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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1987
Michelle S Breault, Fairfield, CT (US);
John H Steinmetz, Bridgeport, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A mail management system (MMS) is comprised of a host system communicatively coupled to one or more operator workstations. Each workstation may be further coupled to a postage dispensing device, such as a postage meter. A transaction record for each postage mailing transaction is collected, stored and transmitted to the host system from the workstation. The transaction record comprises a plurality of data fields. Some of the data fields are fixed data fields, that is they are transmitted for each transaction record. Other data fields are optional data fields which are transmitted from the workstation to the host system only if the host system has previously indicated to the workstation that the particular field is to be included within the transaction record.