CA1281136C - System for accounting for postage expended by a postage meter and detecting off-line use of the postage meter - Google Patents

System for accounting for postage expended by a postage meter and detecting off-line use of the postage meter

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Publication number
CA1281136C
CA1281136C CA000526304A CA526304A CA1281136C CA 1281136 C CA1281136 C CA 1281136C CA 000526304 A CA000526304 A CA 000526304A CA 526304 A CA526304 A CA 526304A CA 1281136 C CA1281136 C CA 1281136C
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Prior art keywords
postage
value
account
signals
meter
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Expired - Fee Related
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CA000526304A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Raymond R. Crowley
Neale C. Hutcheson
Edward P. Daniels
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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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
    • G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
    • G07B2017/00427—Special accounting procedures, e.g. storing special information
    • 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
    • G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00483—Batch processing of mailpieces

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mathematical Physics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
CA000526304A 1985-12-26 1986-12-24 System for accounting for postage expended by a postage meter and detecting off-line use of the postage meter Expired - Fee Related CA1281136C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US81345685A 1985-12-26 1985-12-26
US813,456 1985-12-26

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CA1281136C true CA1281136C (en) 1991-03-05

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CA000526304A Expired - Fee Related CA1281136C (en) 1985-12-26 1986-12-24 System for accounting for postage expended by a postage meter and detecting off-line use of the postage meter

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EP (1) EP0230657A3 (ja)
JP (1) JPS62235693A (ja)
CA (1) CA1281136C (ja)
GB (1) GB8630680D0 (ja)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5257196A (en) * 1988-12-13 1993-10-26 Pitney Bowes Inc. Apparatus and method for the processing of mail
GB2232379B (en) * 1989-05-30 1994-01-12 Alcatel Business Systems Accounting terminal

Family Cites Families (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4339807A (en) * 1979-03-07 1982-07-13 Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. Postal charge processing system including a weight measuring unit, postal charge calculating unit and a meter stamp issuing unit
US4286325A (en) * 1979-08-27 1981-08-25 Pitney Bowes Inc. System and method for computing domestic and international postage
US4301507A (en) * 1979-10-30 1981-11-17 Pitney Bowes Inc. Electronic postage meter having plural computing systems
US4319328A (en) * 1980-02-27 1982-03-09 Sabre Products, Inc. Postage cost recording system
US4638439A (en) * 1983-05-05 1987-01-20 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage metering system with display

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JPS62235693A (ja) 1987-10-15
EP0230657A3 (en) 1987-12-16
EP0230657A2 (en) 1987-08-05
GB8630680D0 (en) 1987-02-04

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