Method for automatic installation of franking devices and arrangement for the implementation of the method

US6775656B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Francotyp-Postalia GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Gettwart · Velten, DE
• Olaf Turner · Berlin, DE
• Dieter Pauschinger · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 17, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 10, 2004
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07B2017/00427
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method for automatic installation of a franking device, and a franking device operating according to the method, a self-test is conducted in the franking device in order to determine whether an automatic installation is to be implemented and a loading of a customer-specific data set is to be undertaken into a non-volatile memory or, if an installation has already ensued earlier, whether the installation procedure need not be implemented. In the automatic installation procedure, A mirror data set is produced at a data center, corresponding to the machine data stored in the franking device, and the mirror data set is stored in the data center allocated to a numerical code. Customer data for a sold franking device are communicated to the data center. The customer data are stored in the data center allocated to the numerical code. A machine-specific and customer-specific data set is made available in the data center allocated to the numerical code, this the data set including at least data for a specific stamp with temporary and local data. The data set is communicated to the franking location after a reception of corresponding request data or inputs.