EP 1438679 A2 20040721 - POSTAGE METERING SYSTEM HAVING TELEPHONE ANSWERING CAPABILITY
Title (en)
POSTAGE METERING SYSTEM HAVING TELEPHONE ANSWERING CAPABILITY
Title (de)
FRANKIERUNGSZÄHLERSYSTEM MIT TELEFONBEANWORTUNGSFÄHIGKEIT
Title (fr)
SYSTEME DE MACHINE A AFFRANCHIR COMPRENANT UNE FONCTION REPONDEUR TELEPHONIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0230785 W 20020927
- US 96575301 A 20010928
- US 96575001 A 20010928
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO03030106A2] A postage meter system includes a modem for receiving an incoming telephone call, a printer module for printing on a recording medium and a control system in operative communication with the modem and the printer module. The control system stores a voice message associated with the telephone call, translates the voice message into a computer based text and prints a print message using the printer module from the computer based text. In another configuration, a postage system includes a data center, a population of postage metering systems and a control system that is in operative communication with the data center and the population of postage metering systems. The population of postage metering systems are located remote from the data center and are geographically distributed. The control system receives an incoming telephone call at one postage metering system of the population of postage metering system, stores a voice message associated with the telephone call and retrieves the voice message from another; postage metering system of the population of postage metering systems.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G07B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G07B 17/00024 (2013.01); G07B 17/0008 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00072 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00096 (2013.01); G07B 2017/0012 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00153 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 03030106A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 03030106 A2 20030410; WO 03030106 A3 20040212; AU 2002340045 A1 20030414; EP 1438679 A2 20040721
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0230785 W 20020927; AU 2002340045 A 20020927; EP 02778380 A 20020927