System for entering a postage meter serial number into a nonvola

Details System for entering a postage meter serial number into a nonvola System for entering a postage meter serial number into a nonvola

1981-02-26

1984-01-03

Smith, Jerry

Boots, shoes, and leggings

364409, 364464, G06F 300, G06F 1500

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044245734

ABSTRACT:
A method for entering the serial number into the nonvolatile memory of an electronic postage meter upon completion of assembly of the meter including the steps of programming a given chip number into a nonvolatile memory to be used in assembly of the meter, assembling the electronic postage meter with a meter body serial number and a nonvolatile memory with a given chip number, communicating the serial number and chip number to a data center, receiving information from the data center in response to the communicating steps, and entering the serial number into the nonvolatile memory if the received information is properly enterable into the meter. In accordance with further aspects of the present invention, an intercommunication system is provided for entering a serial number into the nonvolatile memory of an electronic postage meter upon completion of assembly of the meter, a data center communicates a serial number to the electronic postage meter after assembly of the meter, and an electronic postage meter is provided into which a serial number is enterable upon completion of assembly of the meter.

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