EP 1300808 A1 20030409 - System for preparing mail pieces
Title (en)
System for preparing mail pieces
Title (de)
System zur Vorbereitung von Poststücken
Title (fr)
Système de préparation d'articles de courrier
Publication
Application
Priority
FR 0112819 A 20011005
Abstract (en)
The system for preparing letters for posting includes use of a first standard printer, connected to a computer terminal, for printing the address, postal co-ordinate data and the required service on the outside of an envelope. This computer is connected to the Internet, and thus also establishes connection with a remote server, enabling the authentication of a franking stamp to be applied to the envelope. This is applied by a second secure printer, after the initial information has been applied to the envelope. <??>The system for preparing articles to be posted includes use of a postal stamp marking, and further marking representing the service associated with the article to be posted, as requested by the user. The system includes a first standard printer (14) connected to a computer user terminal. This computer user terminal is itself connected, via the Internet (10), to a computer server (16) hosting the website of a independent organization for the preparation of articles for posting. This enables the printing of both postal co-ordinates of the destination, and the marking of the service required. A second secure printer comprises a franking machine (20) which then applied the postal franking mark.
Abstract (fr)
Système de préparation d'articles de courrier comportant à la fois une empreinte postale et un marquage de service représentatif d'un service associé à cet article de courrier et demandé préalablement par un utilisateur, ce système comportant des premiers moyens d'impression standards (14) reliés à un terminal informatique de l'utilisateur (12) lui même relié, au travers d'un réseau Internet (10), à un serveur informatique (16) hébergeant le site WEB d'un tiers chargé de la préparation des articles de courrier, pour imprimer à la fois des coordonnées postales du destinataire et le marquage de service. Des seconds moyens d'impression sécurisés constitués par une machine à affranchir (20) sont en outre prévus pour imprimer l'empreinte postale. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G07B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G07B 17/00024 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/0004 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00145 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00201 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00588 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [YD] EP 0878778 A2 19981118 - PITNEY BOWES INC [US]
- [Y] US 5812991 A 19980922 - KARA SALIM G [US]
- [A] US 4800506 A 19890124 - AXELROD BARRY H [US], et al
- [A] UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE: "Performance Criteria For Information-Based Indicia And Security Architecture For Open IBI Postage Evidencing Systems", INFORMATION BASED INDICIA PROGRAM. PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR INFORMATION-BASED INDICIA AND SECURITY ARCHITECTURE FOR OPEN IBI POSTAGE EVIDENCING SYSTEMS, 25 June 1999 (1999-06-25), XP002161216
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE FR GB LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1300808 A1 20030409; FR 2830650 A1 20030411; FR 2830650 B1 20040116; US 2003069862 A1 20030410
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 02292425 A 20021003; FR 0112819 A 20011005; US 26527302 A 20021007