Device alerting to expiration in a franking system
US8533127B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2004 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07B2017/00395
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
This invention relates to a device alerting to the expiration of tariffs for a franking system, comprising a random access memory (RAM) for recording postal data including a first table of postal tariffs relative to postal products and services and a processing unit for updating these postal tariffs, this RAM further comprising a second table of postal tariffs and the processing unit comprising means for comparing the postal tariffs of the first and second tables and for emitting a message alerting to the expiration of tariffs when a date of application of the postal tariffs of said second table is identical to or earlier than a desired date of franking and when one of these compared postal tariffs has been changed.
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