EP0969420A3 - Method for secure transfer of service data to a terminal and arrangement for carrying out the same - Google Patents

Method for secure transfer of service data to a terminal and arrangement for carrying out the same Download PDF

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EP0969420A3
EP0969420A3 EP99250182A EP99250182A EP0969420A3 EP 0969420 A3 EP0969420 A3 EP 0969420A3 EP 99250182 A EP99250182 A EP 99250182A EP 99250182 A EP99250182 A EP 99250182A EP 0969420 A3 EP0969420 A3 EP 0969420A3
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    • G07B2017/00701—Measuring the weight of mailpieces
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Abstract

Das Verfahren zur sicheren Übertragung von Daten an ein Endgerät, insbesondere eine portoberechnenede Waage oder Frankiermaschine, umfaßt die Schritte, Bereitstellen (210) von neuen Portotariftabellendaten in der Datenzentrale für eine zukünftige Portoberechnung, Bilden (110) von Anforderungsdaten für Portotariftabellendaten und Kommunikation (120, 220) des Endgerätes mit einer Datenzentrale, um die neuen Portotariftabellendaten von der Datenzentrale anzufordern, zu empfangen und zu speichern sowie einer Kommunikation (130, 230), um eine Information über die gespeicherten Portotariftabellendaten zur Datenzentrale zu übermitteln und dort zu prüfen, bevor ein Senden einer OK-Meldung an das Endgerät erfolgt.

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The method for the secure transmission of data to a terminal, in particular a postage-calculating balance or franking machine, comprises the steps of providing (210) new postage rate table data in the data center for future postage calculation, forming (110) request data for postage rate table data and communication (120, 220) of the terminal with a data center to request, receive and store the new postage rate table data from the data center and a communication (130, 230) to transmit information about the stored postage rate table data to the data center and to check there before sending an OK message is sent to the end device.
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EP99250182A 1998-06-29 1999-06-11 Method for secure transfer of service data to a terminal and arrangement for carrying out the same Expired - Lifetime EP0969420B1 (en)

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DE19830055A DE19830055B4 (en) 1998-06-29 1998-06-29 Method for the secure transmission of service data to a terminal and arrangement for carrying out the method

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