Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price – Postage meter system
Patent
1997-05-02
2000-05-16
Voeltz, Emanuel Todd
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
Postage meter system
36447815, 235375, G06F 1700
Patent
active
060649941
ABSTRACT:
In an arrangement and method for data processing in a mail shipping system, a document is supplied to the mail shipping system having information printed thereon identifying a recipient of the document. The printed information is scanned at a postage meter machine to identify the recipient. The postage meter machine is in communication with at least one personal computer. In the personal computer, the contents of various documents to be mailed using the mail shipping system are stored in respective data files, and can be searched according to the respective recipient and the current date. The mail contents are stored in the personal computer allocated to instructional data; such as shipping information identifying a carrier and/or cost center information for use in accounting purposes for charging the fee for shipping the document. The postage meter machine, by searching the memories in the personal computer, obtains the instructional data, and the instructional data are automatically entered into the postage meter machine, and are then used for producing the franking imprint and/or conducting an accounting routine. The amount of data which must be permanently stored in the postage meter machine is therefore significantly reduced.
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Kubatzki Ralf
Thiel Wolfgang
Dixon Thomas A.
Francotyp-Postalia A.G. & Co.
Todd Voeltz Emanuel
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