EP1037172A2 - Procédé pour l'installation automatique de machines à affranchir et dispositif pour sa mise en oeuvre - Google Patents

Procédé pour l'installation automatique de machines à affranchir et dispositif pour sa mise en oeuvre Download PDF

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EP1037172A2
EP1037172A2 EP00250053A EP00250053A EP1037172A2 EP 1037172 A2 EP1037172 A2 EP 1037172A2 EP 00250053 A EP00250053 A EP 00250053A EP 00250053 A EP00250053 A EP 00250053A EP 1037172 A2 EP1037172 A2 EP 1037172A2
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Klaus Gettwart
Dieter Dr. Pauschinger
Olaf Turner
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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
    • G07B17/00185—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
    • G07B17/00016—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
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a method for the automatic installation of Franking devices, according to the preamble of claim 1, and an arrangement for performing the method, according to the preamble of claim 13.
  • the method is for users of all kinds of mail processing systems, accounting and security modules, Franking machines or PC franking devices are suitable.
  • the solution aims at the rapid availability of a franking device for one Customers, from purchase of the facility.
  • a franking machine Before a franking machine is used as intended can, usually have some country, carrier and Customer-specific data can be stored in the franking machine. In the case of franking machines of the T1000 type, this becomes one Installation of a special EPROM from the dealer or service technician inserted (see US 5,734,571 and EP 762 335 A2, method for Change the data of an electronic data loaded in memory cells Franking machine).
  • a common approach is to use a To store identification number at the same time in a data center, in order to be able to identify the calling franking device later.
  • the Collecting customer data is also per se from other devices known.
  • US 5,233,657 already loads data in front of one Commissioning of a franking machine known. For switching from Advertising clichés are already a telephone in US 4,831,554 Communication suggested. In US 4,933,849 is already a date-dependent changing of stamp images (with city stamp and with value stamp), which was previously sent by Modem have been loaded. From US 5,161,109 is already a store of Databases known. A standard database is used for storage of data, with a data record periodically from the franking machine to Central is transmitted. Then the data record is there in the head office updated and then sent back updated to the franking machine (down loading).
  • EP 780 803 A2 the possibility becomes available after an initialization provided that news or carrier-specific from a data center Advertising will be provided when doing an order in the Data center is available.
  • the customer must first have a contract with the Service providers or operators of the data center have completed.
  • EP 388 840 A2 is a comparable one Security technology known for setting a franking machine to to clean them of data without the franking machine Manufacturing company must be transported.
  • security is the only thing dependent on the encryption of the transmitted code.
  • the task is to create a technical procedure for automatic installation and and associated arrangement, in particular a corresponding one Franking device to develop.
  • the customer the one pre-initialized Franking device purchased through a dealer should be in the Be able to put the franking device fully in operation take without calling a customer service or service technician must be and without a visit to the post office.
  • the machine data is the serial number and / or identification number.
  • Request data is already generated when the franking device loads a credit in advance of its use. It is advantageous if the franking device additionally carries out a billing of the desired data update service for an installation of stamp image data during the loading process.
  • the data record transmitted for automatic installation can contain a customer-specific advertising cliché or an advertising cliché selected from a number of advertising clichés, including customer data, if this has been agreed upon during the sale.
  • the customer data (e.g. place of use, cliché request, service / maintenance contract) are transmitted to the data center directly or, if necessary, via a dealer as part of the establishment of initial communication by postcard, by telephone or a comparable communication.
  • the data center is preferably designed as a first special service center (data update server), which can also transmit other configuration data and postage fee table data if required.
  • the same or a second data center can be designed as a reloading center for credit.
  • the second (teleporto) data center usually transmits the credit required for franking in the form of reloading data.
  • the same or a third data center can be designed as a reloading center for tariff tables and for further information.
  • the data center is a transmission means provides to deliver customized records. Submitting the data record is then made by sending the data carrier.
  • a customer-specific data record can be created via a chip card or another modern medium can be delivered to the customer.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a franking machine of type JetMail® shown from the rear right.
  • This franking machine exists from a meter 1 and a base 2.
  • the latter is with a chip card read / write unit 70 equipped behind the guide plate 20 arranged and accessible from the upper housing edge 22.
  • a Chip card 49 inserted from top to bottom in the slot 72.
  • a fed letter 3 standing on the edge, with his to printing surface rests on the guide plate, is then according to the input data with at least one franking stamp 31 and a city stamp 32 printed.
  • the letter feed opening will laterally limited by a transparent plate 21 and the guide plate 20.
  • FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of a franking machine which is equipped with a chip card read / write unit 70 for reloading change or.
  • User data or customer data via chip card and equipped with a printing device 2, which is controlled by a control device 1.
  • the control device 1 has a main board 9 equipped with a microprocessor 91 with associated memories 92, 93, 94, 95.
  • the program memory 92 contains an operating program for printing at least and security-relevant components of the program for a predetermined format change of part of the user data.
  • the RAM 93 is used for the temporary storage of intermediate results.
  • the non-volatile memory NVM 94 is used for the non-volatile temporary storage of data, for example statistical data, which are arranged according to cost centers.
  • the calendar / clock module 95 likewise contains addressable but non-volatile memory areas for the non-volatile intermediate storage of intermediate results or also known program parts (for example for the DES algorithm). It is provided that the control device 1 is connected to the chip card read / write unit 70, the microprocessor 91 of the control device 1 being programmed, for example, to load the useful data N from the memory area of a chip card 49 for use in corresponding memory areas of the franking machine . A first chip card 49 inserted into an insertion slot 72 of the chip card read / write unit 70 allows a data record to be reloaded into the franking machine for at least one application. The chip card 49 contains, for example, the user data for setting a cost center.
  • the control device 1 forms the actual meter with the means 91 to 95 of the aforementioned main board 9 and also includes a keyboard 88, a display unit 89 and an application-specific circuit ASIC 90 and interface 8 for the postal security module PSM 100.
  • the safety module PSM 100 is connected to the aforementioned ASIC 90 and the microprocessor 91 and via the parallel ⁇ C bus with at least the means 91 to 95 of the main board 9 and connected to display unit 89.
  • the control bus carries cables for the signals CE, RD and WR between the safety module PSM 100 and the aforementioned ASIC 90.
  • the microprocessor 91 points preferably a pin for one from the PSM 100 security module issued interrupt signal i, further connections for the keyboard 88, a serial interface S1-1 for the connection of the chip card read / write unit 70 and a serial interface Sl-2 for the optional connection of a MODEM.
  • Using the MODEM can for example in the non-volatile memory of the postal Security funds PSM 100 stored credit can be increased.
  • the postal security device PSM 100 is secured by a Enclosed housing. Before each franking imprint is made in the postal Security module PSM 100 performed a hardware accounting. Billing takes place independently of cost centers.
  • the postal The PSM 100 safety module can be designed internally as in European application EP 789 333 A3 has been described in more detail.
  • a variant can also be implemented without a PSM 100 postal security module.
  • processor 91 takes over the tasks of the security module.
  • the ASIC 90 has a serial interface circuit 98 to a device upstream in the mail stream, a serial interface circuit 96 to the sensors and actuators of the printing device 2, a serial interface circuit 97 to the pressure control electronics 16 for the print head 4 and a serial interface circuit 99 to one the printing device 20 in the mail stream downstream device.
  • DE 197 11 997 shows an embodiment variant for the peripheral interface, which is suitable for several peripheral devices (stations). It has the title: Arrangement for communication between a base station and other stations of a mail processing machine and for their emergency shutdown.
  • the interface circuit 96 coupled to the interface circuit 14 located in the machine base provides at least one connection to the sensors 6, 7, 17 and to the actuators, for example to the drive motor 15 for the roller 11 and to a cleaning and sealing station RDS 40 for the ink jet print head 4 , as well as the label provider 50 in the machine base.
  • the basic arrangement and the interaction between inkjet print head 4 and the RDS 40 can be found in DE 197 26 642 C2, with the title: Arrangement for positioning an inkjet print head and a cleaning and sealing device.
  • the transport device consists of a conveyor belt 10 and two rollers 11, 11 '.
  • One of the reels is that equipped with a motor 15 drive roller 11, another is idler roller 11 '.
  • the drive roller 11 is as Toothed roller executed
  • the conveyor belt 10 is accordingly as Toothed belt executed, which ensures the clear power transmission.
  • Encoder 5, 6 is coupled to one of the rollers 11, 11 '.
  • the drive roller 11 with an incremental encoder 5 sits firmly on one Axis.
  • the incremental encoder 5 is, for example, a slotted disc executed, which interacts with a light barrier 6, and passes the line 19 from an encoder signal to the main board 9.
  • the basic structure of the printing device has already been described, for example, in DE 196 05 014 C1 and DE 196 05 015 C1 explained in more detail.
  • the individual print elements of the print head are connected to print electronics within its housing and that the print head can be controlled for purely electronic printing.
  • the print control takes place on the basis of the path control, taking into account the selected stamp offset, which is entered via the keyboard 88 or, if necessary, via a chip card and is stored in the non-volatile memory NVM 94.
  • a planned imprint thus results from stamp offset (without printing), the franking print image and, if necessary, further print images for advertising slogan, shipping information (optional prints) and additional editable messages.
  • the NVM 94 non-volatile memory has a plurality of memory areas. These include those that store the loaded postage fee tables in a non-volatile manner.
  • the chip card read / write unit 70 consists of an associated mechanical carrier for the microprocessor card and contacting unit 74. The latter allows the chip card to be securely mechanically held in the reading position and unambiguously signaled that the reading position of the chip card has been reached in the contacting unit.
  • the microprocessor card with the microprocessor 75 has a programmed reading ability for all types of memory cards or chip cards.
  • the interface to the franking machine is a serial interface according to the RS232 standard.
  • the data transfer rate is min. 1.2 K baud.
  • the power supply is switched on by means of a switch 71 connected to the main board. A self-test is carried out after the power supply is switched on. A requirement for automatic installation can be determined. A readiness message appears after the installation.
  • the modem 83 is particularly advantageous for reloading credit, but is also used according to the invention to load further user and customer data.
  • the reloading tasks to be carried out are divided so that one part can be carried out by modem and another part by chip card.
  • a mixed procedure is also possible, which works simultaneously with a chip card and with voice communication by telephone. The latter allows you to top up your credit.
  • the required print image data cannot be transmitted by voice, but is stored in the chip card, which is sent to the customer. The latter has to wait for their receipt. It is particularly advantageous if the first-time installation is made possible by modem, because then the waiting times are minimal and because the automatic installation can also be coupled with a credit recharge.
  • this customer information has already been entered by the dealer under a number code, it is sufficient to enter the number code.
  • he issues a direct debit authorization for services provided by the data center with his signature.
  • a double of the postcard goes to the bank, which certifies the authenticity of the signature and the creditworthiness of the customer.
  • the customer data are assigned to the data record in the data center. For this customer, the data of any advertising clichés selected, the city stamp Town Circle "and the country-specific stamp in a data set.
  • an automatic installation routine runs in the franking machine.
  • the required user data are prescribed by the postal carrier regulations and include at least the print image data for a location-specific city stamp and a carrier-, area- or country-specific value stamp.
  • the operator calls the data center and transmits the number code using the voice method. Alternatively, a sent letter can also transmit the number code.
  • phase d After the franking machine operator communicates for the first time the data center, comprising transmitting 520 the number code, to request the user and customer data from the data center, phase d begins. A transmission then takes place in phase d To the operator of the Franking device to the franking location, for example by sending a chip card.
  • the data carrier (chip card) also contains one towards the transmitting information related to user and customer data.
  • First takes place as part of the first communication between the data center and the Operator of the franking machine, receiving 420 the number code in the data center and storing the requested user and Customer data in a data carrier including its sending 425 to the operator of the franking machine.
  • a second operator voice communication 530 the franking machine with the data center comprises a transmission information from the operator of the franking machine to the data center, which is related to the stored user and customer data.
  • the information in the data center is also checked using a comparison information generated from the user and customer data and comprising a step 435 for transmitting a voice message to the operator of the franking machine, whereby in connection with the Register the voice message in the data center (Step 440) the service is performed.
  • the voice message is entered into the franking machine and at proper installation the submission of a readiness message.
  • FIG. 5 shows a flow diagram for semi-automatic communication via modem. If after the self-test 508 on the side of the Postage meter 509 recognizes that an installation is required a message is sent to the operator in document 510 the user and customer data, which can still be reloaded. At the same time input by the operator is possible, which is why the latter step hereinafter also input 510 is called.
  • the difference to The variants already explained is that after the input step 510 in the transmission step 520 from the franking machine next to the entered further customer requests or the number code Information is transmitted to the data center, based on which in the latter additional data can be added to the data record.
  • step 520 For example are only the data for the city and value stamp at the dealer has been agreed and the operator decides only at the installation site for an additional advertising cliché, which he for example from a Select or compile catalog.
  • the selected cliché or Cliché parts are assigned codes that are transmitted in step 520 as further data can be transmitted to the data center.
  • the user interface 88, 89 is for executing a corresponding operator input fitted. After receiving in step 420 from the corresponding additional data and the number code is at least in a further step 421 from the data center carried out when both the agreed payment mode, as well the user and customer data already stored in the data record allow such.
  • Steps 510 and 520 on the franking machine side and steps 420 and 421 on the data center side can - in a manner not shown - run repeatedly, according to the Variety of possible entries.
  • a number of others - not shown - steps 422 to 424 are optionally provided to iteratively that Check and complete the data set before sending.
  • the data center each or at least one of the entries is acknowledged. This can be done with an OK message take place, which is transmitted to the franking machine.
  • the grasping Further customer data (phase b) is then carried out by the data center immediately before the franking machine is installed for the first time.
  • the data center stores and provides customer data assigned to the number code (phases c and d) immediately before the franking machine is installed for the first time.
  • customer data assigned to the number code (phases c and d) immediately before the franking machine is installed for the first time.
  • the mirror data record is first stored in step 410 in the data center.
  • all other customer data recorded, stored and provided in phases b), c) and d) are only added after the franking machine has been purchased during the first communication by modem (steps 420, 421).
  • Step 540 Between the aforementioned step 530 and the readiness message in Step 540 can be further steps 536 to 539, not shown, which in connection with reloading a credit into the Franking machine can be performed standing.
  • the latter can in itself known way, the postal register and others Non-volatile memory registers are queried. As part of such a query, the information can also be queried, which in There is a connection with the loaded user and customer data.
  • the arrangement for performing the method is characterized by this that a processor 91 or a security module 100 of a franking device programmed to perform a self-test to determine whether to perform an automatic installation or in the event a previous installation cannot be carried out, a store a customer-specific data record in non-volatile memory 94 and a ready message for franking after successful installation of a customer-specific data record or a Submit readiness report after non-implementation. In the latter The case can be assumed that the installation was carried out earlier.
  • the Processor 91 or the security module 100 of a franking device programmed to generate and send request data for loading, to request the user and customer data from the data center received and saved, and an additional transmission of a Carry out information from the franking machine to the data center, which is related to the stored user and customer data, and to receive an OK message before submitting the Readiness message.
  • the franking device includes a franking machine an internal printer or a PC franking machine with an external one Printer is.
  • communication is via Modem and INTERNET particularly suitable.
  • processor 91 or security module 100 of the franking device programmed to load a customer-specific data record from a chip card 49 and storage in the non-volatile memory 94 to make. Charging is through a voice communication or accompanied other suitable communication with the data center, whereby the data center checks information that relates to the stored customer-specific data record.

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