Postage meter machine with separately stored software postage module

US6629084B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Francotyp-Postalia AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Hasbi Kabacaolgu · Berlin, DE
• Ralf Mueller · Germersheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 30, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 16, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07B2017/00419
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A postage meter machine has a microprocessor that processes commands of a control program containing a number of software modules for realizing the operating functions of the postage meter machine. The control program includes a postage module that contains postage data and commands for designing a postage user interface to be displayed at a display. The postage module is stored separately from other software modules in a memory module whose content can be modified.