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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2004
Pascal Charroppin, Le Vesinet, FR;
Pascal Charroppin, Le Vesinet, FR;
Neopost Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
This invention relates to a device alerting to the expiration of tariffs for a franking system, comprising a random access memory (RAM) for recording postal data including a first table of postal tariffs relative to postal products and services and a processing unit for updating these postal tariffs, this RAM further comprising a second table of postal tariffs and the processing unit comprising means for comparing the postal tariffs of the first and second tables and for emitting a message alerting to the expiration of tariffs when a date of application of the postal tariffs of said second table is identical to or earlier than a desired date of franking and when one of these compared postal tariffs has been changed.