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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Neopost Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Inventor:
Sean Angelone, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Neopost Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 17/00 (2006.01); G06Q 40/02 (2012.01); G06Q 40/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 17/0008 (2013.01); G06Q 40/02 (2013.01); G06Q 40/12 (2013.12); G07B 2017/00145 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems using a single centralized database to manage postal accounting data are provided. The central database may interface with remote postal meters by way of one or more transient data collectors, which cache data from associated meters and transmit the data to the central database. The data collectors also validate postage accounts to the associated meters. The use of local transient data collectors allows for a single centralized database to be used without requiring data replication among databases local to each computer that manages postal meters.