Electronic postage meter system settable by means of a remotely generated input device
US4629871A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 28, 1979 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 28, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00919
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A microprocessor controlled postal meter system having a postal meter with a postage printer. An accounting means maintains an accurate record of account of an amount chargeable by the meter and used by the printing means, and a data entry means for entering an amount to be charged to the accounting means, the improvement comprising a data entry medium removable from the postal meter system, the data entry medium having encoded thereon a unique combinational code for data transfer between the card and the accounting means.
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