SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING POSTAGE CREDIT OVER A NETWORK - Patent 0931298

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EP 0 931 298 A2

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(43)	Date of publication:
	28.07.1999 Bulletin 1999/30

(21)	Application number: 97909958.0

(22)	Date of filing: 02.10.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01G 19/ 00^{( . )}
G07B 17/ 00^{( . )}

G01G 19/ 414^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/017875

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/014909 (09.04.1998 Gazette 1998/14)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

02.10.1996 US 19960727833

(71)	Applicant: E-Stamp Corporation
	Houston, TX 77056-6524 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	KARA, Salim, G. Houston, TX 77056-6524 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jackson, Richard Eric
	Carpmaels & Ransford, 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING POSTAGE CREDIT OVER A NETWORK