US 11,676,097 B1
Perpetual value bearing shipping labels
Jeffery T. Crouse, Santa Monica, CA (US); Michael J. Biswas, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Christopher Andrew Gaudet, Playa Del Rey, CA (US)
Assigned to Auctane, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Stamps.com Inc., El Segundo, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/61,567.
Application 17/061,567 is a continuation of application No. 13/286,854, filed on Nov. 1, 2011, granted, now 10,846,650.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/083 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0838 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
generating, by a value indicia generation system, null data;
generating, by a value indicia metering apparatus, a value indicium based on the null data;
forming, by the value indicia generation system, a data packet comprising the null data and the value indicium generated by the value indicia metering apparatus, wherein the value indicia generation system is adapted to associate later supplied shipping information with a perpetual value bearing shipping label; and
outputting, by the value indicia generation system, the perpetual value bearing shipping label based on the data packet representing the perpetual value bearing shipping label, wherein the perpetual value bearing shipping label comprises the value indicium generated by the value indicia metering apparatus and is viable for obtaining shipping services from a shipping service provider by a shipper beyond a shipping rate change epoch of the shipping service provider to thereby provide perpetual viability with respect to the value indicium, wherein the perpetual value bearing shipping label comprises a delivery address information area which is devoid of delivery address information, a shipper information area which is devoid of shipper information, or both at a time of outputting the perpetual value bearing shipping label.