EP2003619A3 - Method and device for securing user-defined information of a franking machine - Google Patents

Method and device for securing user-defined information of a franking machine Download PDF

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EP2003619A3
EP2003619A3 EP07122887A EP07122887A EP2003619A3 EP 2003619 A3 EP2003619 A3 EP 2003619A3 EP 07122887 A EP07122887 A EP 07122887A EP 07122887 A EP07122887 A EP 07122887A EP 2003619 A3 EP2003619 A3 EP 2003619A3
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franking machine
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Clemens Heinrich
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Francotyp Postalia GmbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • 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
    • G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G07B2017/00153—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information
    • G07B2017/00161—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information from a central, non-user location, e.g. for updating rates or software, or for refilling funds
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G07B2017/00153—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information
    • G07B2017/00169—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information from a franking apparatus, e.g. for verifying accounting
    • 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

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  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
  • Detection And Prevention Of Errors In Transmission (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)

Abstract

Verfahren zur Datensicherung einer Frankiermaschine, bei dem in einem Datensicherungsschritt (107.3) in einem Verbindungsschritt zwischen der Frankiermaschine (102, 103, 104) und einer entfernten Datenzentrale (106) eine Verbindung über ein Kommunikationsnetz (105) aufgebaut wird, in einem Übermittlungsschritt in der Frankiermaschine (102, 103, 104) gespeicherte Daten als Sicherungsdaten an die Datenzentrale (106) übermittelt werden und in einem Speicherschritt die Sicherungsdaten in der Datenzentrale (106) gespeichert werden, wobei die Sicherungsdaten nutzerdefinierbare Konfigurationsdaten der Frankiermaschine (102, 103, 104) umfassen, die durch den Nutzer der Frankiermaschine (102, 103, 104) zur Konfiguration der Frankiermaschine (102, 103, 104) definierbar sind.

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Method for data backup of a franking machine, in which a connection is established via a communication network (105) in a connection step between the franking machine (102, 103, 104) and a remote data center (106) in a data transfer step (107.3) in a transfer step in the Postage meter (102, 103, 104) stored data as backup data to the data center (106) are transmitted and stored in a storage step, the backup data in the data center (106), wherein the backup data user-definable configuration data of the postage meter (102, 103, 104) that are definable by the user of the franking machine (102, 103, 104) for configuring the franking machine (102, 103, 104).
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EP07122887A 2007-02-28 2007-12-11 Method and device for securing user-defined information of a franking machine Withdrawn EP2003619A3 (en)

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DE102007010114A DE102007010114A1 (en) 2007-02-28 2007-02-28 Method for data security of stamping machine in data security step, involves connecting stamping machine and remote data center over communication network in connecting step

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EP2003619A2 EP2003619A2 (en) 2008-12-17
EP2003619A3 true EP2003619A3 (en) 2011-03-16

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