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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Berson, Weston, CT (US);
Elizabeth Bernobich, New Haven, CT (US);
Richard W Heiden, Huntington, CT (US);
Richard A Potoczek, Danbury, CT (US);
Robert W Sisson, Shelton, CT (US);
Anthony F Violante, Stratford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; H04L / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380 23 ; 380-9 ; 380 21 ; 380 25 ; 380 30 ; 380 49 ; 380 51 ; 380 54 ; 380 55 ;
Abstract
A secure system for Authentication information. The system includes a scanner for reading the information contained in a document, a timing mechanism for entering the time the document was read, an encryptor for encrypting the read and timed information and a counter for counting the number of documents processed.