Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Credit or identification card systems
Patent
1997-07-31
2000-01-04
Hajec, Donald
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Credit or identification card systems
235381, 705403, G06K 500
Patent
active
060100699
ABSTRACT:
A remote postage meter resetting system includes apparatus for sending a request to recharge the postage meter by the postage recharge amount together with first data indicative of a first user prepaid postage account resident in a prepaid postage account data base having a plurality of prepaid postage accounts; and a data center including apparatus for receiving from the sending apparatus the first data together with the request to recharge the postage meter by the postage recharge amount; a line of credit database having a plurality of lines of credit each of which is associated with at least one of the plurality of prepaid postage accounts; a computer, in communication with the receiving apparatus, wherein at times when the computer determines that sufficient funds are not available in the first user account to cover the cost of the postage recharge amount the computer is programmed to automatically 1) communicate with the line of credit data base to determine if one of the plurality of lines of credit is associated with the first user prepaid postage account and 2) generate and send enabling data via the receiving apparatus to the sending apparatus only if the computer determines that a sum of the credit amount and the amount of prepaid funds is at least equal to the postage recharge amount.
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Fureman Jared J.
Hajec Donald
Melton Michael E.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Shapiro Steven J.
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