EP1254433A4 - Proof of postage digital franking - Google Patents

Proof of postage digital franking

Info

Publication number: EP1254433A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: proof; digital franking; postage; postage digital; franking
Prior art date: 2000-01-24
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP00991955A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1254433A2 (en

Inventor

George M Brookner

Michael A Brown

Eskandari Fetnah

Robert G Schwartz

Eric L Zuidema

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Hasler Inc

Original Assignee

Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2000-01-24

Filing date

2000-11-13

Publication date

2004-09-01

2000-11-13 Application filed by Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Inc filed Critical Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Inc

2002-11-06 Publication of EP1254433A2 publication Critical patent/EP1254433A2/en

2004-09-01 Publication of EP1254433A4 publication Critical patent/EP1254433A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

- 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
- 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
- G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
- 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
- G07B2017/00145—Communication details outside or between apparatus via the Internet
- 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
- G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
- G07B2017/00201—Open franking system, i.e. the printer is not dedicated to franking only, e.g. PC (Personal Computer)
- 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
- G07B2017/00959—Cryptographic modules, e.g. a PC encryption board
- G07B2017/00967—PSD [Postal Security Device] as defined by the USPS [US Postal Service]

EP00991955A 2000-01-24 2000-11-13 Proof of postage digital franking Withdrawn EP1254433A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US18065300P	2000-01-24	2000-01-24
US180653P		2000-01-24
PCT/US2000/042141 WO2001054071A2 (en)	2000-01-24	2000-11-13	Proof of postage digital franking

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1254433A2 EP1254433A2 (en)	2002-11-06
EP1254433A4 true EP1254433A4 (en)	2004-09-01

Family

ID=22661243

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP00991955A Withdrawn EP1254433A4 (en)	2000-01-24	2000-11-13	Proof of postage digital franking

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1254433A4 (en)
AU (1)	AU2001236435A1 (en)
CA (1)	CA2403799A1 (en)
WO (1)	WO2001054071A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
FR2880161B1 (en) *	2004-12-28	2007-05-04	Neopost Ind Sa	DESIGN DEVICE AND MACHINE FOR DISPLAYING A PERSONALIZED COURIER MODEL

Citations (4)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US5233657A (en) *	1990-10-25	1993-08-03	Francotyp-Postalia Gmbh	Method for franking postal matter and device for carrying out the method
WO1998057302A1 (en) *	1997-06-13	1998-12-17	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Virtual postage metering system
EP0927963A2 (en) *	1997-12-18	1999-07-07	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Closed system virtual postage meter
US6005945A (en) *	1997-03-20	1999-12-21	Psi Systems, Inc.	System and method for dispensing postage based on telephonic or web milli-transactions

Family Cites Families (2)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US5822739A (en) *	1996-10-02	1998-10-13	E-Stamp Corporation	System and method for remote postage metering
US5988897A (en) *	1997-09-03	1999-11-23	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Method for preventing fraudulent printing of a postage indicium displayed on a personal computer

2000
- 2000-11-13 WO PCT/US2000/042141 patent/WO2001054071A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2000-11-13 AU AU2001236435A patent/AU2001236435A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2000-11-13 CA CA002403799A patent/CA2403799A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2000-11-13 EP EP00991955A patent/EP1254433A4/en not_active Withdrawn

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US5233657A (en) *	1990-10-25	1993-08-03	Francotyp-Postalia Gmbh	Method for franking postal matter and device for carrying out the method
US6005945A (en) *	1997-03-20	1999-12-21	Psi Systems, Inc.	System and method for dispensing postage based on telephonic or web milli-transactions
WO1998057302A1 (en) *	1997-06-13	1998-12-17	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Virtual postage metering system
EP0927963A2 (en) *	1997-12-18	1999-07-07	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Closed system virtual postage meter

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
WO2001054071A2 (en)	2001-07-26
WO2001054071A3 (en)	2002-03-21
WO2001054071A9 (en)	2002-08-29
CA2403799A1 (en)	2001-07-26
EP1254433A2 (en)	2002-11-06
AU2001236435A1 (en)	2001-07-31

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2002-09-21	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2002-11-06	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A2 Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
2002-11-06	AX	Request for extension of the european patent	Free format text: AL;LT;LV;MK;RO;SI
2002-11-20	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20020923
2004-09-01	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20040716
2004-09-01	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: 7G 07B 1/00 A Ipc: 7G 07B 17/00 B
2005-02-02	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20041215
2005-11-19	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2006-01-04	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20050628

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