Controlling firmware branch points in an electronic postage meter
US4636975A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 8, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 8, 2002 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00419
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and associated apparatus for controlling firmware branch points in an electronic postage meter, comprising the steps of storing a program for operation of the electronic postage meter, providing at least one data bit external to the stored program, each such data bit corresponding to a particular branch point in the program, and selecting a branch of the program for use in operation of the meter in accordance with the data bit so that the program may be readily reconfigured based on the presence of a data bit.
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