EP 0931298 A2 19990728 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING POSTAGE CREDIT OVER A NETWORK
Title (en)
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING POSTAGE CREDIT OVER A NETWORK
Title (de)
SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR ABRUFEN VON POSTGUTHABEN ÜBER EIN NETZWERK
Title (fr)
SYSTEME ET PROCEDE DE RECUPERATION DE CREDIT D'AFFRANCHISSEMENT SUR UN RESEAU
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9717875 W 19971002
- US 72783396 A 19961002
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9814909A2] A system and method for printing postage indicia, including a desired postage amount, onto a piece of mail. A user takes a postal dispensing device to, or establishes information communication with, an authorized agent of a postal authority in order to obtain a replenishment of the amount of postage stored within the portable postage dispensing device. A desired amount of postage is entered into the dispensing device by an authorized agent through a host processor-based system. The user is then able to access this stored postage at the user's location through a network of processor-based systems. By using the network of processor-based systems the user is able to couple the portable dispensing device to a first processor-based system and then allow distribution of postage amounts to multiple ones of the networked processor-based systems. These ones of the networked processor-based systems may then print an authorized postage indicia on a postal item.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G01G 19/00 (2006.01); G01G 19/414 (2006.01); G07B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G01G 19/005 (2013.01 - EP US); G01G 19/4148 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 17/0008 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 17/00362 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 17/00508 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 17/00733 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00096 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00137 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00145 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00177 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00201 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00258 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/0037 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00419 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00443 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/0058 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00588 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00596 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00604 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00935 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00951 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00967 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9814909A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9814909 A2 19980409; WO 9814909 A3 19980604; AU 4744697 A 19980424; AU 727477 B2 20001214; CA 2266517 A1 19980409; EP 0931298 A2 19990728
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9717875 W 19971002; AU 4744697 A 19971002; CA 2266517 A 19971002; EP 97909958 A 19971002