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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raymond John Herbert, Leigh-on-Sea, GB;
Assignee:
Neopost Limited, Romford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/760 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/760 ;
Abstract
A secure communication system for transmission of messages utilizes postage meters as terminals of the system. The postage meters include means for input of postage amount, an encryptor to encrypt postage information to be printed by a printer of the meter. The input means are used for input of a message, the encryptor encrypts the message with a key unique for an intended recipient terminal and the printer prints the encrypted message on a mail item. The terminals also are provided with reading means to read a received encrypted message and the encryption means is utilized to decrypt the received encrypted message using the unique key of the recipient terminal.