Method and apparatus for a modular postage accounting system
US5822738A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 22, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00967
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus and method for a modular postage accounting system. An open system metering device of the present invention includes a general purpose computer, a digital printer and a secure metering device (SMD). The SMD performs the accounting functions of a postage meter and generates encrypted postage indicia data for transmission by the computer to the digital printer and subsequent printing on a mailpiece by the digital printer. Postage credit data can be entered into the SMD using a computerized meter resetting system just as it is in a conventional postage meter.
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