Patents Assigned to Xpedite Systems, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8719083
    Abstract: Distribution of electronic documents is described, including receiving an electronic document to be distributed, identifying whether a destination identifier is associated with a destination account among a known group of customer accounts, routing the electronic document, and calculating a fee associated with delivery of the electronic document based on whether the destination account is among the known group of customers and a set of billing rules. The set of billing rules may specify a discounted fee for routing an electronic document to each of a known group of customer accounts. In other aspects, the set of billing rules may specify a discounted fee for routing an electronic document to a first group of the known group of customer accounts and specify a standard fee for a second group of the known group of customer accounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Xpedite Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Toscano, Samuel N. Kamens