EP 0516403 A3 19931013 - METHOD OF REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS FOR FRANKING MACHINES
Title (en)
METHOD OF REMOTE DIAGNOSTICS FOR FRANKING MACHINES
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 9111490 A 19910529
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0516403A2] A franking machine system is disclosed in which each franking machine (101-10n) includes a fault history memory (22) into which fault codes are written as each fault occurs. Periodically the accumulated fault codes in the memory (22) are read out and transmitted to a remote central fault analysis computer (24) to generate a prediction of faults likely to occur in each franking machine. Where the franking machines (101-10n) periodically communicate with a remote re-setting computer (20) for re-setting credit in the franking machines, the re-setting computer (20) includes storage means (23) to store the fault histories from each of the franking machines and each credit re-setting operation with a franking machine includes transmission to the re-setting computer and writing into the storage means thereof of the fault history of that franking machine. The fault analysis computer (24) periodically communicates with the re-setting computer to receive the fault histories stored therein of the franking machines. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07B 17/0008 (2013.01); G07B 17/00314 (2013.01); G07B 17/00362 (2013.01); G07B 17/00435 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00096 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00169 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00338 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [A] EP 0019515 A2 19801126 - FRIDEN CORP [US]
- [AD] EP 0376573 A2 19900704 - ALCATEL BUSINESS SYSTEMS [GB]
- [A] EP 0172573 A2 19860226 - PITNEY BOWES INC [US]
- [A] GB 2188875 A 19871014 - PITNEY BOWES INC
- [A] GB 2178880 A 19870218 - PITNEY BOWES INC
- [A] GB 2188874 A 19871014 - PITNEY BOWES INC
- [A] GB 2066735 A 19810715 - PITNEY BOWES INC
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE FR GB LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0516403 A2 19921202; EP 0516403 A3 19931013; EP 0516403 B1 19970813; DE 69221538 D1 19970918; DE 69221538 T2 19971218; GB 2256396 A 19921209; GB 2256396 B 19950329; GB 9111490 D0 19910717
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 92304809 A 19920528; DE 69221538 T 19920528; GB 9111490 A 19910529