EP1443467A3 - Rate expiration alerting device for franking system - Google Patents

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EP1443467A3
EP1443467A3 EP04290238A EP04290238A EP1443467A3 EP 1443467 A3 EP1443467 A3 EP 1443467A3 EP 04290238 A EP04290238 A EP 04290238A EP 04290238 A EP04290238 A EP 04290238A EP 1443467 A3 EP1443467 A3 EP 1443467A3
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franking system
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Pascal Charroppin
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Quadient Technologies France SA
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Neopost Technologies SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00314—Communication within apparatus, personal computer [PC] system, or server, e.g. between printhead and central unit in a franking machine
    • 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
    • G07B17/00016—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
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
    • G07B2017/00395—Memory organization

Abstract

Un dispositif d'alerte de péremption tarifaire pour système d'affranchissement comprenant une mémoire vive pour l'enregistrement de données postales dont une première table de tarifs postaux relatifs à des produits et services postaux et une unité de traitement pour la mise à jour de ces tarifs postaux, cette mémoire vive comportant en outre une seconde table de tarifs postaux et l'unité de traitement comportant des moyens pour comparer les tarifs postaux des première et seconde tables et pour émettre un message d'alerte de péremption tarifaire lorsqu'une date d'application des tarifs postaux de la seconde table est égale ou antérieure à une date d'affranchissement demandée et que l'un de ces tarifs postaux comparés a été modifié.

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A postage rate warning system for franking system comprising a random access memory for the recording of postal data including a first postage rate table relating to postal products and services and a processing unit for updating these postal rates. postal rates, this RAM further comprising a second postal rate table and the processing unit comprising means for comparing the postal rates of the first and second tables and to issue a tariff expiration warning message when a date of the The application of the postal rates of the second table is equal to or earlier than a requested postage date and one of these compared postal rates has been changed.
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EP04290238A 2003-01-31 2004-01-30 Rate expiration alerting device for franking system Withdrawn EP1443467A3 (en)

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FR0301161 2003-01-31
FR0301161A FR2850776A1 (en) 2003-01-31 2003-01-31 EXPIRY DEVICE FOR POSTAGE SYSTEM

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EP1443467A3 true EP1443467A3 (en) 2007-10-24

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US5710706A (en) * 1994-12-23 1998-01-20 Francotyp-Postalia Ag & Co. Method for entering data into a scale
EP0745958A2 (en) * 1995-06-01 1996-12-04 Francotyp-Postalia AG & Co. Device and method for setting the date of electronically controlled franking machines
EP0862144A2 (en) * 1997-01-29 1998-09-02 Neopost Limited Postage metering apparatus
DE19843252A1 (en) * 1998-09-11 2000-03-16 Francotyp Postalia Gmbh Data entry in postage computer, e.g. in postage machine, postage scales, involves loading of new postage table data at user-defined time, and updating data at time defined by post carrier
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