CA2051155C - System for recharging a plurality of postage meters - Google Patents

System for recharging a plurality of postage meters

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Publication number
CA2051155C
CA2051155C CA 2051155 CA2051155A CA2051155C CA 2051155 C CA2051155 C CA 2051155C CA 2051155 CA2051155 CA 2051155 CA 2051155 A CA2051155 A CA 2051155A CA 2051155 C CA2051155 C CA 2051155C
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Prior art keywords
meter
recharge
meters
amount
postage
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Expired - Fee Related
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CA 2051155
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English (en)
French (fr)
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CA2051155A1 (en
Inventor
Hyung-Kun Paul Kim
Barry H. Axelrod
Eric L. Zuidema
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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
    • G07B17/00016—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
    • G07B17/00016—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
    • G07B2017/00137—In a LAN
    • 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

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
CA 2051155 1990-09-13 1991-09-11 System for recharging a plurality of postage meters Expired - Fee Related CA2051155C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US58204790A 1990-09-13 1990-09-13
US582,047 1990-09-13

Publications (2)

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CA2051155A1 CA2051155A1 (en) 1992-03-14
CA2051155C true CA2051155C (en) 1997-11-18

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CA 2051155 Expired - Fee Related CA2051155C (en) 1990-09-13 1991-09-11 System for recharging a plurality of postage meters

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EP (1) EP0475780B1 (de)
CA (1) CA2051155C (de)
DE (1) DE69119674T2 (de)

Families Citing this family (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5812990A (en) * 1996-12-23 1998-09-22 Pitney Bowes Inc. System and method for providing an additional cryptography layer for postage meter refills
US6010069A (en) * 1997-07-31 2000-01-04 Pitney Bowes Inc. Remote postage meter resetting system having alternate funding sources
FR2783337B1 (fr) 1998-09-11 2000-12-15 Neopost Ind Procede de controle des consommations de machines a affranchir
US6823321B2 (en) * 2001-09-14 2004-11-23 Pitney Bowes Inc. Method and system for optimizing refill amount for automatic refill of a shared virtual postage meter
FI124437B (fi) * 2009-12-18 2014-08-29 Itella Oyj Järjestelmä, menetelmä ja palvelu varojen lisäämiseksi etukäteen maksettavaan palveluun

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US4097923A (en) * 1975-04-16 1978-06-27 Pitney-Bowes, Inc. Remote postage meter charging system using an advanced microcomputerized postage meter
DE3126786C3 (de) * 1980-07-14 1997-11-13 Pitney Bowes Inc Verbessertes fernbetätigtes Frankiermaschinen-Nachladesystem
US4376299A (en) * 1980-07-14 1983-03-08 Pitney Bowes, Inc. Data center for remote postage meter recharging system having physically secure encrypting apparatus and employing encrypted seed number signals
US4760534A (en) * 1985-12-26 1988-07-26 Pitney Bowes Inc. Mailing system with postage value transfer and accounting capability
US4812992A (en) * 1986-04-10 1989-03-14 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter communication system
GB2208368B (en) * 1987-07-09 1991-07-03 Alcatel Business Systems Franking machine system

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DE69119674T2 (de) 1996-10-02
DE69119674D1 (de) 1996-06-27
EP0475780A3 (en) 1992-06-10
EP0475780B1 (de) 1996-05-22
EP0475780A2 (de) 1992-03-18
CA2051155A1 (en) 1992-03-14

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