EP0775986A3 - Method and apparatus for redundant postage accounting data files - Google Patents

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EP0775986A3
EP0775986A3 EP96402486A EP96402486A EP0775986A3 EP 0775986 A3 EP0775986 A3 EP 0775986A3 EP 96402486 A EP96402486 A EP 96402486A EP 96402486 A EP96402486 A EP 96402486A EP 0775986 A3 EP0775986 A3 EP 0775986A3
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Chandrakant J. Shah
Keith B. Robertson
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Abstract

Appareil et procédé pour la maintenance de fichiers de données de comptabilisation d'affranchissement redondants. Des données de rapport de comptabilisation d'affranchissement redondantes sont maintenues par la présente invention en créant tout d'abord un fichier de données sur un dispositif d'affranchissement (par exemple un SMD) (5) afin de stocker des données de comptabilisation d'affranchissement. Un second fichier de données est créé sur un ordinateur pouvant communiquer avec le SMD (qui peut être soit à distance, soit local par rapport à l'ordinateur) (20, 120). Pour chaque transaction qui met à jour les données de comptabilisation d'affranchissement stockées dans le SMD, le fichier de données résidant sur l'ordinateur est mis à jour afin de refléter la modification.

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Apparatus and method for maintaining redundant postage accounting data files. Redundant postage accounting report data is maintained by the present invention by first creating a data file on a postage meter (e.g., an SMD) (5) in order to store postage accounting data. postage. A second data file is created on a computer capable of communicating with the SMD (which can be either remote or local to the computer) (20, 120). For each transaction that updates postage accounting data stored in the SMD, the data file residing on the computer is updated to reflect the change.
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