EP1807808B1 - Procede et dispositif d'affranchissement d'envois postaux - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif d'affranchissement d'envois postaux Download PDF

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EP1807808B1
EP1807808B1 EP05786064.5A EP05786064A EP1807808B1 EP 1807808 B1 EP1807808 B1 EP 1807808B1 EP 05786064 A EP05786064 A EP 05786064A EP 1807808 B1 EP1807808 B1 EP 1807808B1
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  • the invention relates to a method for franking mailpieces, in which a postage indicium is requested by an operating unit, generated in a security module, made accessible to the operating unit and printed out by means of the operating unit and / or a printing unit.
  • the invention further relates to a device for franking mailpieces with a franking unit for producing a postage indicium, an operating unit connected to the franking unit and a printing unit connected to the operating unit for printing out the postage indicium.
  • a postage indicium is created in a customer system using a Cryptostrings that generates based on secret, generated in a security module of the customer system information in a value transfer center of a postal company and such has been encrypted that it can only be decrypted at a mail center test center.
  • the generation of the postage indicium which contains in particular the crypto-string, mailing-specific information and a checksum, takes place in the security module of the customer system.
  • the multiple printout of a postage indicium is inhibited in the method in an unspecified manner.
  • the international patent application WO 00/31693 describes a method of franking mail by means of a postage meter 1 equipped with a secure module.
  • a postal company will encrypt it or provided with a checksum protected number, which is evaluated with a corresponding key in the verification of the postage indicium.
  • the secure module postage indicia are created using the number, and it is thereby ensured within the module, for example by deleting the number, that beyond the predetermined number, no postage indicia can be generated on the basis of the number.
  • the US patent application US 2003/0074325 A1 relates to a method for issuing virtual stamps which are sent from a data center to a franking device and printed by means of the franking device.
  • the virtual stamps are stored encrypted and provided with a status flag, which initially indicates the status "unused”. After printing, the flag is changed to the status "issued”.
  • US 2002/0059145 A1 discloses a method for securely processing postage data stored locally in a user computer or host computer connected to the user computer via a network.
  • the franking data are stored encrypted and are read into a cryptographic module and decrypted to perform transactions, such as the printing of a postage indicium.
  • the cryptographic module Within the cryptographic module, the franking data is updated, then re-encrypted and stored.
  • a multiple printout of postage indicia as so-called doublets is prevented in the known methods, in particular by the fact that printable postage indicia are created by means of special hardware and / or software operated by a customer systems and printed by the special hardware and software controlled, the suppression of duplicates is thus based on linking the production of the franking mark and creating a print copy of the postage indicium and the subsequent printing of the postage indicium by means of the hardware and / or software.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object to enable as manipulation-proof printing of postage indicia in an operating unit even if the operating unit does not have special equipment for creating and printing printable postage indicia. In particular, the printing of duplicates should be prevented.
  • the invention provides, in particular, for a method for franking mailpieces, in which a postage indicium is requested from an operating unit, generated in a security module, made accessible to the operating unit and issued by means of the operating unit and / or a printing unit is printed, is performed so that a print template of the postage indicium is generated and encrypted, that the print template for printing the postage indicium is decrypted in the control unit, and that after printing the postage indicium an indication is stored via printing, whereby the printing of the postage indicium is blocked in the presence of the indication of the printing.
  • Such a method has the advantage that the printing unit can be provided with a printing template containing the postage indicium for printing out the postage indicium, and repeated printing of the postage indicium is prevented by the presence of the information about the printing deposited after the first printing.
  • the encryption can be advantageously ensured that the postage indicium is printed only in the range of such operating units, which pay attention to the information about the printing as a control command to block the printing.
  • encryption is to be understood in its broadest meaning and includes in addition to cryptographic methods in particular also steganographic methods.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the method provides that the information about the printing of the postage indicium is introduced into the print original.
  • the specification is fixed linked to the print template and a repeated printing is reliably prevented even if the print template is stored after printing and at a later time again a printing operation is initiated.
  • the print template is encrypted in the secure area such that it can only be decrypted in the control unit from which the postage indicium is requested.
  • the information about the printing of the postage indicium is stored in a database.
  • a so-called personalized encryption is not required, in which the print template can only be decrypted by a specific operating unit. It suffices here to encrypt the print original in such a way that it can only be decrypted by operating units which are designed in such a way that they store the information blocking the print-out after printing and that they comply with the information.
  • operating units are used for carrying out the method, which are not equipped in a special way for printing mail.
  • the print template is transmitted together with a request about it to the control unit that after printing a print-blocking information about the print should be stored.
  • the information about the printing is introduced into the print original and / or a notification about the printing is transmitted to the database.
  • the information about the printing is stored in the database.
  • the request is preferably encrypted in the secure area and decrypted in a secure area in the operating unit.
  • the request is expediently introduced into the postage indicium in one implementation of the method.
  • the request is introduced into an encrypted license, which is decrypted in the operating unit.
  • the use of the license has the particular advantage that it is possible that the print template is decrypted in the control unit with a key that is incorporated into the license.
  • the information about the printing of the franking mark are advantageously introduced into the license.
  • the print template and / or the license are encrypted using a so-called asymmetric encryption method.
  • the print template and / or the license are encrypted with a public key of the operating unit.
  • the print template and / or the license are decrypted with a private key of the operating unit. This can be an individual private key of the particular operating unit or a private key of a plurality of operating units, which are designed such that they store the print-inhibiting information about the printing of the postage indicium after printing and that they comply with the information ,
  • a symmetrical method for encrypting the print template and / or the license is performed.
  • the print template and / or the license are encrypted and decrypted with identical keys.
  • the postage indicium is canceled after printing in the operating unit. Should it be possible to repeatedly print the contents of the print template, this prevents the printout from containing a valid postage indicium.
  • the invention also provides an apparatus in addition to the method.
  • the device for franking mailpieces with a franking unit which comprises a security module for creating a postage indicium, an operating unit connected to the franking unit and a printing unit for printing the postage indicium connected to the operating unit, is characterized in particular by the securing module having an authorization unit for creating an encrypted print template containing the postage indicium, the control unit comprising a secure area, the secure area having means for decrypting the artwork, the secure area having control means for controlling the printing unit, the secure area being means for storing an indication of the printing of the postage indicium, and in that the secure area comprises means for checking the presence of the indication of the printing of the postage indicium which, in the presence of the indication ü via the printing of the postage indicium blocks the control means for controlling the printing unit.
  • a secure area within the operating unit is advantageously provided, with which it can be ensured that the information blocking the printing of the printing after printing is stored within the operating unit and that the information is observed.
  • the term secure area is to be understood in its broadest meaning and in particular comprises a realization as a cryptographic module or as an area in which data is protected from access and manipulation by a disguised processing.
  • the secure area is preferably part of a universal standard program for displaying and / or printing text and / or graphic elements, so that the operating unit can be operated for franking mailpieces without special equipment.
  • the authorization unit contains a database for storing the information about the printing of the postage indicium.
  • the authorization unit is preferably operated centrally with the advantages already mentioned and is thus connected to a plurality of operating unit.
  • the authorization unit like the franking unit, is operated by the provider of the postage indicium; It can also be integrated into the franking unit.
  • the means for storing the information on the printing of the postage indicium sends a notification about the printing to the database.
  • the means for verifying the presence of the indication of the printing of the postage indicium interrogates the presence of the information about the printing of the postage indicium in the area of the database.
  • the reference numeral 10 in the figure refers to a franking unit comprising a security module 20, a so-called cryptographic module, for generating cryptographically secured information that is inserted into the postage indicium to be created and permits reliable verification of the validity of the postage indicium.
  • the franking unit 10 is operated centrally by a provider of postage indicia and enables the generation of postage indicia for a multiplicity of customers, who in each case access functions of the franking unit 10 via an operating unit 30.
  • the security module 20 of the franking unit 10 manages postage accounts of the customers which comprise a postage amount which is loaded by a value transfer center of a postal company and can be used to generate postage indicia.
  • a crypto-string is transmitted by the value transfer center to the security module 20, which contains data that is encrypted in such a way that it can only be decrypted in a test center of the postal company.
  • the loaded postage amount postage indicia are generated using the Cryptostrings and other data still to be specified, which are printed by the customer by means of the control unit 30 and / or a printing unit 40. In particular, it can be checked by means of the cryptostring whether a postage indicium is authentic and the postage due for the postage indicium has been paid.
  • a suitable method for producing the cryptostring and for generating secure postage indicia on the basis of the cryptostring is disclosed in the German patent specification DE 100 20 566 C2 the applicant described.
  • a secret information for example a random number
  • the crypto-ring and the load history identification number are sent back over the secure data link to the backup module 20 and stored there along with the random number for generating postage indicia.
  • the franking unit 10 and the operating unit 30 are interconnected within a wide area network WAN, such as the Internet, via which data exchange takes place in a manner known to those skilled in the art.
  • WAN wide area network
  • the operating unit 30 is a personal computer (PC), which in particular has a processor for performing calculations, an input and a display means, a volatile memory and generally also a non-volatile memory.
  • the printing unit 40 is connected to the operating unit 30 via a data cable or a computer network. It is equipped with means known to those skilled in the art for printing text and graphic elements controlled by control commands be transmitted from the control unit 30 to the printing unit 40.
  • the operation unit 30 provides a so-called browser 50 capable of displaying contents of web pages on the display means of the operation unit 10, controlling the printing of contents of web pages in the printing unit 40, and executing control commands contained in web pages.
  • the browser is also implemented in a manner known to those skilled in the art.
  • the operating unit 30 also provides a reader 60 which is capable of displaying text and graphic elements contained in print templates of a standard format on the display means of the operating unit 30 and of controlling their printing in the printing unit 40.
  • standard formats that can be interpreted by the reader 60 are, for example, the well-known Portable Document Format (PDF) or the well-known Postscript format.
  • PDF Portable Document Format
  • Postscript Postscript format
  • the print template can be executed in a standard format used by a standard word processor, such as Microsoft's Word program.
  • the reader 60 is able to record and observe information about access rights that are associated with the print template and are given in the form of predefined parameters and / or predetermined values of parameters.
  • the reader 60 provides a secure area, protected by software and / or hardware, in the form of its own cryptographic module 70 in the operating unit 30, in which the parameters are checked at each step for processing or processing the print template Rights to carry out this step.
  • the reader 60 can also provide an area in which data is protected against access and manipulation by a disguised processing. In the following, however, the term cryptographic module is used for the secure area of the reader 60.
  • the processing steps are also controlled by the cryptographic module 70 to prevent access to functions provided by the reader 60 for which there are no authorizations.
  • the attention of the access rights associated with the print template is reliably ensured only within the cryptographic module 70.
  • the possibility of access to the print template outside the cryptographic module 70 is therefore prevented by encrypting it in such a way that it can only be decrypted in the cryptographic module 70.
  • the reader 60 is preferably a standard universal program that is not specifically equipped to print postage indicia.
  • the rights necessary for the tamper-proof printing of postage indicia are therefore not firmly implemented in the reader 60, but the information about these rights are introduced into the print original or they are transmitted separately from the print original within a license to the operating unit 30.
  • the cryptographic module 70 of the reader 60 reads this information and in particular the parameters contained in the information and / or the values of parameters.
  • both in the print template and in the License introduced a feature that uniquely identifies the artwork. To avoid tampering, this feature is also encrypted so that it can only be decrypted in the cryptographic module 70.
  • the encrypted print template or the license only contains an indication of restricted access rights, and the corresponding parameters and / or the corresponding values of parameters are stored in a secure area of a preferably centrally operated authorization database 80, which is contained in a permission unit 90, for example.
  • the reference is likewise encrypted in such a way that it can only be decrypted in the cryptographic module 70.
  • the cryptographic module 70 accesses the centrally stored information about the access rights, wherein each step for processing or processing the print template is sent a request of the authorization for performing this step from the cryptographic module 70 to the authorization unit 90.
  • the authorization unit 90 based on the request in the authorization database 80, checks whether the step may or may not be performed, and sends a message including the result of the verification to the cryptographic module 70 of the reader 60, which responds to the result.
  • the request is given below a feature that uniquely identifies the print template and the authorization unit 90 checks the authorization based on a stored in the authorization database 80 mapping between the identification feature and the information about the access rights associated with the corresponding print template.
  • a public key of a single key for asymmetric encryption which is common to all readers of the type of the reader 60, can also be used in this embodiment, since the access rights associated with the print template are managed centrally in the authorization database 80. If no authorization database 80 is used, individual encryption must be made for each individual reader 60 to ensure that the content of the template is printed only once. Otherwise, it would be possible to duplicate the print template before printing and to make it available to several readers 60, which print the contents of the print template independently of each other once.
  • the information on access rights associated with print copies containing postage indicia in the reader 60 and to identify the encrypted print copy with the postage indicium by a corresponding note as a print copy that contains a postage indicium.
  • the information about the access rights is stored in the non-volatile memory of the operating unit 30, wherein the information is again stored in encrypted form so that it can only be decrypted in the cryptographic module 70 of the reader 60.
  • encrypted the note of the invention which makes the contents of the artwork as a postage indicium recognizable.
  • an asymmetric encryption method For encryption of the information about the access rights or the note containing print template preferably an asymmetric encryption method is used.
  • a key pair is used, which consists of a secret, so-called private key and a third party accessible, so-called public key.
  • the keys are so related to each other that a file encrypted with the public key can only be decrypted with the private key.
  • the private key is associated with the reader 60 and is implemented therein so that it can not be read and is only available in the cryptographic module 70 of the reader 60 for decryption.
  • the keys may be generated by methods known to those skilled in the art, such as the RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) method or elliptic curve-based methods
  • the encryption by means of a symmetric method for encrypting the print template containing the information about the access rights, in which the encryption and decryption is carried out using the same key, is also possible, the corresponding key also in this case in the manner described above in the reader is implemented.
  • a license is provided for indicating the access rights associated with the print template, it is preferably also encrypted using the asymmetrical method using a key pair whose private key is implemented in the reader 60.
  • the license in a further embodiment of the invention, based on the use of the license, it is possible to encrypt the license in the manner described above and to additionally introduce a key for decrypting the print template in the license.
  • the print original is preferably encrypted in this embodiment by means of a symmetrical method using a key which is initially unknown to the reader 60. The key is only read after decrypting the license.
  • the use of an asymmetric method for encrypting the artwork is also possible.
  • the encryption is carried out using a key pair whose private key required for decrypting the reader 60 is initially unknown and will be read from this only after decrypting the license from this.
  • the print template containing the postage indicium is linked with information on the fact that a single printout of its contents can take place.
  • this information is introduced into the print template or the license on the basis of a corresponding parameter and / or a corresponding value of a parameter or stored in the authorization database 80.
  • the parameter or the value of a parameter is changed, whereby the changed parameter or the changed value corresponds to an indication that the printing of the content of the print template is not permitted.
  • the printing is controlled by the cryptographic module 70 of the reader 60 and by the cryptographic module 70 recorded.
  • the alteration of the parameter or value is made after the captured printout by the cryptographic module 70, or a notification of printing is sent to the entitlement unit 90 and the parameter or value of a parameter is changed in the entitlement database 80 area.
  • the postage indicium is additionally at least partially removed by the cryptographic module 70 from the print original.
  • the artwork is additionally linked with information that a storage of the artwork in the non-volatile memory of the control unit 30, a copy of the artwork, a removal of contents of Print template and / or exporting the print template or the contents of the print template to another file format are not permitted.
  • These details are likewise introduced into the print template or the license as corresponding parameters and / or as corresponding values of parameters or are stored in the authorization database 80 of the authorization unit 90. There is no change in the parameters and / or the values of parameters during the franking process.
  • an authorization unit 90 is provided.
  • the latter has the necessary keys and, where appropriate, means for generating keys and for generating features that uniquely identify the print templates. If provided Authorization unit 90 also controls authorization database 80.
  • the authorization unit 90 provides a secure area in which the necessary information, instructions and / or features are introduced into the print template and the necessary encryptions are made. It is connected to the franking unit 10 via a secure data connection or integrated in it and is also operated centrally by the provider of the postage due.
  • one or more web pages are provided by the franking unit 10, which are displayed by the browser 50 on the display means of the operating unit 30. Via these web pages, the user selects a shipment type of the mail item to be franked, as well as a document into which the postage indicium is to be inserted, and specifies a name and an address of the recipient of the mailpiece.
  • the web pages are executed as a so-called form that allows inputs made on the input means of the operating unit 30 and controls a transmission of the inputs to the franking unit 10.
  • the document in which the postage stamp is to be stamped shall contain at least the name and address of the consignee of the postal item in plain text, since this is information needed to produce and verify the postage indicium.
  • the introduction of further text and / or graphic elements, which are also indicated by the customer via web pages, is also possible.
  • documents in which the franking mark is to be introduced come, for example, letters, envelopes, address labels or other label for application to a mailing in question.
  • a preview of the document with the valid postage indicium can be created in the area of the franking unit 10 in order in particular to give the user the option of checking the data.
  • a pattern of the postage indicium can be introduced into the preview, which contains a sample barcode in which no validity information is introduced and which is identified by a strikeout as a pattern, for example.
  • the preview can be transmitted to the customer via a web page which can be displayed and printed on the display means by means of the browser 50, or by means of a print template which can be displayed and printed by means of the reader 60.
  • a limitation of access rights is not provided for the preview.
  • a customer requests the print template with the valid postage indicium. This is done via a provided by the franking unit 10 and dargschreib by means of the browser 50 on the display means of the control unit 30 web page, for example, includes a corresponding button, after the operation of a request for the print template with the postage indicium is transmitted from the control unit 30 to the franking unit 10 ,
  • the customer To request the print template with the valid postage indicium, the customer also specifies an identification and an associated authentication feature, which may be, for example is a username and associated password known only to the customer. This is also done via a provided by the franking unit 10 web page, which is designed to enter the characteristics as a form.
  • the identity of the customer is determined and checked there on the basis of an association between the identification and authentication features stored in a database.
  • the postage account of the customer is determined on the basis of its identification feature.
  • a record of the postage indicium is created and output for generating the postage indicium. This is illustrated by reference numeral A2.
  • the dataset contains only one byte sequence; the printing of the data record does not provide a valid postage indicium.
  • the shipment-specific data required for the creation of the postage indicium i. in particular the consignment type, the postage amount as well as the name and the address of the recipient on the basis of the request of the print template within the franking unit 10 to the security module 20 pass.
  • the postage account Once the postage account has been identified, it will use the shipment-specific data to verify that the postage account has sufficient credit.
  • a checksum from the random number, the loading operation identification number, at least in part, is generated from the program-specific data and from the current date.
  • the checksum, the crypto-string and the transmission-specific data used to generate the checksum are included in the data record. Furthermore, the credit of the postage account of the customer during or after the creation of the record is reduced by the postage amount.
  • the data set output by the security module 20, as well as the other data specified by the customer for the creation of the document with the postage indicium, such as a document template and the text and / or graphic elements to be introduced into the document, are subsequently transferred from the franking unit 10 to the authorization unit 90 transmitted. This is referred to by the reference A3.
  • step A4 the record and the rest of the data are stored in a secure area of the entitlement unit 90 created a print template, which is provided in one of the already described types with the rights already described and encrypted.
  • a print template which is provided in one of the already described types with the rights already described and encrypted.
  • a two-dimensional barcode is first generated on the basis of the data record generated in the security module 20, which is preferably designed as a matrix code.
  • the rules for generating the matrix code from the data set are stored in the authorization unit 90 on the basis of corresponding special control commands.
  • the matrix code is introduced as a graphic element into the document selected by the customer, and a print template in a standard format is created from the document.
  • an identification feature is introduced into the print template, which clearly identifies the print template and, if appropriate, it is provided with an indication that restricted rights exist for access.
  • the print template is encrypted in such a way that it can only be decrypted in the cryptographic module 70 of the reader 60.
  • This is done, for example, by means of the public key of the reader 60 known to the authorization unit 90, which is requested by the authorization unit 90 from the operating unit 30 or in one of the preceding steps, such as the request for the print template in step A1, has been transmitted from the operating unit 30 to the franking unit 10 and forwarded by the latter to the authorization unit 90.
  • the key of the authorization unit 90 is usually already known.
  • the authorization unit 90 stores an assignment between the identification feature of the print template and information that the content of the print template may not be permanently stored, copied or exported, and that a single printout is permitted.
  • the corresponding parameters and / or corresponding values of parameters are entered into the authorization database 80.
  • the encrypted print template is transmitted from the authorization unit 90 to the operating unit 30, as illustrated in the figure by reference numeral A5.
  • the encrypted print template is stored in the volatile memory and made available to the reader 60.
  • the print template is subsequently decrypted using the private key of the reader 60, it is recognized that this is a print template that is associated with access rights, and the access rights are determined. This is illustrated in the figure by the reference numeral A6.
  • a specification of the identification feature read out by the cryptographic module 70 then becomes a query of the information sent via the access rights from the cryptographic module 70 to the authorization unit 90.
  • the latter uses the entry in the authorization database 80 to determine the information about the access rights and transmits it to the reader 60, which then blocks the controls which are provided for executing functions which may not be carried out.
  • the reader locks in the present case controls for permanent storage, for copying and exporting the artwork and for removing content.
  • the cryptographic module 70 sends a request to the authorization unit 90 about the authorization to execute the function each time a function is called, checks the authorization by the authorization unit 90 in the authorization database 80 and sends the result of this verification to the cryptographic module 70 is returned.
  • the cryptographic module 70 of the reader 60 subsequently follows this result and thus performs no functions for which there are no authorizations.
  • the customer pushes the printing on a corresponding control element.
  • the cryptographic module 70 of the reader 60 then sends a request for permission to print the content This recognizes in a first request on the basis of the entry with the association between the printing-related parameters and / or the value of a printing-related parameter in the authorization database 80, that a first printout stating the identification feature of the print template can be performed and sends a notification that printing is allowed to the cryptographic module 70 of the reader 60.
  • the content of the artwork is printed out based on the notification in the printing unit 40, with the printing unit 40 being controlled by the cryptographic module 70 of the reader 60.
  • the printing unit 40 After printing out the contents of the print template or after the transmission of the control command for printing from the cryptographic module 70 of the reader 60 to the printing unit 40 from the latter, indicating the identification feature of the print template, a notification about the printing of the contents of the print template to the authorization unit 90th which, on the basis of the notification, changes the print-related parameter and / or the value of a print-related parameter in the authorization database 80, the changed parameter or value corresponding to an indication that print-out of the artwork is not permitted ,
  • the cryptographic module 70 In order for the cryptographic module 70 to communicate a notification of printing the contents of the artwork to the entitlement unit 90, it is intended that it sends a request to communicate this notification along with the notification that printing is permitted to the cryptographic module 70 , This request is observed by the cryptographic module 70.
  • the parameter relating to the printing and / or the value of a parameter relating to the printing is already changed in the manner described above on the basis of the request for the authorization to print out the contents of the print original cryptographic module 70 is sent to the authorization unit 90.
  • This modification has the advantage that even a subsequent to the transmission of the control command for printing to the printing unit 40 subsequent separation of the control unit 30 from the power supply or from the network, via which it is connected to the authorization unit 90, can not prevent the the print-related parameter and / or the value of a print-related parameter is changed due to printing.
  • the illustrated embodiments of the invention show that the invention enables secure creation of postage indicia, in which the production of the postage indicium and its printing can be completely decoupled so that the operating unit 60 does not require any specialized equipment for generating and printing postage indicia.

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  1. Procédé d'affranchissement d'envois postaux, selon lequel une marque d'affranchissement est demandée par une unité de commande, est générée dans un module de sécurité dans une unité d'affranchissement reliée à l'unité de commande, est rendue accessible à l'unité de commande et est imprimée au moyen de l'unité de commande et/ou d'une unité d'impression,
    un modèle d'impression de la marque d'affranchissement étant généré et crypté (A4), le modèle d'impression étant transmis à l'unité de commande (30) avec un ordre de sauvegarder l'information relative à l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement après l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement,
    le modèle d'impression étant, aux fins de l'impression de la marque d'affranchissement, décrypté (A6) dans une zone sécurisée de l'unité de commande (30), la zone sécurisée faisant partie intégrante d'un programme standard universel pour représenter et/ou imprimer des éléments de type texte et/ou de type graphique, et,
    en fonction de l'ordre, après l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement, une information relative à l'impression (A7) est sauvegardée dans le modèle d'impression et/ou dans une base de données d'autorisation, l'impression de la marque d'affranchissement étant bloquée en présence de l'information relative à l'impression.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la présence de l'information relative à l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement est vérifiée avant l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement.
  3. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que l'information relative à l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement est introduite dans le modèle d'impression.
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le modèle d'impression est crypté (A4) de manière telle qu'il ne peut être décrypté que dans l'unité de commande (30) qui demande la marque d'affranchissement.
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'information relative à l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement est sauvegardée dans une base de données d'autorisation (80).
  6. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le modèle d'impression est crypté (A4) de manière telle qu'il ne peut être décrypté que dans des unités de commande (30) qui sauvegardent l'information relative à l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement après l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement et qui tiennent compte de l'information relative à l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement.
  7. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'ordre est crypté, et est décrypté dans l'unité de commande (30).
  8. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'ordre est introduit dans le modèle d'impression.
  9. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'ordre est introduit dans une licence cryptée qui est décryptée dans l'unité de commande (30).
  10. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le modèle d'impression est décrypté (A6), dans l'unité de commande (30) avec une clé qui est introduite dans la licence.
  11. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'information relative à l'impression de la marque d'affranchissement est introduite dans la licence.
  12. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le modèle d'impression et/ou la licence sont cryptés (A4) avec une clé publique de l'unité de commande (30).
  13. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le modèle d'impression et/ou la licence sont décryptés (A6) avec une clé privée de l'unité de commande (30).
  14. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la clé privée est associée à une pluralité d'unités de commande (30).
  15. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le modèle d'impression et/ou la licence sont cryptés (A4) et décryptés (A6) avec des clés identiques.
  16. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la marque d'affranchissement est oblitérée dans l'unité de commande après l'impression (A7).
  17. Dispositif pour affranchir des envois postaux, avec une unité d'affranchissement qui comprend un module de sécurité pour créer une marque d'affranchissement, avec une unité de commande reliée à l'unité d'affranchissement et avec une unité d'impression reliée à l'unité de commande pour imprimer la marque d'affranchissement,
    le module de sécurité (20) étant relié à une unité d'autorisation (90) pour créer un modèle d'impression crypté contenant la marque d'affranchissement,
    l'unité d'autorisation cryptant un ordre ordonnant de sauvegarder l'information relative à l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement après l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement,
    l'unité de commande (30) comprenant une zone sécurisée (70) qui fait partie intégrante d'un programme standard universel pour représenter et/ou imprimer des éléments de type texte et/ou de type graphique,
    la zone sécurisée (70) comportant un moyen pour décrypter le modèle d'impression, l'ordre étant décrypté dans la zone sécurisé de l'unité de commande (30),
    la zone sécurisée (70) comportant un moyen de commande pour commander l'unité d'impression (40),
    la zone sécurisée (70) comportant un moyen pour sauvegarder une information relative à l'impression de la marque d'affranchissement,
    l'information relative à l'impression étant sauvegardée dans le modèle d'impression et/ou dans une base de données d'autorisation en fonction de l'ordre après l'impression (A7) de la marque d'affranchissement et
    la zone sécurisée (70) comportant un moyen pour vérifier la présence de l'information relative à l'impression de la marque d'affranchissement, lequel bloque le moyen de commande pour commander l'unité d'impression (40) en présence de l'information relative à l'impression de la marque d'affranchissement.
  18. Dispositif selon la revendication 17, caractérisé en ce que l'unité d'autorisation (90) contient une base de données (80) pour sauvegarder l'information relative à l'impression de la marque d'affranchissement.
  19. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 17 et 18, caractérisé en ce que l'unité d'autorisation (90) est reliée à une pluralité d'unités de commande (30).
  20. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 17 à 19, caractérisé en ce que le moyen pour sauvegarder l'information relative à l'impression de la marque d'affranchissement transmet un message relatif à l'impression à l'unité d'autorisation (90).
  21. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 17 à 20, caractérisé en ce que le moyen pour vérifier la présence de l'information relative à l'impression de la marque d'affranchissement transmet à l'unité d'autorisation (90) une interrogation concernant la présence de l'information relative à l'impression de la marque d'affranchissement.
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