Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price – Postage meter system
Reexamination Certificate
2004-04-13
2010-11-30
Wu, Rutao (Department: 3628)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
Postage meter system
Reexamination Certificate
active
07844554
ABSTRACT:
A system and method to remotely enable and disable features in a mailing system is provided. When a customer desires to change the operating features of a mailing system, the customer places an order with a data center. The data center generates a file that identifies each of the features that should be enabled within the mailing system, and the file is sent to the mailing system, along with any files required to implement and support the enabled features, via a network. The mailing system will store the required files, and purge any files no longer required to implement and support features that are no longer enabled. The enabling and disabling of operating features is thus performed remotely from the data center, and does not require a customer service representative to physically visit the location at which the mailing system is installed.
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D'Amico Lynn W.
Kirschner Wesley A.
Kummer, Jr. Robert H.
Lin Linda S.
Chaclas Angelo N.
Lemm Brian A.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Wu Rutao
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