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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
John G Haines, Oakland, CA (US);
Nolan G Rosenbaum, Hayward, CA (US);
Albert L Pion, Berkeley, CA (US);
Marc Lecarpentier, Antony, FR;
Christophe Henriot, Crepy en Valois, FR;
Cyrus Abumehdi, Harlow, GB;
Assignee:
FME Corporation, Hayward, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36446403 ; 364200 ; 3642425 ;
Abstract
An electronic postage meter with memory and a postage printing function having enhanced I/O capability. The meter, in addition to its normal mode of operation, has a transparent mode of operation wherein the meter keyboard and display can be utilized as a user interface to an external I/O device. During the transparent mode of operation, the meter maintains control and security over the meter memory and print function.