EP 1095343 A1 20010502 - TECHNIQUE FOR SECURING A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION OF A POSTAGE FRANKING SYSTEM
Title (en)
TECHNIQUE FOR SECURING A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION OF A POSTAGE FRANKING SYSTEM
Title (de)
TECHNIK ZUM ABSICHERN EINER SYSTEMKONFIGURATION EINES POSTFRANKIERSYSTEMS
Title (fr)
TECHNIQUE ASSURANT LA SECURITE DE LA CONFIGURATION D'UN SYSTEME POSTAL D'AFFRANCHISSEMENT
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9913488 W 19990615
- US 8921298 P 19980615
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9966422A1] In a franking system a postal security device (PSD) tracks a postage fund for dispensing postal indicia and enforce the configuration of the franking system. An authorization code, which is particular to the system, is used to verify the system configuration. An unauthorized change in the system configuration causes invalidation of the code and generation of the postal indicia is denied. Data center (125) records configuration information of each franking system (100). The data center generates a valid authorization code for verification in the franking system based on new configuration information. Components added to the system must be preapproved to prevent fraudulent generation of postage indicia. A registration number is assigned to each preapproved component which is necessary for interaction with the franking system.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07B 17/00 (2006.01); G07B 17/02 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/00 (2006.01); G09C 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G07B 17/0008 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00048 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00161 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00169 (2013.01); G07B 2017/0033 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00951 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00967 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9966422 A1 19991223; WO 9966422 A8 20000302; CA 2334922 A1 19991223; EP 1095343 A1 20010502; EP 1095343 A4 20070502; JP 2002518747 A 20020625
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9913488 W 19990615; CA 2334922 A 19990615; EP 99930279 A 19990615; JP 2000555179 A 19990615