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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8099367 | Method and arrangement for variably generating cryptographic securities in a host device In a method and arrangement for variable generation of cryptographic securities of communications in a host device, for cryptographic security of a communication for a first purpose a first signature is used and for cryptographic security of a communication for a se... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8073781 | Method and device for franking postal deliveries A method and device for franking mailpieces. An operating unit, which is separated from a franking unit, transmits a transaction request to an authorization unit. The authorization unit ascertains an authorization of a user of the operating unit on the basis of an a... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8060445 | Franking system with distributed metering In a mail franking system including a central secure metering device (PSD 20) connected to a remote credit reloading server (26) and a plurality of local franking management modules (22-1 to 22-N) each including a local secure mete... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056003 | Apparatus for designing and a machine for franking a personalized mail template A franking machine for franking a mail item includes an obtain and read component for obtaining and reading a computer file representing a certified personalized mail template, as created by design apparatus, on the basis of a general template and of personalization... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8041644 | 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 USPS Information Based Indicia Program Postal Security Device Performan... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8027927 | 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 USPS Information Based Indicia Program Postal Security Device Performan... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027926 | Secure and recoverable database for on-line value-bearing item system An on-line value bearing item (VBI) printing system that includes one or more cryptographic modules and a secure database is disclosed. The secure database includes account balances and other information for all of the on-line value-bearing item system customers and... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8015115 | System and method for providing controlled access to a funds dispensing device from external processors Systems and methods for providing controlled access to value dispensing devices are described and in certain examples, systems including those for providing controlled access to a postage meter from multiple programs executing on an external collocated processor are... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7945518 | Method, processor and mail transport system for associating information with a mail item In a method, data processor and mail transport system for a mail item, the mail item has an electronic memory device physically associated therewith that contains electronically stored information that is relevant for the transport of the mail item. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7912788 | Mutual authentication system and method for protection of postal security devices and infrastructure A method of authenticating a PSD and an initializing infrastructure that uses a secret key, a PSD public/private key pair and a provider public/private key pair. The infrastructure prepares a signed provider key record using the provider public key and the provider ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7818263 | Technique for effectively generating multi-dimensional symbols representing postal information In a mailing system for franking a postage indicium serving as a proof of postage, postal data including the postage needs to be communicated through such an indicium. Illustratively, the postal data is categorized into (a) invariable postal data, e.g, a device ID i... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7797246 | Distributed system for issuing official stamps and/or titles applying dedicated smart cards A distributed system (10) for issuing official stamps and/or titles (25), particularly stamps, comprising a central control unit or Service Centre (12), a plurality of local terminals (11) distributed throughout the land for materially is... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7797247 | Method for optimizing the performance of a networked mail processing system A method of optimizing the performance of a networked mailing system having a plurality of metering systems includes determining in a first metering system that a cryptographic operation needs to be performed, and identifying a device coupled to the network that can... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7769694 | Secure postage payment system and method 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 charge-back accounting of postage expenses and generating mail contents... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7752141 | 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 USPS Information Based Indicia Program Postal Security Device Performan... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7743043 | 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... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7711650 | System and method for validating postage Systems and methods for dispensing postage or other authorization information electronically by using a secure processor containing an amount of preauthorized postage which can be applied to any piece of mail or other item are shown. The generated postage as applied... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7664710 | 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 device for utilizing the identification data to retrieve a key for deciphe... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660770 | System and method for providing a secure contact management system A system and method for providing a Contact Management System (CMS) so that individual owners of personal contact data may control and manage the access and dissemination of the personal data. The owner of personal contact data may securely register the data with se... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7613660 | System and method for mail destination address information encoding, protection and recovery in postal payment A process for evidencing postage payment begins by obtaining a destination address for a mail item and encoding it as a string of characters from which a subset of the encoded string is selected, concatenated with plain text data and then encrypted. The encrypted po... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7610247 | Method and arrangement for variably generating cryptographic securities in a host device In a method and arrangement for variable generation of cryptographic securities of communications in a host device, for cryptographic security of a communication for a first purpose a first signature is used and for cryptographic security of a communication for a se... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7577618 | Generic value bearing item labels The present invention provides an intuitively-based (WYSIWYG) user interface for generic value bearing item label custom specification of each label on a multi-part label set. According to the present invention, an interactive display such as is depicted in FIG. ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 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 postage meter machine, new postage fee schedule table data are offered at t... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7539648 | 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 account for services when the cryptographic certificate is processed. I... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7536358 | Information service method, data terminal unit, data transmitting and receiving apparatus, and data transmitting apparatus Program data and information associated with at least a consumer commodity that appears in a program of the program data are synchronously transmitted. The program data and the information associated therewith are received. The received program data is reproduced. T... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7519559 | Messaging stamp authority Electronic messages may be processed using a stamp authority by receiving an electronic message, identifying a stamp associated the message, determining if the stamp is valid, and, if the stamp is determined to be valid, distinguishing the message from messages with... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7509291 | Formatting value-bearing item indicia Various embodiments of the present invention would provide methods and systems for generating and printing an identifier on a sheet of label stock that comprises a plurality of same-sized labels. In the exemplary embodiment, the identifier would comprise an identifi... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7433847 | System and method for manufacturing and securing transport of postage printing devices A method of manufacturing a postage printing device that is to be registered by a registering entity having a public/private key pair. The manufacturing station has a manufacturing station public/private key pair. The method includes storing a root certificate compr... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433849 | System and method for controlling a postage metering system using data required for printing A method for controlling a postage metering system includes a mailer defining a first set of parameters for which the generation of postage evidence is authorized to be dispensed from the mailer's meter account. When a request for postage evidence is received, the r... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424458 | Method and system for generating characterizing information descriptive of printed material such as address blocks and generating postal indicia or the like incorporating such characterizing information A method and system for generating and printing an indicium, such as a postal indicium, on an object such as a mail piece. A digital image of other printed material, such as an address block, on the object is obtained, and the image is processed to abstract characte... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413114 | Method of handling mail items with improved bar-code reading In the method of handling mail items, while a mail item is on its first pass through the machine, the method consists in forming a digital image of the surface of the mail item, in deriving, from the image, a digital fingerprint characterizing the mail item, and in ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7389274 | Integrated payment for international business reply mail The invention makes it easier for the post office to calculate accurately terminal dues for business reply mail by providing information to the post regarding each piece of business reply mail that crosses an international border. The foregoing is accomplished by ch... | 06/17/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7373509 | Multi-authentication for a computing device connecting to a network In an embodiment, a method includes authenticating a computing device and a different entity for a session of communication between the computing device and the different entity. The authenticating includes generating a hash of a value selected from the group consis... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370203 | Method for indivisibly modifying a plurality of sites in a microcircuit card non volatile memory, in particular a contactless card A method of connecting a card to a terminal including the following steps: a) on receiving corresponding respective commands from the terminal, it modifies the contents of the card memory by provisionally recording in the card memory each of said interdependent item... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370244 | User-guided error correction Techniques for error handling are described for errors detected by a computer application that receives and processes application transaction data generated by a different computer application. A determination is made as to the type of error that has been detected. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363233 | System and method of network addressing and translation in a transportation system A method for routing an object in a transportation network is provided. The method includes obtaining at a first point a first address and a first functional property code associated with an object to be routed. The method also includes storing at a data base a seco... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357318 | RFID tag access authentication system and RFID tag access authentication method An RFID tag access authentication system including a data processing terminal, a memory medium and a RFID tag. The data processing terminal generates a request signal for requesting a first key data, and transmits the request signal to the memory medium. The system ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356517 | Method for automatic balancing of mail processing accounts for an inserter system A method for automatic balancing of mail processing accounts for an inserter system that can automatically account for discrepancies in large quantities of gathered postage data, as well as conserving computer processing work. Mail pieces are formed on an inserter m... | 04/08/2008 |
