WO2006032331A2 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zum frankieren von postsendungen - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for franking postal items, in which a postage indicium is created in a franking unit, transmitted to an operating unit and printed out.
- the invention further relates to a device for franking mailpieces with a franking unit for creating a postage indicium, an operating unit connected to the franking unit and a printing unit for printing out the postage indicium.
- Traditional franking systems which use, for example, mailer franking machines for franking mailpieces include both means for the secure generation of postage indicia and a printing unit for printing the postage indicia.
- Modern franking systems are typically subdivided into central and customer systems. With this division, it is possible to carry out particularly tamper-proof methods for generating postage indicia, which can only be carried out with a very large technical outlay, centrally for a large number of customers, and only to print out the postage indicium at the customer.
- a method for generating tamper-proof franking markings is described, for example, by the German Patent DE 100 20 566 C2 of the applicant.
- postage indicia are created on the basis of information identifying the mail item and its sender, which are encrypted in a highly secure cryptographic module of a value transfer center in such a way that they can only be decrypted and checked in a test center , The postage indicia can then be applied by the sender to the mailpieces.
- Mail items such as the system "STAMPIT” operated by the Applicant, are operating and / or printing units with which the sender franks the mailpieces, therefore equipped in a special and complex manner. Special hardware and / or software of the printing and / or operating units prevents the generation of duplicates.
- a method for franking mail pieces in which a postage indicium is created in a franking unit, transmitted to an operating unit connected to the franking unit and printed out, is carried out such that a user interface is provided on the operating unit is provided by the franking unit, and that the printing of the franking mark created in the franking unit and transmitted to the operating unit is controlled by the user interface, whereby the franking mark is applied exactly once to a mailpiece.
- a method with the features mentioned has the advantage that an operating unit operated by a user does not has to be equipped in a special way, but a user interface is provided by the central franking unit on a standard operating unit, which in particular controls the printing of the postage indicium, thereby preventing the printing of duplicates.
- the term user interface is to be understood here in its weites ⁇ th meaning and includes in particular all interfaces that make control commands available, with which a communication between the control unit and the Fran ⁇ kierritt is controlled, and the inventive control of the control unit and / or a enable connected printing unit.
- the control commands can be provided, for example, in the form of a computer program which is transmitted from the franking unit to the operating unit.
- the user interface is implemented in a standard environment present in the operating unit, a so-called universal client, in the form of a web page and / or a so-called intelligent document.
- the universal client is, for example, a web browser or a standard program for interpreting and displaying ordinary and / or intelligent documents, which is referred to here as a reader.
- intelligent documents include process logic embedded in the document in the form of so-called scripts. Such documents allow context-dependent or due to an interaction with the
- control commands are expediently provided by the user interface, which in particular permit communication between the operating unit and the franking unit and with which the printing of the franking mark is controlled. This preferably takes place in such a way that only a single printing of the franking mark is carried out.
- the manipulation security is increased by the fact that, after the franking mark has been printed, an indication of the printing is stored in a print database, wherein the indication is transmitted to the print database under the control of the user interface.
- the print database is preferably operated centrally, for example in the area of the franking unit.
- the franking index is not printed out if the print database contains an indication of the printout.
- the logging of the postage indicium allows postage for a created Franking note be refunded if there is no indication of the printing in the print database for the Frankierver ⁇ .
- a postage refund can be made.
- the requirement of the franking mark is controlled by the user interface.
- control commands are changed for each request for a postage indicium.
- information about a request with certain control commands is preferably stored in the area of the franking unit.
- a repeated request for a franking mark is rejected by the franking unit on the basis of identical control commands.
- the security of the method can be further increased by the fact that the printing of a valid postage indicium is controlled such that it takes place only when a request for a postage indicium has immediately preceded it.
- the generation of a doublet is particularly effectively prevented.
- Mailing note to be applied to the service unit is not displayed on the Be ⁇ dienhim to prevent a Du- blette is generated on the basis of an image of a franking mark shown on a display means.
- a preview of the valid postage indicium is preferably displayed via the user interface in order to give a user of the operating unit an impression of the valid franking mark.
- the preview expediently contains an invalid postage indicium.
- the data containing the postage indicium are provided with access rights which do not permit storage in the area of the operating unit.
- data containing the control commands for printing and / or requesting the postage indicium are provided with access rights which do not permit storage in the area of the operating unit.
- the postage indicium is introduced into a document in the area of the franking unit.
- This can be, for example, a letter, an envelope or an address label.
- the document is preferably created via the user interface.
- the method according to the invention is particularly user-friendly.
- the printing of the document advantageously takes place in the manner described above with reference to the postage indicium.
- the invention additionally provides a device for carrying out the method.
- the 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 for printing the postage indicium is characterized in particular by the franking unit having a means for providing a user interface to the postage meter
- Operating unit includes, with the printing of a Frankier ⁇ note is controllable.
- the user interface is preferably designed such that the request for a postage indicium from the franking unit can be controlled with it.
- the franking unit comprises a feeder system for providing the user interface and a security module for generating the franking mark.
- the operating unit preferably comprises a standard environment, the so-called universal client, in which the user interface is provided.
- the franking unit comprises a print database in which the information transmitted by the user interface is included is stored on the printing of the franking mark.
- the user interface has a means for transmitting the information about the printing of the franking mark and a means for querying the print database.
- the franking unit advantageously comprises a database for storing the request for the postage indicium.
- the franking unit and the operating unit are connected to one another via a network, preferably via a long-distance network, such as the Internet.
- the use of the network makes it possible with advantage that a plurality of operating units is connected to the franking unit.
- Valid postage indicia are created in a franking unit 10, transmitted to an operating unit -20 and printed out in a printing unit 30 connected to the operating unit 20.
- the generation of the postage indicia is thereby preferred As a matter of principle, as described in the German patent DE 100 20 566 C2 of the Applicant. This patent will therefore be referred to herein in connection with the production of secure postage indicia.
- customers of a provider of postage indicia are each assigned a postage account which is managed in the franking unit 10 and into which postage amounts for franking mailpieces can be loaded.
- the franking unit 10 is preferably operated as a central unit which manages a plurality of postage accounts and is connected to a plurality of operating units 20 via a network, for example a wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet.
- WAN wide area network
- the franking unit 10 loads the postage amount using cryptographic methods from a value transfer center of a postal company, which is not shown in the figure.
- a secret information for example a random number
- the security module 40 is embodied as a so-called cryptographic module and is likewise used for creating postage indicia.
- a loading service identification number uniquely assigned to each of these is formed for each charging process, which preferably contains in particular an identification feature of the user or the postage account of the user and the postage amount.
- a combination of the random number and the loading service identification number is encrypted in such a way that it can only be decrypted in a checking center of the postal enterprise for verifying the validity of a franking mark.
- the encrypted combination of the random number and the loading event identification number forms a so-called crypto-ring, which is introduced into the postage indicia.
- the loading process is completed and credited the postage amount credited to the postage account.
- Cryptostring, the load identity number, and the random number are cached to generate indicia in the backup module 40 under assignment to the associated postage account.
- the postage amount can now be used to generate digital franking notes which are created in the security module 40 and applied to mailpieces by a user by means of the operating unit 20 and the printing unit 30.
- the operating unit 20 is, for example, a PC with a connected printer which serves as a pressure unit 30.
- the operating unit 20 is connected via a WAN, spielmik via the Internet, with the franking unit 10 and has an operable by their user input means and a display means for displaying text and / or graphic elements.
- the communication between the operating unit 20 and the franking unit 10 via the WAN takes place on the basis of protocols which are known to the person skilled in the art.
- TCP / IP Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
- HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- data exchange can be carried out in encrypted form, for example using the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol.
- a standard environment for displaying and executing files and in particular a standard browser 50 for displaying HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) documents and optionally in addition to running scripts and web-based applications, such as Java applications for Provided.
- HTML Hypertext Markup Language
- a reader 60 for displaying and printing contained in files of a particular format such as the PDF (Portable Document F_ormat) or a format used by a standard program for word processing format containing text and / or graphic elements provided.
- the reader 60 can be designed so that it can display and interpret ordinary and intel ⁇ ligigent documents. It can also be provided that the reader 60 is integrated into the browser 50 as a so-called plug-in.
- each modern PC which has a corresponding reader 60 and a browser 50, operated as a control unit 20 and used in the invention.
- an intelligent document contains process logic that is embedded in the intelligent document in the form of so-called scripts.
- the process logic of the intelligent document allows input and output To integrate fields or buttons in the document, by filling or pressing, for example, contained in the document text and / or graphic elements are changed or processes, such as the printing of text and / or graphic elements are executed.
- the content of the intelligent document can be changed context-dependent, that is to say, depending on a current value of a specific parameter present in the operating unit 20, and the intelligent document can perform calculations or other processes using the operating unit 20 in the operating unit existing processors as well as volatile and non-volatile memory elements.
- restricted authorizations for saving, printing, copying and / or exporting text and / or graphics elements contained in the intelligent document are defined on the basis of access rights. This is done independently of the scripts embedded in the document in order to obtain the access rights to the entire intelligent document, including the control commands contained in the scripts, which thus can not be used to secure the rights.
- the intelligent documents used are designed in a platform-independent format and are produced, for example, on the basis of the PDF (Portable Document Format) and XML (Extensible Markup Language). It is also possible to create the intelligent documents in formats used by standard word processing programs, such as Microsoft's Word program.
- the franking unit 10 has a source system 70 for creating web pages that can be interpreted and displayed in the browser 50 and for common and intelligent documents that can be interpreted and displayed in the reader 60.
- the pre-system 70 is an independent unit which can be connected via suitable connecting means, for example within one Network, is connected to the fuse module 40.
- the franking unit 10 also contains a print database 80 into which information about postage indicia created and the printing out of these postage indicia are entered.
- the print database 80 is connected to the pre-system 70 and, if appropriate, also to the security module 40.
- a user interface is provided via which the user can seamlessly and simply frank mailpieces.
- one or more web pages are first transmitted from the feeder system 70 to the operating unit 20 and displayed there by means of the browser 50, via which the user specifies mailing-specific data of the mail item to be franked and selects a document into which the postage indicium is to be inserted.
- the web pages are executed for the purposes mentioned as forms, for example as HTML forms aus ⁇ .
- the mailing-specific data include, in particular, information about a mailing type of the postal service to be franked and about the name and address of the recipient of the mailing. For example, letters, envelopes, address labels or other labels come into question as documents in which the franking mark is to be introduced.
- the user also specifies additional text in a web page besides the name and the address of the recipient, which text is to be included in a letter, for example. It can also be provided that the user specifies in the web page a file which contains some or all text and graphic elements of the document.
- the user's information is transmitted to the feeder system 70, as shown by reference numeral A1 in the figure, and evaluated there.
- text and graphic elements which the user has entered into a web page or which have been transmitted as a file are converted into a format, such as the XML format, which is the simplest possible and problem-free creation of a print original allowed for the document.
- the postage amount for franking the mail item is determined on the basis of the mailing type and the address of the recipient.
- the source system 70 Based on the evaluated information of the user, the source system 70 prepares a preview of the document (A2). The preview is first introduced into a website that is sent to the
- Operating unit 20 is transmitted and displayed to the user by means of the browser 50.
- the preview contains the of the User specified text and graphic elements and includes a pattern of the valid postage indicium.
- the digital postage indicium contains at least an indication of the postage amount in plain text, the crypto string and further partially encoded shipment-specific information.
- the information is thereby introduced into a two-dimensional barcode embodied as a matrix code, which is applied to the mailpiece.
- the pattern of the postage indicium contains, for example, a crossed-out indication of the postage amount and a sample barcode which at least does not contain the crypto-string.
- the pattern is likewise created in the feeder system 70, while the security module 40 is provided to generate valid franking markings.
- the web page with the preview is transmitted to the operating unit 20, as illustrated by reference numeral A3, and displayed by the browser on the operating unit 20, which is illustrated in the figure by reference numeral A4.
- the user can then request a test print or a document with a valid postage indicium via the webpage with the preview, for example via a corresponding button contained in the web page.
- the intelligent document When requesting a test print, which is transmitted by the web page to the feeder system 70, it prepares a print template with the preview in the form of an intelligent document.
- the intelligent document is thereby provided with scripts which contain control commands which control the printing of the preview in the printing unit 30 in such a way. that it takes place immediately after the reception of the intelligent document in the operating unit 20.
- the intelligent document is opened by the reader 60 and the control commands contained in the scripts are executed.
- the intelligent document with the preview is also designed such that no display of its contents takes place at a display means of the operating unit 20.
- the intelligent document can be opened in a so-called hidden frame.
- the printing of a valid postage indicium is done in a similar manner, so that the user is made familiar with the process of printing the valid postage indicium when performing the test print.
- the print original of the preview is introduced into an ordinary document which can be displayed and printed in a controlled manner by the reader 60.
- Another web page is first transmitted from the feeder system 70 to the operating unit 20 into which the user enters identification and authentication features such as, for example, a user name and an associated password, enters.
- the Web ⁇ page is executed for this purpose as a form, which is a transmission of the entered characteristics to the feeder system
- a request for generating a valid franking mark is then forwarded to the securing module 40 via the pre-system 70, stating the identification and authentication features of the user and the transmission-specific data temporarily stored in the feeder system 70.
- the requirement of the valid franking mark is shown by reference numeral A5.
- the identity of the user is checked on the basis of an assignment stored in a database between the identification and the authentication feature, and after a successful identity check, the postage account of the user is determined. If this contains a postage amount sufficient to produce the requested franking mark, the valid postage indicium is generated in the securing module 40, which is illustrated by the reference numeral A6.
- a hash value in particular from delivery-specific data, such as the postage amount, the mailing type, the information about the name and the address of the recipient, from the current date, the random number temporarily stored in the security module, the
- the postage amount of the por- to the user's account is reduced by the postage amount used for the franking.
- the hash value, the information from which the hash value has been formed, and the crypto string are included in the postage indicium and incorporated in the postage indicium.
- the franking mark generated in this way in the security module 20 is transmitted to the pre-system 70 and there another intelligent document is created with the text and graphic elements specified by the user as well as the valid postage indicium, which is introduced as matrix code into the document.
- an entry about the creation of the intelligent document with the valid postage indicium is entered in the print database 80 indicating an identification feature of the franking mark, which is taken either by the security module 40 or by the source system 70.
- Embedded in the intelligent document are scripts containing control commands which initiate the printing of the document with the valid postage indicium immediately after the reception of the intelligent document in the operating unit 20 and the opening of the document in the reader 60. Furthermore, the intelligent document is designed such that it is not displayed by the reader on the display means of the operating unit 20 in order to prevent the printout of a doublet on the basis of an image of the display.
- control commands are introduced into the intelligent document which, after the franking mark has been printed out, convey a statement containing the identification feature of the franking mark about the printing to the printer.
- Database 80 (All) control, in which the information is deposited under the ent speaking entry of the franking mark.
- a control over the presence of an indication of the printing in the print database 80 is carried out controlled by control commands contained in the intel ⁇ ligenten document (A9, AlO).
- the franking mark can only be printed out if there is no such indication.
- the intelligent document is provided with access rights which do not permit its content to be printed by the operating unit 20 or by one of its components, such as the browser 50 and the reader 60.
- Further access rights can also relate to the fact that storage of content in a non-volatile memory of the operating unit 20 is not permitted.
- Control unit 20 is deleted by appropriate control commands in the in ⁇ intelligent document after the printing is done. This is advantageous in particular in embodiments of the invention in which no query of the print database 80 is made prior to printing.
- the thus configured intelligent document with the valid postage indicium is transmitted from the feeder system 70 to the operating unit 20, as illustrated in the figure by reference numeral A7.
- the intelligent document In the area of the operating unit 20, the intelligent document is stored in a volatile memory, and the reader 60 interprets the content of the document and, in particular, the information contained in the intelligent document. embedded control commands.
- the printing of the document with the franking mark in accordance with the control commands is initiated immediately after receipt of the intelligent document in the operating unit (A8).
- a display of contents of the document on the display means of the Every ⁇ unit 20 is not carried out; The opening of the document by the reader 60 takes place, for example, in a hidden frame.
- a request for an indication of an already completed printing of the postage indicium is then first of all transmitted from the operating unit 20 to the franking unit 10, as illustrated by reference numeral A9.
- the identification feature of the franking mark transmitted together with the request it is checked in the area of the franking unit 10, for example by the feeder system 70, in the print database 80, whether there is an indication of the printing of the franking mark. If this is the case, a corresponding message is transmitted to the operating unit 20, and the printing of the
- the document with the valid postage indicium is printed in the printing unit 30 after receipt of a corresponding notification sent to the operating unit 20.
- the transmission of the notification is illustrated by the reference numeral AlO.
- the printing in the printing unit 30 takes place according to the control commands in the intelligent document and is represented by the reference symbol All in the figure.
- an indication of the completed printing together with the identification feature of the postage indicium is transmitted from the operating unit 20 to the franking unit 10, as illustrated by the reference numeral A12 is stored, and under the corresponding entry of the franking mark in the Druck ⁇ database 80. This can again be done by the pre-system 70, for example.
- the expression of duplicates can thus be particularly effective prevented wir ⁇ . Furthermore, the logging of the printout in the print database 80 makes it possible for the user to prove, if appropriate, that the printout has not been made, for example because of an error. It is provided that a refund of the postage amount takes place if a generated postage indicium has not been printed out.
- a further embodiment of the invention provides that the request for a document with a valid franking mark is not made via a web page but also via an intelligent document.
- This may be, for example, an intelligent document which contains the preview of the valid franking mark and in which the valid franking mark is taken over.
- This intelligent document comprises control commands with which the request for a valid postage indicium can be controlled. Furthermore, it can be provided with access rights which prohibit storage in the area of the operating unit 20 in order to prevent the intelligent document from becoming too is called again at a later time to request the Frankier ⁇ note to produce a doublet.
- the thus configured document with the preview is transmitted from the feeder system 70 to the operating unit 20 (A3).
- the reader 60 interprets the content of the document and displays the included preview in this embodiment on a display means of the operating unit 20.
- the intelligent document is stored in a volatile memory of the operating unit 20.
- the preview may be printed out with the printing unit 30, with the printing controlled by either the reader 60 or the intelligent document.
- the intelligent document can be seen ver ⁇ with access rights, which prohibit a print content that is controlled by the control unit 20 or contained in the control unit 20 components, such as the reader 60.
- the intelligent document contains a button whose actuation causes the user to
- Printing process triggers.
- the intelligent document contains a means for requesting the document with the valid franking mark from the franking unit 10. This is also, for example, a corresponding button whose operation actuates the request and which preferably follows will be hidden once to prevent a still requesting the franking mark to produce a duplet.
- a request Upon request, a request will be made to submit and print the document with a valid postage indicium controlled scripts contained in the intelligent document to the franking unit 10 transmitted (A5), and there passed on to the securing module 40, while providing the identification and authentication features of the user.
- each intelligent document which controls the requirement of a valid postage indicium is equipped with individual control commands, which are uniquely assigned to the intelligent document. This happens, for example, in that a feature, such as an identification number, which is unambiguously assigned to the intelligent document, is introduced into it.
- the features uniquely assigned to the document are likewise transmitted to the franking unit 10, and in the area of the pre-system 70 or the security module 40 a check is made in a database as to whether a franking mark has already been requested on the basis of the specific feature. If so, the request is rejected. This prevents a duet from being requested on the basis of a stored document.
- the valid postage indicium is generated in the security module 40 in the manner described above (A6), transmitted via the front-end system 70 to the operating unit 20 (A7) and transferred there into the existing intelligent document. This is designed such that control commands control the printing such that the document which was displayed as a preview is sent with the valid postage indicium instead of the pattern to the printing unit 30 and printed out.
- An indication of the valid franking mark on a display means of the operating unit does not take place, so that prevents will create a duplicate from an image of the ad.
- the printing is carried out in the manner described above according to a controlled by the scripts in the intelligent document query the print database 80. Furthermore, after printing in turn an indication of the printing in the print database 80 is deposited.
- Reprinting of the document is, however, additionally prevented in this embodiment by the fact that the printout of the digital document with a valid postage indicium and the request for the valid postage indicium recorded in the area of the franking unit are linked to one another and are not carried out independently of one another can nen ⁇ . It is not possible to print out the document with a valid franking mark from a stored intelligent document, bypassing the scripts for controlling printing contained in the intelligent document, since these are required to insert the valid postage indicium into the document. which initially contains the pattern to bring.
- the request for the valid franking mark in which the request for the valid franking mark is also controlled by an intelligent document, it may also be provided to dispense with the print database 80 and queries about a completed printing of the postage indicium.
- the tamper-resistant security can be increased by a corresponding definition of access rights Saving an intelligent document that contains a valid postage indicium and / or control commands for requesting the valid franking mark is not permitted in a non-volatile memory of the operating unit 20.
- the franking mark contained in the document can be deleted or invalidated after printing by corresponding control commands embedded in the intelligent document from the document, and scripts, such as the script containing the control commands for requesting the valid postage indicium, can be added after the single execution at least partially deleted. If it is possible to store the intelligent document, a further printout of the content of the intelligent document thus does not contain a valid postage indicium, and scripts can not be executed a second time, so that the printing of duplicates in these embodiments of the invention likewise Wirk ⁇ is fully prevented.
- the valid franking mark is only created when the preview has been transmitted to the operating unit 10 and subsequently the valid franking mark has been requested (A5).
- the source system 70 it is also possible to generate the valid postage indicium already after the evaluation of the information about the type of shipment and the recipient, which was entered by the user in step A1, by the source system 70.
- the postage indicium is thereby created in the manner already described (A6), but initially temporarily stored in the feeder system 70. After requesting the valid franking mark, it is then transmitted to the operating unit 20 (A7) and printed (A9 to A12) in one of the manners described above.
- the intelligent document is designed in such a way that the valid franking mark is not displayed on the operating unit 20 and that the printing of the document with the valid franking mark is controlled only by the scripts of the intelligent document can be done. This happens in one of the ways described above.
- the invention provides an advantageous possibility for the secure and easy franking of mailpieces, in particular the printing of duplicates is prevented.
- the various illustrated embodiments of the Er ⁇ invention are not exclusive, but the features of various embodiments of the invention can be combined.
- the postal items stamped by means of a method of the invention are delivered to the postal undertaking in a conventional manner.
- the franking is checked in the testing center. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS
- Al conveying information about a type of shipment, a name and an address of a recipient and a document into which the postage indicium is to be inserted
- A4 Display and / or printout of the preview
- A5 Requesting a valid franking mark
- A6 Generating the valid postage indicium
- A7 Transmitting the valid postage indicium
- A8 Triggering the printing of the postage indicium
- A9 Submitting a request for the presence of an indication of the printing of the postage indicium AlO Submitting a notification about the presence of an indication of the printing of the franking mark All Actuation of the printing unit for printing out the franking mark
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JP2007531622A JP2008513857A (ja) | 2004-09-21 | 2005-08-15 | 郵便物の料金納付のための方法と装置 |
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