EP0690417A3 - Postage meter having electronic access control security - Google Patents

Postage meter having electronic access control security Download PDF

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EP0690417A3
EP0690417A3 EP95401301A EP95401301A EP0690417A3 EP 0690417 A3 EP0690417 A3 EP 0690417A3 EP 95401301 A EP95401301 A EP 95401301A EP 95401301 A EP95401301 A EP 95401301A EP 0690417 A3 EP0690417 A3 EP 0690417A3
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Prior art keywords
meter
reset
security code
postal
manufacturer
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP0690417A2 (en
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Robert Leroy Hillegass
Jean Charles Weber
Cyrus Abumehdi
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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
    • G07B17/00016—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
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/30—Individual registration on entry or exit not involving the use of a pass
    • G07C9/32—Individual registration on entry or exit not involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check
    • G07C9/33—Individual registration on entry or exit not involving the use of a pass in combination with an identity check by means of a password
    • 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
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00741—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system using specific cryptographic algorithms or functions
    • G07B2017/0075—Symmetric, secret-key algorithms, e.g. DES, RC2, RC4, IDEA, Skipjack, CAST, AES
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00822—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system including unique details
    • G07B2017/0083—Postal data, e.g. postage, address, sender, machine ID, vendor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00822—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system including unique details
    • G07B2017/00838—Personal data, i.e. biometrics
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00935—Passwords

Abstract

A postage meter which can be accessed and reset electrically through use of a two-part coded password sent by a postal employee to a meter manufacturer and an encrypted security code sent by the meter manufacturer to the postal employee for use in putting the postal meter in a reset mode for resetting postage registers in the meter. Enhanced security is realized by the meter manufacturer validating the first part of the password as identifying an authorized postal employee and/or post office station and the second part as associated with a legitimate meter and then issuing the encrypted security code to the postal employee for resetting the meter. The encrypted security code is based on a variable amount of credit with which a register of the meter is to be reset and the security code input to the meter is compared with a corresponding code generated by the meter based on an input of the variable credit amount to ensure that the meter is reset with an authorized credit amount.
EP95401301A 1994-06-02 1995-06-02 Postage meter having electronic access control security Withdrawn EP0690417A3 (en)

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US25297094A 1994-06-02 1994-06-02
US252970 1994-06-02

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EP0690417A3 true EP0690417A3 (en) 1999-09-15

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US4447890A (en) * 1980-07-14 1984-05-08 Pitney Bowes Inc. Remote postage meter systems having variable user authorization code
EP0111319A2 (en) * 1982-12-08 1984-06-20 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter with keyboard keys for changing postage unused amount
EP0298776A2 (en) * 1987-07-09 1989-01-11 Neopost Limited Franking machine system
US4812994A (en) * 1985-08-06 1989-03-14 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter locking system
EP0388841A1 (en) * 1989-03-23 1990-09-26 Neopost Industrie Emergency post office setting for remote setting meter
EP0388839A2 (en) * 1989-03-23 1990-09-26 Neopost Industrie Remote meter configuration

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US4447890A (en) * 1980-07-14 1984-05-08 Pitney Bowes Inc. Remote postage meter systems having variable user authorization code
EP0111319A2 (en) * 1982-12-08 1984-06-20 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter with keyboard keys for changing postage unused amount
US4812994A (en) * 1985-08-06 1989-03-14 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage meter locking system
EP0298776A2 (en) * 1987-07-09 1989-01-11 Neopost Limited Franking machine system
EP0388841A1 (en) * 1989-03-23 1990-09-26 Neopost Industrie Emergency post office setting for remote setting meter
EP0388839A2 (en) * 1989-03-23 1990-09-26 Neopost Industrie Remote meter configuration

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