DE60018217D1 - Techniken zur ausgabe von postwertzeichen über ein netzwerk - Google Patents

Techniken zur ausgabe von postwertzeichen über ein netzwerk

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DE60018217D1
DE60018217D1 DE60018217T DE60018217T DE60018217D1 DE 60018217 D1 DE60018217 D1 DE 60018217D1 DE 60018217 T DE60018217 T DE 60018217T DE 60018217 T DE60018217 T DE 60018217T DE 60018217 D1 DE60018217 D1 DE 60018217D1
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P Leon
Carlton Brown
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Neopost Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/36—Blanking or long feeds; Feeding to a particular line, e.g. by rotation of platen or feed roller
    • B41J11/42—Controlling printing material conveyance for accurate alignment of the printing material with the printhead; Print registering
    • 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
    • G07B17/00459—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
    • G07B17/00733—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
    • G07B2017/00137—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
    • G07B2017/00145—Communication details outside or between apparatus via the Internet
    • 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
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00201—Open franking system, i.e. the printer is not dedicated to franking only, e.g. PC (Personal Computer)
    • 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
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00612—Attaching item on mailpiece
    • G07B2017/0062—Label
    • 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
    • G07B2017/00758—Asymmetric, public-key algorithms, e.g. RSA, Elgamal
    • G07B2017/00766—Digital signature, e.g. DSA, DSS, ECDSA, ESIGN

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Accounting & Taxation (AREA)
  • Strategic Management (AREA)
  • General Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
  • Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)
  • Mechanical Pencils And Projecting And Retracting Systems Therefor, And Multi-System Writing Instruments (AREA)
  • Editing Of Facsimile Originals (AREA)
  • Data Exchanges In Wide-Area Networks (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Memories (AREA)
DE60018217T 1999-11-10 2000-11-07 Techniken zur ausgabe von postwertzeichen über ein netzwerk Expired - Lifetime DE60018217T2 (de)

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US16463999P 1999-11-10 1999-11-10
US164639P 1999-11-10
US18136800P 2000-02-08 2000-02-08
US181368P 2000-02-08
US18129900P 2000-02-09 2000-02-09
US181299P 2000-02-09
US20435700P 2000-05-15 2000-05-15
US204357P 2000-05-15
US20620700P 2000-05-22 2000-05-22
US206207P 2000-05-22
US21665300P 2000-07-07 2000-07-07
US21677900P 2000-07-07 2000-07-07
US61137500A 2000-07-07 2000-07-07
US611375 2000-07-07
US216779P 2000-07-07
US216653P 2000-07-07
PCT/US2000/030709 WO2001035344A2 (en) 1999-11-10 2000-11-07 Techniques for dispensing postage using a communication network

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DE60018217T2 DE60018217T2 (de) 2005-12-29

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DE60017782T Active DE60017782T8 (de) 1999-11-10 2000-11-07 Bereitstellung von briefmarken auf sicherheitspapier unter benutzung eines kommunikationnetzes
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EP (2) EP1230623B1 (de)
AT (2) ATE288112T1 (de)
AU (2) AU1589801A (de)
CA (2) CA2391126A1 (de)
DE (2) DE60017782T8 (de)
WO (2) WO2001035344A2 (de)

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ATE288112T1 (de) 2005-02-15
EP1252609B1 (de) 2005-02-16
EP1230623B1 (de) 2005-01-26
ATE289438T1 (de) 2005-03-15
EP1230623A2 (de) 2002-08-14
CA2391363A1 (en) 2001-05-17
CA2391363C (en) 2012-01-10
WO2001035347A2 (en) 2001-05-17
WO2001035344A3 (en) 2002-08-29
WO2001035344A2 (en) 2001-05-17
DE60017782T8 (de) 2006-05-11
DE60018217T2 (de) 2005-12-29
EP1252609A2 (de) 2002-10-30
DE60017782T2 (de) 2006-01-05
AU1589801A (en) 2001-06-06
AU1476001A (en) 2001-06-06
CA2391126A1 (en) 2001-05-17
WO2001035347A3 (en) 2001-11-29

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