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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hans-Peter Liechti, deceased, late of Berne, CH;
Philipp Merz, Basel, CH;
Louis Baldisserotto, Berne, CH;
Assignee:
Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems AG, Berne, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3644642 ; 235375 ; 235381 ; 36446414 ;
Abstract
In a communications system, a host computer in a data center communicates with a multiplicity of electronic postage meters via telephone dial-up lines to conduct telemeter setting (TMS) transactions. Through the communications, the host computer may collect statistical data from each meter, and may impose a cumulative postage amount limit, a time limit and/or a piece limit on the meter. To ensure security and data integrity, the communicated data between the meters and the host computer is selectively encrypted and/or authenticated.