Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price – Postage meter system
Patent
1997-12-18
2000-07-04
Voeltz, Emanuel Todd
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
Postage meter system
713176, G06F 1700
Patent
active
060851813
ABSTRACT:
A postage metering system includes a plurality of printer modules operatively connected as part of a network and operating as client printer modules on the network. A postal security device (PSD) is coupled directly to a local one of the client printer modules. The PSD includes unique identification, postal value storage and a digital signature generator. The client printer modules function as a postage metering network wherein a one of the client printer modules remote to the PSD requests evidence of postage payment from the PSD through the local client printer module for concluding postage metering transactions. The local client printer module function as a stand-alone meter when requests for evidence of postage payment from the PSD are initiated at the local client printer module. The local client printer module initiates local requests for evidence of postage payment to be printed at the local client printer modules and receives remote requests for evidence of postage payment from the remote client printer modules. The remote requests include identification of the remote client printer modules. The local client printer module sends each request for evidence of postage payment to the PSD and receives from the PSD the evidence of postage payment including a digital signature corresponding to each request for evidence of postage payment;. The local client printer module sends the evidence of postage payment to the remote client printer modules in response to the remote request, and prints the evidence of postage payment in response to the local request.
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Gravell Linda V.
Lee David K.
Pierce Perry A.
Riley David W.
Ryan Jr. Frederick W.
Dixon Thomas A.
Malandra, Jr. Charles R.
Melton Michael E.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Todd Voeltz Emanuel
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