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7590573 System and method for transferring assets between depreciation books  
A system and method for transferring an asset, or assets, from a first depreciation book to a second depreciation book possibly in different currencies. In particular a method for automatically...
7580529 Method for verifying digital franking notes  
Digital franking notes generated in customer systems and comprise cryptographic information that is used for verifying the postage indicia in local payment assurance systems. A data key used for...
7577617 Method for the dependable transmission of service data to a terminal equipment and arrangement for implementing the method  
In a method and apparatus for dependable transmission of data from a data center to terminal equipment, particularly transmission of fee schedule table data to a postage-calculating scale or...
7558633 Test system for a user terminal apparatus and test automation method therefor  
In a test automation method and test system for a user end apparatus that can be communicatively connected with a test automation apparatus, at least one data processing unit and a non-volatile...
7536553 Method and system for validating a security marking  
A method and system for authenticating an item by using a security marking. The security marking is provided on the item with an OVD ink capable of absorbing light in a visible wavelength range to...
7386463 Data/presence insurance tools and techniques  
Methods for insurance of online presence ( 202 ) and/or data ( 200 ) are described. An insurer ( 302 ) contracts with an insured entity ( 304 ) in an agreement ( 308 ) under which a premium ( 310 )...
7349855 System for statistical follow-up of postal products  
This invention relates to a device for statistically following up postal products for electronic franking system, comprising a random access memory (RAM) used for recording communication...
7296004 Electronic bill payment system with merchant identification  
A computer implemented system and method for payment remittance receives a payor's payment information, processes this payment information, other than a received zip code, to identify an eleven...
7219084 Method for processing postal matter and postal matter processing system  
In a system and a method for postal matter processing, with automatic reception of postal matter in receiving stations and with a staggered postal matter processing, acquisition of shipping data...
7207067 Enforcing data protection legislation in Web data services  
A system and method are provided for enabling Web services to enforce multiple countries' data protection laws and regulations during data collection, data processing storage and data transfer. The...
7194443 Method for protecting a security module and arrangement for the implementation of the method  
In a security module and a method for protecting a security module, wherein security-relevant data are stored in a memory in the module, proper insertion of the security module on a device...
7191158 System and method for providing computer-based postage stamps  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for creating computer-based postage that may be used on any date and with an undetermined addressee includes generating a request to print...
7152049 Method and system for dispensing virtual stamps  
A method and system for a virtual stamp dispensing metering system is provided wherein indicia of varying values are calculated at a data center and downloaded to a mailing machine on a periodic...
7127434 Apparatus, system, and method for postage stamp generating  
Disclosed is an apparatus, system, and method for postage stamp generation. The apparatus includes print module configured to print a customized image or text based stamp, and a communication...
7120933 Method for intrusion detection in a database system  
A method for detecting intrusion in a database, managed by an access control system, includes defining at least one intrusion detection profile and associating each user with one of said profiles....
7117363 System and method using information-based indicia for securing and authenticating transactions  
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...
7116969 Wireless device having a secure clock authentication method and apparatus  
A method of providing a secure clock in a communication device in contact with a communication system includes detecting a clock event whenever a clock event occurs; initializing a secure clock and...
7058614 Method and devices for printing a franking mark on a document  
A method and system for checking a franking mark ( 28 ), comprising at least an identification code and a unique bit string, said system comprising means for: a) reading the franking mark ( 28 ),...
6996216 Compensating recipients of calls  
A method, system, and program for compensating recipients of calls are provided. A request to bill a caller a tariff for a call is initiated, wherein the caller originates the call. The caller is...
6941284 Method for dynamically using cryptographic keys in a postage meter  
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...
6928422 System for accepting non life harming mail from people who are authorized to deposit mail in a receptacle  
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...
6915280 Method and apparatus for printing postage  
The present invention is a postage meter apparatus and method for printing in which print software is decoupled from print data such that print image data can change without impacting software. The...
6868395 Business transactions using the internet  
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...
6834273 System for capturing information from a postal indicia producing device so as to correct improperly paid mail pieces  
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;...
6813614 Method for re-keying postage metering devices  
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...
6618709 Computer assisted and/or implemented process and architecture for web-based monitoring of energy related usage, and client accessibility therefor  
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...
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  
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...
6523014 Franking unit and method for generating valid data for franking imprints  
A franking unit for low mail volume is composed of a computer and with a connected printer. The computer has a memory with a local data bank for postal recipient address datafiles and is connected...
6480831 Method and apparatus for securely transmitting keys from a postage metering apparatus to a remote data center  
A method for transmitting a key from a first device to a remotely located second device includes the steps of generating the key within the first device; selecting one of a plurality of one-time...
6442571 Methods and apparatus for secure electronic, certified, restricted delivery mail systems  
A computer data signal embodied in a propagation medium is provided. The signal enables a variable number of data transfers and includes an initial connection source code segment and a data...
6351220 Security module for monitoring security in an electronic system and method  
In a security module and method for monitoring security in an electronic system, a microprocessor that is interconnected to further function units is programmed for overlapping processing with...
6334119 Method and system for selectively interacting with a postage meter provided on an inserter system  
An operating management system and method for selectively interacting with at least one postage meter provided on each one of a plurality of inserter systems coupled to the operating management...
6226647 Method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for constructing a multi-dimensional view containing two-pass value measure results  
A record management system provides for displaying a two-pass value measure result in a multi-dimensional view containing cells. The record management system identifies a set of cells in the...
6199055 System and method for providing fault tolerant transcriptions over an unsecured communication channel  
A system and method for conducting secure fault tolerant transactions, such as financial transaction, remotely is disclosed. The transactions are conducted utilizing a portable processor device...
6144743 Information recording medium, recording apparatus, information transmission system, and decryption apparatus  
In the invention, an information recording medium records encrypted information, encrypted key information obtained by encrypting key information for decrypting the encrypted information to obtain...
6102592 Method and apparatus for printing and prevention of copying of postage indicia  
Postage indicia are printed on mail items using an ink having a characteristic such that the ink is rendered invisible when subjected to light or light and heat of sufficient intensity. When an...
6058193 System and method of verifying cryptographic postage evidencing using a fixed key set  
A method for controlling keys used in the verification of encoded information generated by a transaction evidencing device and printed on a document comprises the steps of generating a plurality of...
6055508 Method for secure accounting and auditing on a communications network  
A method for secure accounting and auditing of a communications network operates in an environment in which many servers serve an even larger number of clients (e.g. the web), and are required to...
6035290 Method for enhancing security and for audit and control of a cryptographic verifier  
A cryptographic method where items, such as mail pieces, are verified for authenticity includes determining a predetermined number of items selected for verification during a given period and...
6023690 Method and apparatus for securely resetting a real time clock in a postage meter  
A value dispensing system includes: a printing mechanism for printing an indication of value; a microprocessor including a real time clock mechanism, the microprocessor initiating printing of the...
6004048 Apparatus and method for ensuring good print quality in a mail handling system including a fixed printhead/moving mailpiece subsystem  
A mail handling system includes a printhead for printing a postage indicium on a mailpiece; a transport mechanism that moves the mailpiece past the printhead during printing of the postage...
5991409 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...
5920850 Metering system with automatic resettable time lockout  
A postage metering system is provided with a countdown time. The countdown timer issues a priority interrupt when the timer has timed out which interrupts the control system of the meter in such a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
5758330 EPM having an improvement in non-volatile memory organization  
An electronic postage meter has non-volatile memories storing postage meter data under control of the CPU operating from a program in ROM. The data in non-volatile memory is organized into buffers...
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