Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Otten

Joseph A. Otten has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods for a label with postage API
    Patent number: 8170959
    Abstract: A label and a method for providing a label to a user is described. The label may be a mailing label to be placed on letters or parcels. The label includes information such as postage, delivery address, return address, and a barcode for tracking delivery information. A user may request both a label and postage in what, to the user, appears to be a single computerized connection on a single internet web-page. A postage indicia is provided through a postage provider with whom the user has a deposit or credit. The label itself may be generated through a label-generating application hosted or generated by an entity separate from the postage provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Stuart Willoughby, Ronald F. Smith, Daniel Lord, Charles Outman, Joseph A. Otten, John Gullo, Anna Vale
  • Systems and methods for a label with postage API
    Patent number: 8078549
    Abstract: A label and a method for providing a label to a user is described. The label may be a mailing label to be placed on letters or parcels. The label includes information such as postage, delivery address, return address, and a barcode for tracking delivery information. A user may request both a label and postage in what, to the user, appears to be a single computerized connection on a single internet web-page. A postage indicia is provided through a postage provider with whom the user has a deposit or credit. The label itself may be generated through a label-generating application hosted or generated by an entity separate from the postage provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: United States Postal Service
    Inventors: Stuart Willoughby, Ronald F. Smith, Daniel Lord, Charles Outman, Joseph A. Otten, John Gullo, Anna Vale
  • Systems and methods for a label with postage API
    Publication number: 20030217017
    Abstract: A label and a method for providing a label to a user is described. The label may be a mailing label to be placed on letters or parcels. The label includes information such as postage, delivery address, return address, and a barcode for tracking delivery information. A user may request both a label and postage in what, to the user, appears to be a single computerized connection on a single internet web-page. A postage indicia is provided through a postage provider with whom the user has a deposit or credit. The label itself may be generated through a label-generating application hosted or generated by an entity separate from the postage provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Stuart Willoughby, Ronald F. Smith, Daniel Lord, Charles Outman, Joseph A. Otten, John Gullo, Anna Vale