Control system for franking machines
US4780601A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 1, 1986 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00403
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A control system for a set of franking machines (1) under the surveillance of a control center (2) for managing them and containing, to this end, as does each of the machines, a logic circuit organized about a processor (24) and memories (26). The data to be transmitted from the control center to the machines and vice-versa are interchanged by means of "smart" cards (3) having incorporated memory (7) and microprocessors (6) which are placed alternately in read/write terminals (5 or 4) of the control center or of the machines.
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