EP0173249A3 - Non-volatile memory system with real time and power down data storage capability for an electronic postage meter - Google Patents

Non-volatile memory system with real time and power down data storage capability for an electronic postage meter Download PDF

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EP0173249A3
EP0173249A3 EP85110530A EP85110530A EP0173249A3 EP 0173249 A3 EP0173249 A3 EP 0173249A3 EP 85110530 A EP85110530 A EP 85110530A EP 85110530 A EP85110530 A EP 85110530A EP 0173249 A3 EP0173249 A3 EP 0173249A3
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data storage
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Wallace Kirschner
Easwaran C.N. Nambudiri
Douglas H. Patterson
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • G07B2017/00338—Error detection or handling
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • G07B2017/00346—Power handling, e.g. power-down routine
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
    • G07B2017/00395—Memory organization
    • G07B2017/00403—Memory zones protected from unauthorized reading or writing

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  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
EP19850110530 1984-08-22 1985-08-22 Non-volatile memory system with real time and power down data storage capability for an electronic postage meter Expired - Lifetime EP0173249B2 (en)

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US64321984A 1984-08-22 1984-08-22
US643219 1996-05-03

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EP0173249A2 EP0173249A2 (en) 1986-03-05
EP0173249A3 true EP0173249A3 (en) 1987-01-21
EP0173249B1 EP0173249B1 (en) 1991-05-29
EP0173249B2 EP0173249B2 (en) 1998-07-08

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US4805109A (en) * 1985-10-16 1989-02-14 Pitney Bowes Inc. Nonvolatile memory protection arrangement for electronic postage meter system having plural nonvolatile memories
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US4845632A (en) * 1985-10-16 1989-07-04 Pitney Bowes Inc. Electonic postage meter system having arrangement for rapid storage of critical postage accounting data in plural nonvolatile memories
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US5012425A (en) * 1988-12-30 1991-04-30 Pitney Bowes Inc. EPM having an improvement in non-volatile storage of accounting data
US5021963A (en) * 1988-12-30 1991-06-04 Pitney Bowes Inc. EPM having an improvement in accounting update security
CA2003375A1 (en) * 1988-12-30 1990-06-30 Nanette Brown Epm having an improvement in non-volatile memory organization
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US5276844A (en) * 1991-08-05 1994-01-04 Ascom Autelca Ltd. Protection system for critical memory information
FR2700043B1 (en) * 1992-12-30 1995-02-10 Neopost Ind Franking machine allowing to memorize a history.
US5559992A (en) * 1993-01-11 1996-09-24 Ascom Autelca Ag Apparatus and method for protecting data in a memory address range
US5668973A (en) * 1995-04-14 1997-09-16 Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Ag Protection system for critical memory information
US6601034B1 (en) 1998-03-05 2003-07-29 American Management Systems, Inc. Decision management system which is cross-function, cross-industry and cross-platform
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EP0085385A2 (en) * 1982-01-29 1983-08-10 Pitney Bowes Inc. Electronic postage meter arrangement controlled by a microprocessor system
US4445198A (en) * 1981-09-29 1984-04-24 Pitney Bowes Inc. Memory protection circuit for an electronic postage meter
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US4445198A (en) * 1981-09-29 1984-04-24 Pitney Bowes Inc. Memory protection circuit for an electronic postage meter
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