System and method for verifying digital postal marks
US6810390B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00443
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and corresponding method for verifying digital postal marks on mailpieces or, more generally, for verifying a mark on any kind of document where the mark represents value and might be counterfeited or used fraudulently, the system including in the specific case of verifying a digital postal mark: a plurality of mail processing machine verification modules (MPMVMs), each responsive to information obtained from sampled mailpieces, and each further responsive to a control file specifying patterns of sampling and specifying responses to sampling results, each MPMVM performing local verification of the sampled mailpieces according to the control file, each MPMVM for providing the information obtained from the sampled mailpieces and optionally the local verification results; and a data center verification module (DCVM), responsive to the information obtained from the sampled mailpieces and also to the local verification results, for analyzing the information obtained from the sampled mailpieces, for periodically providing a control file in replacement of any existing control file, the replacement control file being based on the results of collectively analyzing the information o…
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