| 7043311 |
Module class objects in a process plant configuration system |
| May-9-2006 |
A configuration system for a process plant uses module class objects to assist in configuring, organizing and changing the control and display activities within the process plant. Each module class object... |
| 7035832 |
System and method for automatically providing shipping/transportation fees |
| Apr-25-2006 |
There is disclosed a system and method for dispensing postage or other authorization information electronically by using a portable processor containing a maximum amount of preauthorized postage which... |
| 7031959 |
Address matching |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A method and system for providing address matching. An address is compared against a plurality of address records in a database, wherein the database comprises at least one of the following: a delivery... |
| 7003133 |
Video coding station for installation automatically sorting postal objects |
| Feb-21-2006 |
The video-coding station for an installation for sorting postal items, in particular packets, steering each packet towards a sorting outlet on the basis of an automatic reading of a postal address (AD)... |
| 6996546 |
System and methods for digital receipts |
| Feb-7-2006 |
A secure system for creating digital receipts, while minimizing the amount of data that is encoded in the digital receipt. The digital receipt provides authentication for a transaction. A digital receipt... |
| 6990469 |
Method for reissuing indicium in a postage metering system |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A method of reissuing secured postage indicium includes the steps of dispensing from a postage meter an original postage indicium as evidence of postage dispensed for a requested postage transaction, the... |
| 6957196 |
Method for auditing a database and system for carrying out such method |
| Oct-18-2005 |
FIG. 6 shows the operation of modules 22 in processing a request for a digital postal indicium. At 72 the selected one of modules 22 receives the indicium request and the requested... |
| 6954729 |
Address learning system and method for using same |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A computerized method for learning a delivery point of a first mail piece by using unmatched and/or unused data from at least one other mail piece is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (a) capturing... |
| 6947574 |
Method and system for interleaving OCR and ABL for automated mail sorting |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A method and system for automated sorting machines is provided in which a feedback between OCR and ABL takes place. According to a first aspect of the present invention, a loose coupling between ABL and... |
| 6941284 |
Method for dynamically using cryptographic keys in a postage meter |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A postage meter includes a vault that accounts for postage dispensed by the postage meter; and a printhead module having a printhead for printing the postage dispensed; a smart card chip having a ROM having... |
| 6939063 |
On-line system for printing postal indicia on custom sized envelopes |
| Sep-6-2005 |
The present invention is directed toward a method and system for printing indicia, logos and graphics and more particularly to systems and methods for printing postal indicia on custom sized envelopes.... |
| 6939062 |
System and layout for proper printing of netstamps and other labels |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A system for assisting a user with the proper feeding of sheets of labels into a printer so that the labels may be properly printed with postage indicia. The system providing a sheet bearing pre-printed... |
| 6938023 |
Method of limiting key usage in a postage metering system that produces cryptographically secured indicium |
| Aug-30-2005 |
A method for requiring that a key used in a cryptographic apparatus be changed includes the steps of: storing a constraint value for a non-time parameter of the cryptographic apparatus, the non-time parameter... |
| 6938017 |
Scalable, fraud resistant graphical payment indicia |
| Aug-30-2005 |
Payment indicia generating schemes are described that enable users to customize the appearance of the payment indicium and to accommodate a wide variety of validation processing environments, while providing... |
| 6928422 |
System for accepting non life harming mail from people who are authorized to deposit mail in a receptacle |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A system that determines if mail contains life-harming materials before the mail enters the interior of a receptacle, i.e., mail box. This invention accomplishes the foregoing by issuing identification... |
| 6922678 |
Virtual postage meter with multiple origins of deposit |
| Jul-26-2005 |
A system and method of evidencing postage payment includes a local postage printing system requesting to a remote data metering center for the generation of postage evidencing information. The request... |
| 6920438 |
System and method for employing digital postage marks as part of value-added services in a mailing system |
| Jul-19-2005 |
System and method for providing confirmation relating to the distribution of a mailpiece within a mailing system includes a determination of postal data required for postage evidencing of a mailpiece originated... |
| 6907399 |
Secure user certification for electronic commerce employing value metering system |
| Jun-14-2005 |
A system and method include means for processing a cryptographic certificate adapted to provide security functionality. A register means is provided and means for adjusting the register means to account... |
| 6904336 |
System and method for residential emissions trading |
| Jun-7-2005 |
The present invention is directed to a method of residential emissions trading and a residential emissions trading commodity. In particular, an embodiment of the present invention is a method for identifying,... |
| 6895395 |
Postal printing device with facilitated reading |
| May-17-2005 |
This invention relates to an inkjet printing device of a franking machine intended to print postal indicia on a mail piece to be franked, displaced with respect to this device in a direction of displacement,... |
| 6892939 |
System and method for processing package delivery |
| May-17-2005 |
A method for processing packages is provided. A package is received at an intermediate shipping site and a delivery authorization status corresponding to the package is determined. The package is delivered... |
| 6886001 |
System and method for linking an indicium with address information of a mailpiece in a closed system postage meter |
| Apr-26-2005 |
System and method is provided for adding addressing information to an indicium printed by a closed system metering device. A scanning device is coupled to a closed system postage meter for scanning addressing... |
| 6885758 |
Method for creating and/or updating dictionaries for automatically reading addresses |
| Apr-26-2005 |
The reading results of an agreed number of images of items, achieved by the OCR reader, are temporarily stored subdivided into reading results which are read unambiguously and reading results which are... |
| 6873978 |
Event interface for a carrier manager system |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A carrier management module in a carrier management system with a first application and a second application is configured to broker carrier rating requests from the second application to the first application... |
| 6868406 |
Auditing method and system for an on-line value-bearing item printing system |
| Mar-15-2005 |
An on-line value bearing item (VBI) printing system that includes one or more cryptographic modules and a central database is disclosed. The cryptographic modules are capable of implementing the USPS Information... |
| 6868395 |
Business transactions using the internet |
| Mar-15-2005 |
In a campaign, a customer's file is reviewed to determine the offer or solicitation to send to the customer and the time such will remain open, and an e-mail message is sent to the customer that contains... |
| 6867044 |
Method and system for detecting biological and chemical hazards in networked incoming mailboxes |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A method and system for detecting chemical or biological hazards in items is provided. A plurality of incoming mail mailboxes each include a sampler to sample air from a letter that is tested using a first... |
| 6865560 |
Method and system for reporting carrier delivery status to a mailer |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A method and system for providing a delivery confirmation service to a mailer who uses a postage meter to pay the postage for mailing a mail piece. The mailer applies a shipping label containing an identification... |
| 6865558 |
Postage metering system having third party payment capability |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A payment processing system includes a data center, a postage metering system and a control system in operative communication with the data center and the postage metering system. The postage metering... |
| 6853990 |
Franking and prepayment machine |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A franking and prepayment machine, has a microprocessor that is connected to a display unit and to a keyboard, memory and interface components and digitally drives a printer module, and has an input unit... |
| 6853989 |
System and method for selecting and accounting for value-added services with a closed system meter |
| Feb-8-2005 |
System and method are provided for selecting and accounting for value-added services with a closed system metering device. A scanning device coupled to the closed system postage meter scans information,... |
| 6853986 |
Arrangement and method for generating a security imprint |
| Feb-8-2005 |
In a method and an arrangement for increasing the throughput of mail when franking with a security imprint, the editing of the print image data is undertaken by a postage meter machine processor, and the... |
| 6834273 |
System for capturing information from a postal indicia producing device so as to correct improperly paid mail pieces |
| Dec-21-2004 |
A system for correcting the rating and payment of mail pieces scanned and weighed by the post. The foregoing is accomplished by: uniquely identifying mail pieces during the metering process; maintaining... |
| 6832213 |
Mailing machine including dimensional rating capability |
| Dec-14-2004 |
A mailing machine comprising a device for feeding an envelope having a width in a path of travel; a device for determining the width of the envelope; and a control device in operative communication with... |
| 6826548 |
System and method for processing returned mail |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A method, system and program product for processing returned mail includes the steps of encoding pieces of mail with data including the identity of the intended recipient, mailing the pieces of mail to... |
| 6820066 |
Arrangement and method for storing data relating to the usage of a terminal device |
| Nov-16-2004 |
In an arrangement and method for storing data about usage of a terminal device, a statistical memory is provided for the usage data, which are stored in statistical classes. A processor is connected to... |
| 6820065 |
System and method for management of postage meter licenses |
| Nov-16-2004 |
A postal security device has a secure housing within which are two or more accounting register sets. The accounting register sets are associated with distinct meter licenses. The postal security device... |
| 6816844 |
Method and apparatus for performing secure processing of postal data |
| Nov-9-2004 |
A postal system includes a local computer having a user interface and an associated storage unit for storing a secure data file that contains postal (e.g., accounting) data. A secure processing unit interfaces... |
| 6813614 |
Method for re-keying postage metering devices |
| Nov-2-2004 |
A method for communicating a re-keying message from a postage meter to a registration authority includes the steps of determining at the postage meter that a current key needs to be replaced with a new... |
| 6810390 |
System and method for verifying digital postal marks |
| Oct-26-2004 |
A system and corresponding method for verifying digital postal marks on mailpieces or, more generally, for verifying a mark on any kind of document where the mark represents value and might be counterfeited... |
| 6775656 |
Method for automatic installation of franking devices and arrangement for the implementation of the method |
| Aug-10-2004 |
In a method for automatic installation of a franking device, and a franking device operating according to the method, a self-test is conducted in the franking device in order to determine whether an automatic... |
| 6766455 |
System and method for preventing differential power analysis attacks (DPA) on a cryptographic device |
| Jul-20-2004 |
System and method for performing cryptographic operations include providing at least one processor for performing cryptographic operations, memory coupled to the processor for use in performing the cryptographic... |
| 6741972 |
Method and apparatus for dynamically determining a printing location in a document for a postage indicia |
| May-25-2004 |
A processor based postage metering system includes structure for entering user input data including a fold configuration selected from a plurality of fold configurations; apparatus for accounting for postage... |
| 6741971 |
Self-contained multi-function system for preparing mail |
| May-25-2004 |
A self-contained multi-function system for preparing mail items, the system comprising a general-purpose computer for preparing a document to be sent and for preparing secure postage metering or "franking"... |
| 6701304 |
Method and apparatus for postage label authentication |
| Mar-2-2004 |
A postage metering system that includes a secure metering device (SMD) coupled to a printer. The SMD generates an indicium and the printer receives and prints the indicium onto a label. The printed indicium... |
| 6692168 |
Method and system for secure printing of images |
| Feb-17-2004 |
A method and system for printing an image such as a postal indicium. In accordance with the present invention a sequence of graphic data blocks is formed, the sequence forming a bitmap representative of... |
| 6629084 |
Postage meter machine with separately stored software postage module |
| Sep-30-2003 |
A postage meter machine has a microprocessor that processes commands of a control program containing a number of software modules for realizing the operating functions of the postage meter machine. The... |
| 6622133 |
System and method for automatic mail operation with four state barcode |
| Sep-16-2003 |
A system and a method for automatic mail operation with four state barcode are provided. An automatic mail operation processing system with four state barcode in accordance with the present invention includes... |
| 6618709 |
Computer assisted and/or implemented process and architecture for web-based monitoring of energy related usage, and client accessibility therefor |
| Sep-9-2003 |
A method and computer architecture monitoring resource usage via a global computer network. The computer architecture may include a resource-metering data recorder/translator unit having a global computer... |
| 6609117 |
System and method for distributing postage over a public network, enabling efficient printing of postal indicia on items to be mailed and authenticating the printed indicia |
| Aug-19-2003 |
A system is disclosed for distributing postage over a public network in a manner that is secure in the case of third party interception, indicia for which can be efficiently printed by a postal customer... |
