CA2058408A1 - Remote postage meter resetting by facsimile communication - Google Patents

Remote postage meter resetting by facsimile communication

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CA2058408A1
CA2058408A1 CA2058408A CA2058408A CA2058408A1 CA 2058408 A1 CA2058408 A1 CA 2058408A1 CA 2058408 A CA2058408 A CA 2058408A CA 2058408 A CA2058408 A CA 2058408A CA 2058408 A1 CA2058408 A1 CA 2058408A1
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Prior art keywords
postage meter
facsimile communication
recharge
request
transmitted
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CA2058408A
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French (fr)
Other versions
CA2058408C (en
Inventor
Kenneth A. Schulz
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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Pitney Bowes Inc.
Kenneth A. Schulz
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Publication of CA2058408A1 publication Critical patent/CA2058408A1/en
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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/00127—Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
    • H04N1/00323—Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture with a measuring, monitoring or signaling apparatus, e.g. for transmitting measured information to a central location
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/00127—Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/32—Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device, e.g. between a still-image camera and its memory or between a still-image camera and a printer device
    • H04N1/327—Initiating, continuing or ending a single-mode communication; Handshaking therefor
    • H04N1/32765—Initiating a communication
    • H04N1/32771—Initiating a communication in response to a request, e.g. for a particular document
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/32—Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device, e.g. between a still-image camera and its memory or between a still-image camera and a printer device
    • H04N1/327—Initiating, continuing or ending a single-mode communication; Handshaking therefor
    • H04N1/32765—Initiating a communication
    • H04N1/32771—Initiating a communication in response to a request, e.g. for a particular document
    • H04N1/32778—Initiating a communication in response to a request, e.g. for a particular document using a mark-sheet or machine-readable code request
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G07B2017/00153—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information
    • G07B2017/00161—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information from a central, non-user location, e.g. for updating rates or software, or for refilling funds
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00709—Scanning mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00725—Reading symbols, e.g. OCR
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, and to details thereof
    • H04N2201/0077—Types of the still picture apparatus
    • H04N2201/0086—Image transceiver

Abstract

A system and method for the recharge of postage meters.
A request for recharge of a postage meter is transmitted to a remote location as a facsimile image. The information in the request is extracted using OCR or similar techneques and transmitted to a data processing center which verifies the request and, if verified, returns a unique code which will recharge the requesting meter. The code is transmitted to the requesting meter as a second facsimile image.
CA002058408A 1990-12-24 1991-12-23 Remote postage meter resetting by facsimile communication Expired - Fee Related CA2058408C (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US632,866 1990-12-24
US07/632,866 US5233531A (en) 1990-12-24 1990-12-24 Remote postage meter resetting by facsimile communication

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CA2058408A1 true CA2058408A1 (en) 1992-06-25
CA2058408C CA2058408C (en) 2000-02-22

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EP (1) EP0492622B1 (en)
CA (1) CA2058408C (en)
DE (1) DE69125357T2 (en)

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EP0492622A2 (en) 1992-07-01
EP0492622A3 (en) 1992-10-14
DE69125357D1 (en) 1997-04-30
US5233531A (en) 1993-08-03
DE69125357T2 (en) 1997-08-07
CA2058408C (en) 2000-02-22
EP0492622B1 (en) 1997-03-26

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