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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7890432 | Infrastructure with meter communication capabilities A system for providing franking services includes one or more networks, one or more postage meters, and a postal infrastructure data center connected to the one or more meters through the one or more networks, wherein the postal infrastructure data center establishe... | 02/15/2011 |
| 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 document is carried out without using key information belonging to th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 accordance with an embodiment, an order is received from the c... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369784 | Image forming apparatus and main body of the same The present invention provides an image forming apparatus main body for forming an image on a recording medium using consumable items removably attached thereto by at least two operation modes. The image forming apparatus main body comprises a communicating unit tha... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362862 | Methods and apparatus for awarding prizes based on authentication of computer generated outcomes using coupons The present invention provides authentication of computer generated game or test results (“outcomes”), and a system by which persons who play games or take tests on a game or testing computer, respectively, may submit the outcomes of the games or tests to a cent... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 printer, thereby enabling the printer to detect “stale” indicium ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7266313 | Image forming device and system that use consumable items and method of changing consumable items A system of printers uses replicable toner boxes, which each has a unique serial number. Each printer determines once the toner box is empty. At this time, the printer registers the serial number of the used toner box in used toner box list in a memory. Each time a ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 the information that uniquely identifies each metered mail piece at a re... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251635 | Method and apparatus for managing a key management system A network system for key management, including a server, a key management system providing process logic for key management system management located on the server, a key management system storage providing a secure data storage for the key management system, an app... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7236970 | Address matching system and method An address matching system that maintains a central database of valid addresses has been designed. According to the invention, address matching requests are received by the system from a plurality of remote users located at respective machines (“clients”). Those... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231372 | Method and system for paying for goods or services A method and system for paying for goods or services which includes a mobile radio device and a base telecommunication station which communicates with the mobile radio device via electromagnetic waves. The base telecommunication station transmits the data required f... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7200570 | Multi-attribute auction methodology and system A way to conduct complex transactions by auction efficiently and with a high degree of automation is provided by a methodology for conducting auctions in which bids contain multiple attributes, as opposed to a single attribute (price). Bidders are requested to speci... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194629 | Apparatus for authenticating memory space of an authorized accessory An apparatus for authenticating memory space of an authorized accessory of a device includes an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit is configured to define two secret keys K1 and K2, a random function which returns a random number R and ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7177553 | Part determination device, part attachment and detachment apparatus, image forming apparatus, and part determination method A part determination device used in an apparatus having a replacement part, including an identification information acquisition section that acquires individual identification information for identifying a replacement part from the replacement part, an information a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174456 | Fast authentication and access control method for mobile networking A fast authentication and access control method of authenticating a network access device to a communications network having an access point communicating with a remote authentication (home AAA) server for the network access device. The method includes the step of r... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171392 | Secure data capture apparatus and method In a postage meter system (FIG. 2), a user enters information,indicative of a batch of mail pieces to be franked (30). The mail pieces are franked(31), and when the batch is completed, data relating to the batch are made the subject of a cryptog... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152047 | System and method for production and authentication of original documents A system and method for authenticating documents and content thereof. A counterfeit resistant document recording medium is provided, having thereon a predefined unique document identifier and at least one security feature. The recording medium is thereafter imprinte... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 basis. The mailing machine securely stores the indicia and dispenses th... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143068 | Remote postage meter resetting system having rebate generating capabilities A data center for a postage meter resetting system includes a computer that receives a postage refill request to electronically add a postage refill amount to a postage meter; structure for determining at the computer a rebate value associated with the postage refil... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131578 | System and method for electronic prepaid account replenishment A method for crediting a customer account maintained by a vendor of services in response to payment received from a customer is disclosed herein. The method includes issuing, to the customer, a membership account number associated with at least the customer account.... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7120589 | System and method for managing customer experience information A system and method for managing experience information are disclosed. The system and method allow an organization to manage a plurality of issues and the organization's responsiveness to those issues. Moreover, the system and method allow an experience database to ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7089420 | Authentication method and system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the production and labeling of objects in a manner suitable for the prevention and detection of counterfeiting. Thus, the system incorporates a variety of features that make unauthorized reproduction difficul... | 08/08/2006 |
| 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 can be used again as a possible amount to issue without any communicati... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070097 | Settled weight scale for a checkout system A retail terminal includes a scale for weighing items to be purchased. The scale is operative to obtain a settled or stable weight of items placed thereon either after a predetermined time delay from when the items were placed on the scale or the receipt of an actua... | 07/04/2006 |
| 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 in that the first bar-code reader has a lower rate of successful readi... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7047221 | Method for piracy protection of an apparatus and arrangement for the implementation of the method In a method and arrangement for protecting a device against operation with unauthorized consumables a code number range for a device is allocated to a customer number in the memory of a data bank remote from the device. The consumable is aggregated with a generated ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7000144 | Information management apparatus, information management system, and information management software A user machine provided with a system of a software battery is connected to a host machine for providing a battery through a communications line, and a specific battery in a user machine is charged. The user machine includes a program for communications with the hos... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6996546 | System and methods for digital receipts 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 may be printed in the form of a code. The digital receipt digi... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 transaction, the original postage indicium including postage information and au... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6978255 | Method for protecting a device against operation with unallowed consumables and arrangement for the implementation of the method In a method and apparatus for protecting a device against operation with unallowed consumables whose authenticity is checked in a remote data center, at least one code word is generated, an allocation to a specific consumable is stored in the form of a dataset with ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6973124 | Method and apparatus for signal transmission and reception A method for communicating serial input data over a transmission link. Serial input data is partitioned into parallel data elements and is coded prior to rotation by an invertible linear mapping. Resulting frames of parallel sign elements are transmitted over the li... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957197 | Load planning tables for a parcel shipping system A system for managing shipping parcels that includes a specially adapted set of load planning tables, or, from another aspect, a set of load planning tables for use with a system for managing shipping parcels. The system includes: a planning system for providing a r... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941286 | Method and apparatus for providing refunds in a postage metering system A method for facilitating refunds in a postage metering system includes the steps of receiving at a computer a request for a refund of a postage amount; using the computer for accessing a dispute account data base for identifying a dispute account associated with th... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938023 | Method of limiting key usage in a postage metering system that produces cryptographically secured indicium 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 being related to the operation of the cryptographic appar... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6922678 | Virtual postage meter with multiple origins of deposit 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 includes a postage amount to be printed on a mailpiece. The remot... | 07/26/2005 |
| 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, and the calculation of the security code is undertaken by a separate s... | 02/08/2005 |
| 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 counterfeited or used fraudulently, the system including in the specific ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6738899 | Method for publishing certification information certified by a plurality of authorities and apparatus and portable data storage media used to practice said method A method for certifying the public key of a user wishing to communicate using a public key encryption system by a plurality of certifying authorities. A plurality of certifying stations and a user station exchange information and the user station derives a public ke... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6704867 | Method for publishing certification information representative of selectable subsets of rights and apparatus and portable data storage media used to practice said method A method for certification by a plurality of certifying authorities of the public key of a user wishing to communicate using a public key encryption system while asserting only a subset of rights. A plurality of certifying stations and a user station exch... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6592027 | 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 the information that uniquely identifies each metered mail pie... | 07/15/2003 |
