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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Glen A Boucher, Shelton, CT (US);
Terri A Carroll, Milford, CT (US);
Jacques E Hasbani, Bethel, CT (US);
Kenneth Karbowski, Farmington, CT (US);
Edward M Rauh, West Haven, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A carrier rate module contains item rating instructions for rating an item for a carrier and self-registration instructions for storing registration information in a registry about the carrier rate module. The self-registration instructions are stored at an entry point with a predefined name so that a standard registration program can invoke the self-registration instructions through the entry point. The registration information stored in the registry includes a carrier identifier for the carrier in a one-to-one association with a module identifier. The module identifier indicates how to load the carrier rate module, so that a carrier manager librarian can identify an entry point of the item rating instructions based on the registration information stored in the registry.