Inventor

Robert A. Cordery

Inventor

Danbury, CT, US

Overview

1987–2020

Patent span

Physics

Primary field (CPC G)

Patents· 157 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

G07Bprimary

G07BTicket-issuing apparatus32%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes14%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication8%

G06FElectric digital data processing6%

G06KGraphical data reading5%

B41JTypewriters4%

H04NPictorial communication, e.g. television4%

G07FCoin-freed or like apparatus3%

G08BSignalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems3%

G06VImage or video recognition or understanding2%

PatentTitleYear

10,840,721System and method for controlling an electrical receptacle2020 RE045828'Method for determining a printer\'s signature and the number of dots per inch printed in a document to provide proof that the printer printed a particular document'2015 8,826,004'Method and system for printing transaction documents using a multi-vendor secure printer under control of a printer authority'2014 8,750,593'Substitute check incorporating encoded indication of security feature in original check'2014 8,719,180'Delivery point identity services'2014 8,676,715'System and method for authenticating indicia using identity-based signature scheme'2014 8,527,285'Postage printing system for printing both postal and non-postal documents'2013 8,407,156'Closed loop postage metering system'2013 8,368,924'System and method for printing documents having a copy detection pattern'2013 8,342,625'Printer ink identification system and method'2013 8,297,860'System and method for improving print quality on mail pieces having low reflectivity'2012 8,240,797'System and method for providing graphic security to a document at the time of printing'2012 8,208,633'Method and system for securing communications in a metering device'2012 8,160,974'Multiple carrier mailing machine'2012 8,078,539'Method and system for sorting checks according to a priority order associated with the account number'2011 8,078,293'System and method for routing selection using statistical data'2011 8,041,645'Document security utilizing color gradients'2011 7,995,246'Detecting printed image copies using phase-space-encoded fragile watermark'2011 7,971,061'E-mail system and method having certified opt-in capabilities'2011 7,966,267'Method and system for validating a security marking'2011 7,926,730'Combined multi-spectral document markings'2011 7,918,071'Seal integrity for mailpiece envelopes'2011 7,908,217'Method and system for optimizing throughput of mailing machines'2011 7,889,885'Method for detecting perforations on the edge of an image of a form'2011 7,890,208'Mail processing system with unique mailpiece authorization assigned in advance of mailpieces entering carrier service mail processing stream'2011 7,747,544'Meter tape with location indicator used for unique identification'2010 7,733,530'Method and system for printing secure value documents and non-secure documents utilizing the same printing device'2010 7,724,403'Method of registering a scanning grid of a scanner with a printing grid of a printer'2010 7,715,045'System and methods for comparing documents'2010 7,649,658'Method of reconstructing an image'2010 7,637,429'Electronic voting system and associated method'2009 7,611,298'System and method for improving print quality on mail pieces having low reflectivity'2009 7,584,891'Black fluorescent optical codes and process for printing and reading'2009 7,587,066'Method for detecting fraud in a value document such as a check'2009 7,586,627'Method and system for optimizing print-scan simulations'2009 7,551,751'Watermarking images with wavepackets encoded by intensity and/or phase variations'2009 7,552,141'Method and system for evaluating options based on one or more ratings along one or more dimensions'2009 7,539,648'Secure user certification for electronic commerce employing value metering system'2009 7,536,553'Method and system for validating a security marking'2009 7,533,062'Method for creating self-authenticating documents'2009 7,483,175'Method and system for printing secure value documents and non-secure documents utilizing the same printing device'2009 7,467,747'Method and system for protecting privacy of signatures on mail ballots'2008 7,446,891'Fragile watermark for detecting printed image copies'2008 7,438,231'Method for detecting forged barcodes'2008 7,434,726'Method and system for postdating of financial transactions'2008 7,433,849'System and method for controlling a postage metering system using data required for printing'2008 7,428,996'Method and system for encoding information into a bar code with different module size'2008 7,424,975'Method for printing two dimensional barcodes to reduce reading errors'2008 7,422,158'Fluorescent hidden indicium'2008 7,394,915'Method and system for measuring thickness of an item based on imaging'2008 7,389,238'Recipient elected messaging services'2008 7,386,518'Method and system for facilitating transactions'2008 7,367,646'Test card for ink jet printers and method of using same'2008 7,328,995'Method and apparatus for embedding information in an image'2008 7,319,989'Method and system for protection against replay of an indicium message in a closed system meter'2008 7,300,218'System and method for improving print quality on mail pieces having low reflectivity'2007 7,272,581'Method and system for optimizing throughput of mailing machines'2007 7,266,531'Mail processing system with unique mailpiece authorization assigned in advance of mailpieces entering carrier service mail processing stream'2007 7,263,529'Method and system for creating and maintaining a database of user profiles and a related value rating database for information sources and for generating a list of information sources having a high estimated value'2007 7,206,433'Method for printing high information density machine-readable composite images'2007 7,191,336'Method for embedding information in an image'2007 7,162,459'Method and system for estimating weights of mailpieces'2007 7,131,777'System and method for improving print quality on mail pieces having low reflectivity'2006 7,114,657'Fragile water mark printed with two component inks and process'2006 7,085,811'Sender elected messaging services'2006 7,085,746'Method and system for notifying mail users of mail piece contamination'2006 7,080,044'PC-based open metering system and method'2006 7,055,746'Postage indicia including color bar sequence to aid in authentication'2006 7,054,829'Method and system for validating votes'2006 7,054,461'Authenticating printed objects using digital watermarks associated with multidimensional quality metrics'2006 7,013,024'Method for reading information that has been embedded in an image'2006 6,985,888'Secure user certification for electronic commerce employing value metering system'2006 6,957,196'Method for auditing a database and system for carrying out such method'2005 6,954,742'Closed loop postage metering system'2005 6,947,179'Method for determining the information capacity of a paper channel and for designing or selecting a set of bitmaps representative of symbols to be printed on said channel'2005 6,938,023'Method of limiting key usage in a postage metering system that produces cryptographically secured indicium'2005 6,915,281'Systems and methods using a digital pen for funds accounting devices and postage meters'2005 6,911,910'Method for detecting and redirecting misdirected mail'2005 6,907,399'Secure user certification for electronic commerce employing value metering system'2005 6,898,581'Secure user certification for electronic commerce employing value metering system'2005 6,886,419'Mail piece for obtaining samples of harmful materials in mail processing equipment'2005 6,867,044'Method and system for detecting biological and chemical hazards in networked incoming mailboxes'2005 6,865,557'Network open metering system'2005 6,852,539'Method and system for detection of contaminants in mail'2005 6,847,951'Method for certifying public keys used to sign postal indicia and indicia so signed'2005 6,839,693'System for detecting mail pieces with duplicate indicia'2005 6,832,130'Method and system for automated document processing'2004 6,814,291'Robust barcode reader'2004 6,813,614'Method for re-keying postage metering devices'2004 6,775,590'Method and system for automated document processing'2004 6,738,899'Method for publishing certification information certified by a plurality of authorities and apparatus and portable data storage media used to practice said method'2004 6,711,680'Method of limiting key usage in a postage metering system that produces cryptographically secured indicium'2004 6,704,867'Method for publishing certification information representative of selectable subsets of rights and apparatus and portable data storage media used to practice said method'2004 6,612,684'Method for determining a printer\'s signature to provide proof that the printer printed a particular document'2003 6,613,571'Method and system for detecting biological and chemical hazards in mail'2003 6,567,794'Method for access control in a virtual postage metering system'2003 6,533,385'Method for determining a printer\'s signature and the number of dots per inch printed in a document to provide proof that the printer printed a particular document'2003 6,526,391'System and method for controlling a postage metering system using data required for printing'2003 6,480,831'Method and apparatus for securely transmitting keys from a postage metering apparatus to a remote data center'2002 6,466,921'Virtual postage meter with secure digital signature device'2002 6,385,504'Mail processing system with unique mailpiece authorization assigned in advance of mailpieces entering carrier service mail processing stream'2002 6,363,484'Method of verifying unreadable indicia for an information-based indicia program'2002 6,317,498'Mail processing system including data center verification for mailpieces'2001 6,295,359'Method and apparatus for distributing keys to secure devices such as a postage meter'2001 6,260,144'Method for verifying the expected postal security device in a postage metering system'2001 6,175,827'Robus digital token generation and verification system accommodating token verification where addressee information cannot be recreated automated mail processing'2001 6,169,804'Method for verifying the expected postage security device and its status'2001 6,157,919'PC-based open metering system and method'2000 6,151,590'Network open metering system'2000 6,134,328'Secure user certification for electronic commerce employing value metering system'2000 6,085,182'Method and apparatus for canceling postage'2000 6,073,125'Token key distribution system controlled acceptance mail payment and evidencing system'2000 6,064,989'Synchronization of cryptographic keys between two modules of a distributed system'2000 6,061,671'System and method for disaster recovery in an open metering system'2000 6,058,193'System and method of verifying cryptographic postage evidencing using a fixed key set'2000 6,058,190'Method and system for automatic recognition of digital indicia images deliberately distorted to be non readable'2000 6,029,137'Updating domains in a postage evidencing system'2000 5,982,896'System and method of verifying cryptographic postage evidencing using a fixed key set'1999 5,974,147'Method of verifying unreadable indicia for an information-based indicia program'1999 5,953,427'Electronic data interchange postage evidencing system'1999 5,936,865'Mail processing system with unique mailpiece authorization assigned in advance of mailpieces entering carrier service mail processing stream'1999 5,878,136'Encryption key control system for mail processing system having data center verification'1999 5,835,689'Transaction evidencing system and method including post printing and batch processing'1998 5,812,666'Cryptographic key management and validation system'1998 5,796,841'Secure user certification for electronic commerce employing value metering system'1998 5,793,867'System and method for disaster recovery in an open metering system'1998 5,781,634'Electronic data interchange postage evidencing system'1998 5,768,132'Controlled acceptance mail system securely enabling reuse of digital token initially generated for a mailpiece on a subsequently prepared different mailpiece to authenticate payment of postage'1998 5,762,428'Method and apparatus for securely printing a postal indicia image by dividing printing of the image in multiple passes'1998 5,742,682'Method of manufacturing secure boxes in a key management system'1998 5,696,829'Digital postage meter system'1997 5,682,429'Electronic data interchange postage evidencing system'1997 5,680,456'Method of manufacturing generic meters in a key management system'1997 5,675,650'Controlled acceptance mail payment and evidencing system'1997 5,666,421'Mail processing system including data center verification for mailpieces'1997 5,661,803'Method of token verification in a key management system'1997 5,655,023'Advanced postage payment system employing pre-computed digital tokens and with enhanced security'1997 5,628,249'Apparatus and method for preparing a mail piece'1997 5,612,889'Mail processing system with unique mailpiece authorization assigned in advance of mailpieces entering carrier service mail processing stream'1997 5,465,381'Processor and read/write head incorporated in disk for communicating data to host directly from processor read/write head to read/write head of host disk drive'1995 5,454,038'Electronic data interchange postage evidencing system'1995 5,423,054'Processor and read/write head incorporated in disk for communicating data to host directly from processor read/write head to read/write head of host disk drive'1995 5,390,251'Mail processing system including data center verification for mailpieces'1995 5,304,982'Apparatus and method for detecting magnetic electronic article surveillance markers'1994 5,246,522'Method of making deactivatable electronic article surveillance markers'1993 5,191,315'Deactivatable electronic article surveillance markers using short semi-hard magnetic wires'1993 5,017,907'Double pulse magnetic markers'1991 5,010,320'Self modulating electronic article surveillance marker'1991 5,005,001'Field generation and reception system for electronic article surveillance'1991 4,999,641'Magnetic antenna system having independently controllable electrical field shielding and magnetic field balance'1991 4,903,788'Vibrating tray scale with conveying mechanism'1990 4,856,602'Apparatus and method of weighing articles based upon harmonic motion'1989 4,849,736'Magnetic marker having a rectangular configuration for electronic article surveillance'1989 4,778,018'Apparatus and method of determining the mass of an article by measuring the shift in the period of harmonic motion'1988 4,730,197'Impulse ink jet system'1988 4,710,752'Apparatus and method for detecting a magnetic marker'1987 4,660,058'Viscosity switched ink jet'1987

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1987–2015Patents assigned to PITNEY BOWES INC (150)· patent assignee history

1987–2015Based in Danbury, CT, US· patent location history

2006–2015Patents assigned to CORDERY ROBERT A (17)· patent assignee history

2006–2014Patents assigned to RYAN JR FREDERICK W (9)· patent assignee history

2006–2014Patents assigned to PINTSOV LEON A (6)· patent assignee history

2006Based in Westport, CT, US· patent location history

2012–2014Patents assigned to HAAS BERTRAND (4)· patent assignee history

2020Based in Monroe, CT, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
PITNEY BOWES INC	150	1987–2015
CORDERY ROBERT Aself	17	2006–2015
RYAN JR FREDERICK W	9	2006–2014
PINTSOV LEON A	6	2006–2014
HAAS BERTRAND	4	2012–2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Danbury, CT, US	155	1987–2015
Monroe, CT, US	1	2020
Westport, CT, US	1	2006