GB0509070D0 - Authenticating postage marks - Google Patents

Authenticating postage marks

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Publication number
GB0509070D0
GB0509070D0 GBGB0509070.9A GB0509070A GB0509070D0 GB 0509070 D0 GB0509070 D0 GB 0509070D0 GB 0509070 A GB0509070 A GB 0509070A GB 0509070 D0 GB0509070 D0 GB 0509070D0
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
postage marks
authenticating
authenticating postage
marks
postage
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
GBGB0509070.9A
Other versions
GB2410361A (en
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Royal Mail Group Ltd
Original Assignee
Royal Mail Group Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Royal Mail Group Ltd filed Critical Royal Mail Group Ltd
Priority to GB0509070A priority Critical patent/GB2410361A/en
Publication of GB0509070D0 publication Critical patent/GB0509070D0/en
Publication of GB2410361A publication Critical patent/GB2410361A/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • 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
    • G07B17/00185—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
    • G07B2017/00443—Verification of mailpieces, e.g. by checking databases
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/0058—Printing of code
    • G07B2017/00588—Barcode
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00709—Scanning mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00717—Reading barcodes
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00741—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system using specific cryptographic algorithms or functions
    • G07B2017/0075—Symmetric, secret-key algorithms, e.g. DES, RC2, RC4, IDEA, Skipjack, CAST, AES
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00741—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system using specific cryptographic algorithms or functions
    • G07B2017/00774—MAC (Message Authentication Code), e.g. DES-MAC
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00741—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system using specific cryptographic algorithms or functions
    • G07B2017/00782—Hash function, e.g. MD5, MD2, SHA
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00822—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system including unique details
    • G07B2017/0083—Postal data, e.g. postage, address, sender, machine ID, vendor
GB0509070A 2001-03-16 2001-03-16 Method of generating a postage mark Withdrawn GB2410361A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0509070A GB2410361A (en) 2001-03-16 2001-03-16 Method of generating a postage mark

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0106663A GB2376332B (en) 2001-03-16 2001-03-16 Authenticating postage marks
GB0509070A GB2410361A (en) 2001-03-16 2001-03-16 Method of generating a postage mark

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB0509070D0 true GB0509070D0 (en) 2005-06-08
GB2410361A GB2410361A (en) 2005-07-27

Family

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Family Applications (3)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB0106663A Expired - Lifetime GB2376332B (en) 2001-03-16 2001-03-16 Authenticating postage marks
GB0509070A Withdrawn GB2410361A (en) 2001-03-16 2001-03-16 Method of generating a postage mark
GB0509072A Withdrawn GB2410362A (en) 2001-03-16 2001-03-16 Postage mark

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB0106663A Expired - Lifetime GB2376332B (en) 2001-03-16 2001-03-16 Authenticating postage marks

Family Applications After (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB0509072A Withdrawn GB2410362A (en) 2001-03-16 2001-03-16 Postage mark

Country Status (1)

Country Link
GB (3) GB2376332B (en)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20050097066A1 (en) * 2003-10-31 2005-05-05 Pitney Bowes Incorporated Method and system for a mailing machine to verify the integrity of printed postage
DE102007018903A1 (en) * 2007-04-19 2008-10-23 Deutsche Post Ag Method for detecting a machine-readable code applied to a mailpiece, device for carrying out the method, mailpiece and method for providing the mailpiece with a machine-readable code
DE102007059325A1 (en) * 2007-12-07 2009-06-10 Deutsche Post Ag Method for providing a mailpiece with a machine-readable code, device for carrying out the method and method for detecting the code applied to the mailpiece
GB2578436B (en) * 2018-10-25 2021-05-05 Royal Mail Group Ltd Stamp management method and mail processing system

Family Cites Families (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2174039B (en) * 1985-04-17 1989-07-05 Pitney Bowes Inc Postage and mailing information applying system
US5606507A (en) * 1994-01-03 1997-02-25 E-Stamp Corporation System and method for storing, retrieving and automatically printing postage on mail
US5917925A (en) * 1994-04-14 1999-06-29 Moore; Lewis J. System for dispensing, verifying and tracking postage and other information on mailpieces
US5586036A (en) * 1994-07-05 1996-12-17 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage payment system with security for sensitive mailer data and enhanced carrier data functionality
US6039257A (en) * 1997-04-28 2000-03-21 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage metering system that utilizes secure invisible bar codes for postal verification
US5929415A (en) * 1997-04-28 1999-07-27 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage metering refill system that utilizes information contained in information based indicia to audit the franking process
DK1131793T3 (en) * 1998-11-20 2006-08-21 Ptt Post Holdings Bv Method and system for making and checking a postage mark
WO2002050765A1 (en) * 2000-12-19 2002-06-27 Pitney Bowes Inc. Hidden information on a document for authentication

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB2376332A (en) 2002-12-11
GB2410362A (en) 2005-07-27
GB2410361A (en) 2005-07-27
GB2376332B (en) 2005-08-10
GB0106663D0 (en) 2001-05-09
GB0509072D0 (en) 2005-06-08

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