| 7020640 |
Method for certifying data containing a sequence of transactions |
| Mar-28-2006 |
It is described a method for certifying data containing a sequence of transactions comprising the following steps: - finding a new transaction added to the sequence;
- computing a certification...
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| 7020634 |
Certification and unique electronic seals for online entities |
| Mar-28-2006 |
The invention provides techniques for issuing electronic seals of certification to online entities, such as online merchants, in a manner that prevents non-certified parties from easily stealing or otherwise... |
| 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... |
| 6985888 |
Secure user certification for electronic commerce employing value metering system |
| Jan-10-2006 |
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... |
| 6978019 |
Method and system for user registration on terminal |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A method and system for registration of a user to use a particular terminal of a computer system. The method includes providing a printed registration form including registration information and coded... |
| 6971007 |
Assured printing of documents of value |
| Nov-29-2005 |
The transmission and reproduction of an original document transferred via a data network can be assured when the printing mechanism generates a unique serial number for the document being printed. The... |
| 6959292 |
Method and system for providing value-added services |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A system and method is disclosed for providing confirmation relating to the distribution of a mailpiece within an international mailing system. The invention includes a determination of postal data required... |
| 6950938 |
Service identification tag and communications system using the same |
| Sep-27-2005 |
Disclosed is a service identification tag for being used in accessing an information transmission server on the Internet. The tag is formed combining an exclusive graphic pattern that can be recognized... |
| 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... |
| 6938018 |
Method and apparatus for a modular postage accounting system |
| Aug-30-2005 |
Apparatus and method for a modular postage accounting system. An open system metering device of the present invention includes a general purpose computer, a digital printer and a secure metering device... |
| 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... |
| 6925451 |
Mail receipt terminal having deposit tracking capability |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A mail receipt terminal for accepting an envelope having evidence of postage applied thereto. The mail receipt terminal includes a controller module and an input scanner module and a printer module, both... |
| 6865557 |
Network open metering system |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A transaction evidencing system includes a plurality of computer systems operatively configured to form a network with one of the computer systems functioning as a server and the remaining computer systems... |
| 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... |
| 6820201 |
System and method using information-based indicia for securing and authenticating transactions |
| Nov-16-2004 |
A method, system, and apparatus for authenticating transactions and records is disclosed. A nonce stamp is a physical article that is relatively difficult to copy illicitly, and that bears a "nonce" number.... |
| 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... |
| 6799911 |
System for printing information on a mailing medium |
| Oct-5-2004 |
A method and apparatus for printing information, such as postal indicia and other information, on a medium. The system is implemented by detecting a type of medium and entering a printing mode as a function... |
| 6795813 |
System and method for linking an indicium with address information of a mailpiece in a closed system postage meter |
| Sep-21-2004 |
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... |
| 6792110 |
Apparatus and method for enhancing the security of negotiable instruments |
| Sep-14-2004 |
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for enhancing the security of selected information associated with a negotiable document, such as the monetary value of a cheque. In the invention, one... |
| 6776098 |
System for printing information on a mailing medium |
| Aug-17-2004 |
A method and apparatus for printing information, such as postal indicia and other information, on a medium. The system is implemented by detecting a type of medium and entering a printing mode as a function... |
| 6671813 |
Secure on-line PC postage metering system |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A system for providing secure access and execution of application software stored on a first computer by a second computer using a communication device while a communication link is maintained between... |
| 6658394 |
Electronic seals |
| Dec-2-2003 |
The invention provides techniques for issuing electronic seals of certification to online entities, such as online merchants, in a manner that prevents non-certified parties from easily stealing or otherwise... |
| 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... |
| 6592027 |
Method for the recovery of unusable printed postage |
| Jul-15-2003 |
A method for recovering postage for metered mail pieces that have not been posted, the method includes: placing information that uniquely identifies the mail piece in a postal indicia; storing the information... |
| 6549624 |
Apparatus and method for enhancing the security of negotiable documents |
| Apr-15-2003 |
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for enhancing the security of selected information associated with a negotiable document, such as the monetary value of a cheque. In the invention, one... |
| 6477511 |
Method and postal apparatus with a chip card write/read unit for reloading change data by chip card |
| Nov-5-2002 |
A postal apparatus, particularly a postage meter machine, has a chip card write/read unit for reloading fee schedule change data by chip card. In combination. with a first-time insertion of the chip card,... |
| 6438529 |
Method for operating a postage meter and addressing machine |
| Aug-20-2002 |
A method for operating a postage meter and addressing machine includes request steps for entering at least a shipping destination address, a step for generating the print image for the address field and... |
| 6427139 |
Method for requesting and refunding postage utilizing an indicium printed on a mailpiece |
| Jul-30-2002 |
A method for requesting a postage refund includes the steps of generating a postage indicium having a postage value and first data indicative that a refund of the postage value is requested; and printing... |
| 6397328 |
Method for verifying the expected postage security device and an authorized host system |
| May-28-2002 |
A method for verifying that the expected components of a postage metering system includes alternate embodiments for verifying a PSD coupled to a host system is the expected PSD. The method further includes... |
| 6385731 |
Secure on-line PC postage metering system |
| May-7-2002 |
The present invention is a system for providing secure access and execution of application software stored on a first computer by a second computer using a communication device while a communication link... |
| 6349292 |
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 |
| Feb-19-2002 |
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... |
| 6308165 |
Method of and apparatus for generating and authenticating postal indicia |
| Oct-23-2001 |
Methods and apparatus for authentication of postage indicia are disclosed. A secret key is read from store and modified in dependence upon postage data to be printed in a postage indicium. The modified... |
| 6285990 |
Method for reissuing digital tokens in an open metering system |
| Sep-4-2001 |
A method of reissuing digital tokens in a open system meter includes the steps of calculating a digital token using the predetermined postal information including addressee information, postage amount... |
| 6260028 |
Token generation process in an open metering system |
| Jul-10-2001 |
A method of issuing digital tokens in a open system meter includes the steps of sending a request for digital tokens and predetermined postal information, including addressee information, from a host processor... |
| 6249777 |
System and method for remote postage metering |
| Jun-19-2001 |
A system and method for remote postage metering of postage indicia, including demanding a desired postage amount and subsequently printing the postage indicia onto a piece of mail. A user inputs certain... |
| 6233340 |
Apparatus and method for enhancing the security of negotiable documents |
| May-15-2001 |
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for enhancing the security of selected information associated with a negotiable document, such as the monetary value of a cheque. In the invention, one... |
| 6230149 |
Method and apparatus for authentication of postage accounting reports |
| May-8-2001 |
Apparatus and method for authentication of postage accounting reports. Postage accounting report data is authenticated by first assembling authentication mark data from the postage accounting report data... |
| 6173273 |
Secure communication system with encrypted postal indicia |
| Jan-9-2001 |
A secure communication system for transmission of messages utilizes postage meters as terminals of the system. The postage meters include means for input of postage amount, an encryptor to encrypt postage... |
| 6169804 |
Method for verifying the expected postage security device and its status |
| Jan-2-2001 |
A secure and reliable method for verifying in the host system that the expected PSD is coupled to the host system includes generating a random number in the host system and encrypting the random number... |
| 6157919 |
PC-based open metering system and method |
| Dec-5-2000 |
A transaction evidencing system includes a personal computer (PC) comprising a processor, memory and hard drive, with a plurality of non-metering application programs that selectively run on the PC. An... |
| 6151590 |
Network open metering system |
| Nov-21-2000 |
A transaction evidencing system includes a plurality of computer systems operatively configured to form a network with one of the computer systems functioning as a server and the remaining computer systems... |
| 6145081 |
Method and apparatus for preventing removal of embedded information in cover signals |
| Nov-7-2000 |
Apparatus and methods are provided for embedding watermark information into a cover signal, such as an audio signal, video signal, or still image signal, in a manner that prevents the watermark information... |
| 6125357 |
Digital postal indicia employing machine and human verification |
| Sep-26-2000 |
The present invention is a method of encrypting unique addressee information into the indicium of a mail piece and verifying the indicium. Local digital tokens are printed in the indicium of the mail piece... |
| 6108643 |
System for metering permit mail that has an encrypted message affixed to a mail piece |
| Aug-22-2000 |
A permit mail metering system that preprints the non-variable portion of an indicia. The pre-printed portions may be printed with a fluorescent and phosphorescent ink, while other pre-printed portions... |
| 6101496 |
Ordered information geocoding method and apparatus |
| Aug-8-2000 |
Ordered information data 22 is combined with prior geocoded data 21 to improve geocoding. The combined records are sorted by precision 33. The two highest precision groups are interpolated to further geocode... |
| 6064993 |
Closed system virtual postage meter |
| May-16-2000 |
A system and method for evidencing postage on a mailpiece includes a printer module transmitting to a remote data center a request for indicia data. The data center includes a processor, a database and... |
| 6064992 |
Postage meter using two ascending registers in an accounting function |
| May-16-2000 |
A postage meter includes a memory including an ascending credit register to store an accumulated value of credit and an ascending tote register to store an accumulated tote value of postage charge dispensed... |
| 6009416 |
System and method for detection of errors in accounting for postal charges in controlled acceptance environment |
| Dec-28-1999 |
A mail generation system and method includes means for processing data to generate mail piece information and first secure processing means for securely storing and encrypting mail piece information generated... |
| 5991409 |
Method and arrangement for generating and checking a security imprint |
| Nov-23-1999 |
A method for checking a security imprint in a postage meter machine having a microprocessor includes the steps of encoding data for a security mark pixel image and inserts the encoded data into the remaining,... |
