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Apparatus for determining a postage fee

US5719776A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 27, 1996
Grant dateFeb 17, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07B2017/00395
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for determining a postage fee for setting a postage meter. The apparatus includes a computer system with at least one memory for a computer program and a postage rate system. An input/display device for the computer system includes a transparent input plate having several input fields and covers a display. The number, arrangement and function of the input fields of the input/display device and their corresponding graphic display representation are variably controlled by a computer program adapting to desired inputs.

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