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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:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1996
Joseph L Gargiulo, Trumbull, CT (US);
Charles F Murphy, III, Milford, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A value printing system having a printing mechanism; a device for moving the printing mechanism in a first predetermined manner during printing by the printing mechanism to record an indication of value on a recording medium; and apparatus, remote from the printing mechanism and the moving device, for effecting the moving device to change the movement of the printing mechanism from the first predetermined manner to a second predetermined manner different from the first predetermined manner during printing by the printing mechanism to record the indication of value on the recording medium. A second value printing system includes a printing module which prints an indication of value on a recording medium; apparatus for accounting for the indication of value printed, the accounting apparatus and printing module communicating with each other to effectuate printing by the printing module; an authorizing device for authorizing the authenticity of the communication between the accounting apparatus and the printing module as a prerequisite to printing the indication of value on the recording medium, the authorizing device including the use of at least one secret key stored in the value printing system; and structure, remote from the printing module and the accounting apparatus and the authorizing device, for initiating changing of the at least one secret key. A method includes the steps of sending a code from a computer, remotely located from the printing mechanism, the accounting apparatus and the authorizing apparatus, to the value printing system; and utilizing the code to change the stored secret key.