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(11) EP 0 111 317 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.08.1987 Bulletin 1987/33

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.06.1984 Bulletin 1984/25

(21) Application number: 83112359

(22) Date of filing: 08.12.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE FR GB LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 08.12.1982 US 447912

(71) Applicant: PITNEY BOWES INC.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Soderberg, John H.
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  • Duwel, Edward C.
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(54) Methods and apparatus for modifying a firmware variable in an electronic postage meter


(57) Methods and apparatus for modifying a firmware variable in an electronic postage meter. A program is stored e.g. in ROM (14) for operation of the electronic postage meter, data is provided e.g. in a non-volatile memory (24) external to the stored program which data is capable of modifying a variable in the program to change the action of the program, and such external data is accessed during operation of the electronic postage meter to change the action of the program in accordance with the presence of the external data.






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