Title:
POSTAGE METERING SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003065313
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A postage metering system for applying indicia including postage value on mail items, the system including: a keyboard for inputting information; a printer for printing indicia; an accounting module for accounting for postage value applied to mail items; and a security module for requiring a user to input an operating code prior to further operation of the system, the security module being configured to compare the input operating code with at least one stored valid operating code and cause the printer in a printing operation to print an indicium having a zero postage value where the input operating code and any stored operating code do not match and printing of an indicium is requested.
Inventors:
HERRING WILLIAM JAMES (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2003/000389
Publication Date:
November 27, 2003
Filing Date:
January 31, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NEOPOST LTD (GB)
HERRING WILLIAM JAMES (GB)
HERRING WILLIAM JAMES (GB)
International Classes:
G07B17/00; (IPC1-7): G07B17/00
Foreign References:
| US20020010688A1 | 2002-01-24 | |||
| US4812965A | 1989-03-14 | |||
| EP0782110A2 | 1997-07-02 | |||
| US5613007A | 1997-03-18 | |||
| US6039257A | 2000-03-21 |
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