Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price – Postage meter system
Patent
1997-12-18
2000-05-09
Cosimano, Edward R.
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
Postage meter system
705408, G07B 1700
Patent
active
060616709
ABSTRACT:
A system and method of evidencing postage payment includes selecting a postal origin in a meter accounting unit, selecting a requested postal value to be printed on a mailpiece, deducting the requested postal value from a total postal value stored as a general account for the meter accounting unit, adding the requested postal value to a sub-account corresponding to the selected postal origin for the meter accounting unit, and printing the requested postal value and the selected postal origin on the mailpiece. A digital token is generated as evidence of the requested postal value to be printed on the mailpiece. The digital token, which is also printed on the mailpiece, is encrypted information including the requested postal value and the selected postal origin. The accounting unit includes a first processor, secure accounting process, value storage and a digital signature generator. The value storage includes total postal value information and an origin postal value for each of a plurality of postal origins, wherein the PSD is authorized to dispense evidence of postage payment for each of the postal origins. The accounting unit performs accounting for each postage evidencing transaction, debiting the total postal value and incrementing one of the origin of postal values corresponding to the postage evidencing transaction.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4760532 (1988-07-01), Sansone et al.
patent: 4802218 (1989-01-01), Wright et al.
patent: 4837701 (1989-06-01), Sansone et al.
patent: 4934846 (1990-06-01), Gilham
patent: 4958291 (1990-09-01), Mamone et al.
patent: 5029093 (1991-07-01), Wiener
patent: 5077792 (1991-12-01), Herring
patent: 5177680 (1993-01-01), Tsukino et al.
patent: 5375172 (1994-12-01), Chrosny
patent: 5388211 (1995-02-01), Hornbuckle
patent: 5485579 (1996-01-01), Hitz et al.
patent: 5490077 (1996-02-01), Freytag
patent: 5513112 (1996-04-01), Herring et al.
patent: 5526271 (1996-06-01), Abumehdi
patent: 5602743 (1997-02-01), Freytag
patent: 5682427 (1997-10-01), Seestrom
patent: 5717596 (1998-02-01), Bernard et al.
patent: 5781438 (1998-07-01), Lee et al.
patent: 5812991 (1998-09-01), Kara
patent: 5822739 (1998-10-01), Kara
patent: 5946671 (1999-08-01), Herring
Cosimano Edward R.
Malandra, Jr. Charles R.
Melton Michael E.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
LandOfFree
Multiple registered postage meters does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Multiple registered postage meters, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Multiple registered postage meters will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1074618