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5894520 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Method and system for regulating discounts on merchandise distributed through networked computer systems  
The present invention provides a method and system for regulating discounts on merchandise distributed through networked computer systems. The method and system involve the use of discount coupons...
5892827 Method and apparatus for generating personal identification numbers for use in consumer transactions  
A system for generating authorization codes, such as personal identification numbers, at the point of distribution of certificates of value on which the authorization codes are to be printed or...
5884277 Process for issuing coupons for goods or services to purchasers at non-secure terminals  
A method for automated issuance of a coupon redeemable for goods or services purchased in a transaction involving a purchaser at a non-secure terminal on a public network is provided. The method...
5878136 Encryption key control system for mail processing system having data center verification  
A key control system comprises the generation of a first set of keys which are then used for a plurality of respective postage meters. The keys are then related to a respective meter in accordance...
5864622 Secure identification card and method and apparatus for producing and authenticating same  
An identification card and method and apparatus for producing and authenticating such an identification card. An object or other entity for which the identification card will evidence identity,...
5850346 System for embedding hidden source information in three-dimensional computer model data  
In the subject invention, source information indicating an author, designer r other source of a three-dimensional computer model is embedded in the low-order digits or bits of floating point values...
5835689 Transaction evidencing system and method including post printing and batch processing  
A transaction evidencing system and method includes a host processor and an unsecured printer coupled to the host processor. A vault device that includes digital token generation and transaction...
5835604 Method of mapping destination addresses for use in calculating digital tokens  
A method of creating an open system digital token includes sending predetermined information to a digital token generation process. A set of characters are randomly selected from the predetermined...
5825893 System and method for registgration using indicia  
A system and method for registering a software license agreement utilizing user information encoded in a machine readable media is disclosed. A user installs a software program onto a...
5825892 Protecting images with an image watermark  
A robust means of watermarking a digitized image with a highly random sequence of pixel brightness multipliers is presented. The random sequence is formed from `robust-watermarking-parameters`...
5822660 Copyright protection in color thermal prints  
Disclosed is a copy protection method for identifying copied images that have been captured or generated in electronic form. The method generates information in electronic form for causing the...
5812664 Key distribution system  
This invention is a system for producing and distributing new decryption keys to verifiers. Verifier decryption key updates are printed in a secure manner on paper or postcards and mailed to the...
5805711 Method of improving the security of postage meter machines  
A method for securing data and program code of an electronic postage meter machine against manipulation, having a microprocessor in a control unit of the postage meter machine for implementing...
5802179 Information processor having two-dimensional bar code processing function  
An information processor capable of scanning and printing two-dimensional bar codes representing sounds and moving images. The processor prints text and graphics, the two-dimensional bar codes, and...
5799093 Process and apparatus for remote system inspection of a value dispensing mechanism such as a postage meter  
A remote inspection system including a value dispensing device including structure for printing an indication of value, structure for accounting for value dispensed, and structure for querying and...
5799092 Self-verifying identification card  
A self-verifying identification card having an image area which may contain a portrait, a finger print, a retinal image, or all of these together with an image signature which is derived from...
5796841 Secure user certification for electronic commerce employing value metering system  
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...
5796834 System and method for controlling the dispensing of an authenticating indicia  
There is disclosed a system and method for dispensing postage (or other graphical security indicia) electronically by using a portable processor containing a maximum amount of preauthorized postage...
5793870 System and method for encrypting sensitive information  
This invention relates to a system and method for converting encryption data into at least one preselected image in a manner such that, for example, the entity converting the encryption data into...
5781634 Electronic data interchange postage evidencing system  
Methods and systems for preparing mailpieces involve the creation of mailing lists which includes correct and incorrect recipient address information. The list is transmitted to a data center....
5778076 System and method for controlling the dispensing of an authenticating indicia  
There is disclosed a system and method for dispensing postage (or other graphical security indicia) electronically by using a portable processor containing a maximum amount of preauthorized postage...
5778066 Method and apparatus for authentication of postage accounting reports  
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...
5774554 Postage meter system and verification of postage charges  
Methods of verifying use of postage charges in respect of mail items are disclosed. An authentication code is derived from a secret identification of a sender and a part of the destination address...
5772250 Copy restrictive color-reversal documents  
A media for restricting the copying of a color-reversal document utilizing one or more microdots that are embedded in the color-reversal document for providing a non-visual, but machine detectable...
5771289 Method and apparatus for transmitting electronic data using attached electronic credits to pay for the transmission  
A method and apparatus for transmitting electronic messages wherein payment is required for the transmission. Payment is made as messages are transmitted using previously obtained electronic stamps...
5768389 Method and system for generation and management of secret key of public key cryptosystem  
A method and a system for generating and managing a secret key of a public key cryptosystem, in which the secret key is generated inside a tamper resistant device, and stored into a storage region...
5768384 System for identifying authenticating and tracking manufactured articles  
This invention relates to a system for identifying, authenticating and tracking articles of manufacture throughout their manufacturing and distribution channels. The foregoing system utilizes:...
5757926 Color image processing apparatus and method  
An image processing apparatus decrypts encrypted image data and synchronously outputs predetermined information with the decrypted image data such that the predetermined information is not visually...
5754933 Method for preserving research records generated by computer  
A system of preserving the integrity of research and comparable data regularly entered into an electronically accessible memory by printing it out periodically upon a form of protected document...
5748783 Method and apparatus for robust information coding  
A digital signal is imperceptibly embedded into an input source signal, such as an image or video signal, to produce an encoded (sometimes termed "watermarked") signal. The principle of...
5743662 Franking machines and means for data entry thereto  
A module is disclosed for use with a franking machine for the entry of data into the machine. The module includes a memory and security means operative in response to an interrogation signal from...
5740514 Information carrying sheet and illegal copying preventive image pattern  
An information carrying sheet of securities, identification cards and the like which is provided with an illegal copying preventive image pattern in which the existence of an illegal copying...
5737426 Remote and secure feature enabling for an electronic postage meter  
The postage metering system includes a postage meter in bus communication with an external interface unit. The postage meter operates under the control of a programmable micro control system which...
5734723 Method and arrangement for generating and checking a security imprint  
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...
5712916 Method and arrangement for generating and checking a security imprint  
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...
5708717 Digital anti-counterfeiting software method and apparatus  
This invention relates generally to a method and apparatus, as implemented by a software program on a computer system, for digitally producing counterfeit-deterring scrambled or coded indicia...
5696829 Digital postage meter system  
A mailing system is includes of a mailing machine operating under the control of a microcontroller having a communication port with a first channel and a second channel. The mailing system also...
5692048 Method and apparatus for sending secure facsimile transmissions and certified facsimile transmissions  
A facsimile transmission system with a first facsimile machine that includes at least a scanner for scanning documents inserted into a document feeder and transmission capabilities for sending a...
5684949 Method and system for securing operation of a printing module  
A method for securing a postage transaction in a postage meter having an accounting module and a printing module includes A) storing a plurality of data patterns in the accounting module; B)...
5682429 Electronic data interchange postage evidencing system  
Methods and systems for preparing mailpieces involve the creation of mailing lists which includes correct and incorrect recipient address information. The list is transmitted to a data center....
5682427 Postage metering system with dedicated and non-dedicated postage printing means  
A postage metering system comprising: a postage meter including a first computer for controlling the postage meter, the postage meter including a first printer for printing first postage...
5680463 Method and arrangement for generating and checking a security imprint  
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...
5675650 Controlled acceptance mail payment and evidencing system  
A method for controlled acceptance mail payment and evidencing in accordance with the present invention includes creating a mail batch with a plurality of mailpieces each having encrypted indicia...
5671282 Method and apparatus for document verification and tracking  
A document processing system in which a server subsystem stores information corresponding to a document containing human readable and machine readable information and a client subsystem receives...
5668881 Encryption of data in different formats  
A plurality of apparatuses can execute an encrypting process on an image signal are connected. The encrypting processes which are executed in those apparatuses are independently performed, so that...
5668874 Identification card verification system and method  
A self-verifying identification card having an image area which may contain a portrait, a finger print, a retinal image, or all of these together with an image signature which is derived from...
5666421 Mail processing system including data center verification for mailpieces  
A system for controlling the validity of printing of indicias on mailpieces from a potentially large number of users of postage meters includes apparatus disposed in each said postage meter for...
5655024 Method of tracking postage meter location  
The method provides for tracking a meter vault which is adapted for use in combination with a graphic interface unit. The graphic interface unit includes the graphics for the indicia town circle...
5655023 Advanced postage payment system employing pre-computed digital tokens and with enhanced security  
A method and system for postage payment include the generation of a plurality of dispensable discrete items of encrypted data. Each of the items of encrypted data, which may be digital tokens, have...
5652794 Device and process for securizing a document and graphic authentification code  
The invention relates to a device for securizing a document incorporating a processing module, which calculates and associates with each document page (10), comprising a zone (11) containing the...
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