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7409062 Method and device for the generation of checkable forgery-proof documents  
The invention relates to a method and a device for the generation of checkable forgery-proof documents with an externally supplied cryptographic module, whereby the checking of authenticity of the...
7386791 Method and systems for creating a digital document altered in response to at least one event  
A method and system are provided for creating a digital document, the digital document including content layout, additional information, and altering machine executable instructions, the method...
7376598 Method, system, and computer readable medium for shipping a package to a customer while preserving customer privacy  
Methods and systems consistent with the present invention facilitate in sending a package ( 112 ) to a customer at a physical address via a shipper ( 106 ) while preserving customer privacy. In...
7353014 Universal portable unit  
In general, a portable unit and method are described for storing user information for subsequent recovering. For one embodiment, the portable unit comprises a casing, an antenna and logic employed...
7319989 Method and system for protection against replay of an indicium message in a closed system meter  
A method and system that protects against a replay attack in a closed system postage meter is provided. “Freshness” data is included along with each indicium message sent from the meter to the...
7299210 On-line value-bearing indicium printing using DSA  
A method and apparatus for generating a Value Bearing Indicium (VBI) for on-line applications. A VBI is generated by hashing user information to create a message digest that is used to create a...
7283630 Verification of authenticity of goods by use of random numbers  
Method of verifying authenticity of goods uses combination codes that have a random portion and a non-random portion that includes at least a secret portion that is encrypted. The combination codes...
RE39779 Method for the recovery of unusable printed postage  
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...
7257558 System and method for conducting a financial transaction between a sender and recipient of a mail piece  
In a postage payment system, a secure integrated circuit (IC) card is used to manage postage funds, and created encrypted postage indicia. Among other things, the system is capable of performing...
7251632 Machine dependent login for on-line value-bearing item system  
An on-line VBI printing system that includes one or more cryptographic modules and a central database. The cryptographic modules are capable of implementing a variety of required security...
7236956 Role assignments in a cryptographic module for secure processing of value-bearing items  
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...
7233929 Postal system intranet and commerce processing for on-line value bearing system  
An on-line system for printing a value bearing item (VBI) that includes a client subsystem for interfacing with a user, a cryptographic device remote from the client subsystem for authenticating a...
7225166 Remote authentication of two dimensional barcoded indicia  
An indicia authentication system includes a franking device for embedding identification and encrypted authentication data into indicia and applying the indicia to an article, and a computing...
RE39653 Mark forming apparatus, method of forming laser mark on optical disk, reproducing apparatus, optical disk and method of producing optical disk  
An object of the present invention is to provide a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, a reproduction apparatus, an optical disk, and a method of...
7222236 Evidencing indicia of value using secret key cryptography  
A method and system for dispensing and evidencing indicia by an indicia generating device is disclosed in a system having a plurality of indicia generating devices that have been divided into n...
7222098 Method and system for online payments using sensor with identifier  
Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to online payments via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried by an...
7216110 Cryptographic module for secure processing of value-bearing items  
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...
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...
7136839 Method for reissuing digital tokens in an open metering system  
A method of reissuing digital tokens in an open system meter includes the steps of calculating a digital token using the predetermined postal information including addressee information, postage...
7133844 System and method for producing and verifying secure negotiable instruments  
The present invention relates to producing and presenting negotiable instruments and, more specifically, to printing and presenting checks, which are resistant to forgery or fraud. The negotiable...
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...
7120605 Systems and methods for secure printing  
A preferred printing system includes a printer configured to communicatively couple with a workstation, which incorporates a first code entry device for receiving first coding information from a...
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...
7114750 Self-authenticating documents  
The present invention provides a durable and self-verifying secure document system and a method for its production, wherein counterfeiting is prevented. The secure document system is potentially...
7113928 Franking machine and operating method thereof  
The invention concerns an electronic franking machine comprising franking means and means for recording the number of franking operations. It comprises means for connection via a computerized...
7092912 Security for uniquely generated electronic seals of certification  
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...
7089213 System and method for producing and verifying secure negotiable instruments  
The present invention relates to producing and presenting negotiable instruments and, more specifically, to printing and presenting checks, which are resistant to forgery or fraud. The negotiable...
7080045 Electronic revenue stamp issuing apparatus and method thereof and recording medium stored control program thereof  
An electronic revenue stamp issuing apparatus and a method thereof and a recording medium stored a control program thereof, in which the amount of an electronic revenue stamp that became invalid...
7069250 Check based online payment and verification system and method  
A method and system for verifying a check that is being used for an on-line transaction, utilizes a hash code value either printed directly on the check, or obtained from an insert card provided by...
7069247 Authentication system for mail pieces  
An improved system is provided for authentication of mail pieces bearing bar-coded indicia. The system comprises first and second bar-code readers, the first and second bar-code readers differing...
7058610 System and method for communicating a message in a mailing system  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing confirmation and messaging relating to the distribution of a mail piece within a mailing system. Information including a...
7028012 System and method for ordering customized identification documents via a network  
A system and method for using an e-commerce system to provide a user with the ability to order customized identification documents over the Internet is provided. The user can customize the layout...
7020640 Method for certifying data containing a sequence of transactions  
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...
7020634 Certification and unique electronic seals for online entities  
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...
6990469 Method for reissuing indicium in a postage metering system  
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...
6985888 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...
6978019 Method and system for user registration on terminal  
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...
6971007 Assured printing of documents of value  
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....
6959292 Method and system for providing value-added services  
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...
6950938 Service identification tag and communications system using the same  
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...
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...
6938018 Method and apparatus for a modular postage accounting system  
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...
6938017 Scalable, fraud resistant graphical payment indicia  
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...
6925451 Mail receipt terminal having deposit tracking capability  
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...
6907132 Method and system for producing robust indicia for digital printing and verification  
A method and system for improving the capture of an OCR character region of a postage indicium, wherein the OCR character region may exhibit a defect associated with the production or the reading...
6865557 Network open metering system  
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...
6853986 Arrangement and method for generating a security imprint  
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,...
6820201 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...
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...
6810390 System and method for verifying digital postal marks  
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...
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