorporation into the delivery payment coding;    a component for calculating an appropriate fee;    a component for paying the appropriate fee; and    a component for printing a selected design on delivery payment coding product paper.    
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the set of designs comprise at least one of the following: a set of pre-approved designs, and a set of designs imputed by a user approved by a delivery system operator.  
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein a user completes the stages on a user computer, wherein the user computer and a delivery system operator communicate over a network.  
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein a user orders the personalized delivery payment coding from a delivery system operator, wherein the delivery system operator prints the personalized delivery payment coding and sends the personalized delivery payment coding to the user.  
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein a user orders the personalized delivery payment coding from a licensee of a delivery system operator, and wherein the licensee prints the personalized delivery payment coding.  
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the licensee communicates with the delivery system operator over a network.  
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the personalized delivery payment coding comprises at least one of the following: a denomination of delivery payment indicated on the personalized delivery payment coding, and a delivery payment rate class indicated on the personalized delivery payment coding.  
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the delivery payment coding product paper comprises control markings.  
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the control markings comprise serial numbers.  
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the personalized delivery payment coding comprises machine readable markings.  
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 23 , wherein the machine readable markings comprise phosphor.  
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the personalized delivery payment coding comprises microprinted text across a face of the personalized delivery payment coding.  
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the delivery payment coding product paper comprises a security thread.  
     
     
         27 . A computer-readable medium on which is stored a set of instructions for creating a personalized delivery payment coding, which when executed perform stages comprising: 
 selecting at least one of a set of designs for incorporation into the delivery payment coding;    calculating an appropriate fee;    paying the appropriate fee; and    printing a selected design on delivery payment coding product paper.    
     
     
         28 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 27 , wherein the set of designs comprise at least one of the following: a set of pre-approved designs, and a set of designs imputed by a user approved by a delivery system operator.  
     
     
         29 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 27 , wherein the personalized delivery payment coding comprises at least one of the following: a denomination of delivery payment indicated on the personalized delivery payment coding, and a delivery payment rate class indicated on the personalized delivery payment coding.  
     
     
         30 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 27 , wherein the delivery payment coding product paper comprises control markings.  
     
     
         31 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 30 , wherein the control markings comprise serial numbers.  
     
     
         32 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 27 , wherein the personalized delivery payment coding comprises machine readable markings.  
     
     
         33 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 32 , wherein the machine readable markings comprise phosphor.  
     
     
         34 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 27 , wherein the personalized delivery payment coding comprises microprinted text across a face of the personalized delivery payment coding.  
     
     
         35 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 27 , wherein the delivery payment coding product paper comprises a security thread.  
     
     
         36 . A method for creating a personalized delivery payment coding, comprising: 
 selecting at least one of a set of designs for incorporation into the delivery payment coding, wherein the set of designs comprise at least one of the following: a set of pre-approved designs, and a set of designs imputed by a user approved by a delivery system operator;    calculating an appropriate fee;    paying the appropriate fee;    printing a selected design on delivery payment coding product paper, wherein the delivery payment coding product paper comprises control markings comprising serial numbers and a security thread;    wherein the personalized delivery payment coding comprises at least one of the following: a denomination of delivery payment indicated on the personalized delivery payment coding, and a delivery payment rate class indicated on the personalized delivery payment coding;    wherein the personalized delivery payment coding comprises machine readable markings comprising phosphor and microprinted text across a face of the personalized delivery payment coding; and    wherein a user completes the stages on a user computer, wherein the user computer and a delivery system operator communicate over a network.