公开(公告)号：US07877610B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-25

申请号：US11812811

申请日：2007-06-21

申请人： Scott Alexander Vanstone ,  Robert Gallant ,  Robert J. Lambert ,  Leon A. Pintsov ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr. ,  Ari Singer

发明人： Scott Alexander Vanstone ,  Robert Gallant ,  Robert J. Lambert ,  Leon A. Pintsov ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr. ,  Ari Singer

IPC分类号： H04L9/00

CPC分类号： H04L9/3247 ,  H04L9/3252

摘要： A signature scheme is provided in which a message is divided into a first portion which is hidden and is recovered during verification, and a second portion which is visible and is required as input to the verification algorithm. A first signature component is generated by encrypting the first portion alone. An intermediate component is formed by combining the first component and the visible portion and cryptographically hashing them. A second signature component is then formed using the intermediate component and the signature comprises the first and second components with the visible portion. A verification of the signature combines a first component derived only from the hidden portion of the message with the visible portion and produces a hash of the combination. The computed hash is used together with publicly available information to generate a bit string corresponding to the hidden portion. If the required redundancy is present the signature is accepted and the message reconstructed from the recovered bit string and the visible portion.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种签名方案，其中消息被分成在验证期间被隐藏并被恢复的第一部分，以及作为验证算法的输入可见并被要求的第二部分。 通过单独加密第一部分来产生第一签名组件。 通过组合第一组件和可见部分并对其进行加密散列来形成中间组件。 然后使用中间部件形成第二签名部件，并且签名包括具有可见部分的第一和第二部件。 签名的验证将仅从消息的隐藏部分导出的第一组件与可见部分组合，并产生组合的散列。 所计算的散列与公开可用的信息一起使用以产生对应于隐藏部分的位串。 如果存在所需的冗余，则签名被接受，并且从恢复的位串和可见部分重建消息。

公开(公告)号：US20100274608A1

公开(公告)日：2010-10-28

申请号：US12747581

申请日：2008-12-01

申请人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Andrei Obrea

发明人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Andrei Obrea

IPC分类号： G06F17/50

CPC分类号： G06Q50/32 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q30/0206

摘要： The invention creates new carrier products under control of a computer. This is achieved via formal representations of postal and carrier products. It should be understood that the term new product applies to both a completely new product containing an entirely new set of features as well as an update to an existing product with possibly only a few new features or modifications are added.

摘要翻译： 本发明在计算机的控制下创建新的运营商产品。 这是通过邮政和运营商产品的正式表示来实现的。 应当理解，新产品一词适用于包含全新功能的全新产品，以及对现有产品的更新，可能只添加少量新功能或修改。

公开(公告)号：US07765169B2

公开(公告)日：2010-07-27

申请号：US12125092

申请日：2008-05-22

申请人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Andrei Obrea

发明人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Andrei Obrea

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00661 ,  G07B2017/00709

摘要： Systems and methods for authenticating the mailer of a mail piece in a manner that is trustworthy and not easily susceptible to fraudulent manipulation are provided. A mail processing system is utilized by recipients of mail pieces to scan each incoming mail piece. The mail processing system obtains information from the mail piece, which can include an identification of the postage meter that was used to generate the indicium. Based on the identification of the postage meter or other unique information, the recipient's mail processing system can obtain an identification of the mailer. Once the identification of the mailer is ascertained based on this information, the recipient can utilize one or more business rules for internal delivery of the mail piece.

摘要翻译： 提供了以可信赖且不容易受到欺诈操作的方式认证邮件邮件的系统和方法。 邮件收件人利用邮件处理系统来扫描每个邮件。 邮件处理系统从邮件中获取信息，该邮件可以包括用于生成邮戳的邮资计费器的标识。 基于邮资计费器或其他独特信息的识别，收件人的邮件处理系统可以获取邮件的标识。 一旦基于该信息确定了邮寄者的识别，接收者可以利用一个或多个业务规则来内部递送邮件。

公开(公告)号：US07475041B2

公开(公告)日：2009-01-06

申请号：US10719050

申请日：2003-11-21

申请人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Matthew J. Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

发明人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Matthew J. Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

IPC分类号： G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G06Q20/3674 ,  G07B2017/00443 ,  G07B2017/0058 ,  G07B2017/00725 ,  G07B2017/00766

摘要： A method and system for generating and printing an indicium, such as a postal indicium, on an object such as a mail piece. Other printed material, such as an address block, on the object is scanned, and the scanned image is processed to abstract characterizing information descriptive of the other printed material. Alternatively, the image to be processed can be obtained by filtering the original image wit a print/scan filter which simulates printing and scanning processes. The characterizing information can be text-based or image-based. Image-based characterizing information can be measurements of word lengths, counts of outliers in images of characters, or descriptions of the shape of the other printed material. The characterizing information is combined with other information, such as postal information and the combined information is then cryptographically authenticated with a digital signature or the like. An indicium representative of the authenticated information is then printed on the object. The object's relationship to the indicium can be verified by regenerating the characterizing information from the other printed material and comparing the regenerated characterizing information with characterizing information recovered from the indicium. Thus, copies of the indicium cannot easily be used, without detection, on other objects which do not include the other printed material.

摘要翻译： 用于在诸如邮件的对象上生成和打印诸如邮戳的标记的方法和系统。 扫描对象上的其他打印材料（如地址块），并处理扫描图像以抽象描述其他打印材料的特征信息。 或者，可以通过模拟打印和扫描处理的打印/扫描过滤器对原始图像进行滤波来获得要处理的图像。 特征信息可以是基于文本或基于图像的。 基于图像的特征信息可以是字长度的测量，字符图像中的异常值的计数或其他印刷材料的形状的描述。 特征信息与诸如邮政信息的其他信息组合，然后利用数字签名等对组合的信息进行密码认证。 然后将经过认证的信息的标记印在对象上。 可以通过从其他印刷材料再生表征信息并将再生的特征信息与从标记中回收的特征信息进行比较来验证对象与标记的关系。 因此，标签的副本不能容易地被用于不包括其他印刷材料的其他物体上。

公开(公告)号：US20080313104A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-18

申请号：US11811989

申请日：2007-06-13

申请人： Leon A. Pintsov

发明人： Leon A. Pintsov

IPC分类号： G07B17/02

CPC分类号： G07B17/00467 ,  G07B2017/00475 ,  G07B2017/00483

摘要： A method and system of providing postage wherein delivery fee discounts are provided based on one or more sorting levels in which mail pieces are run through the system twice. In the first run, postal codes are obtained from the mail pieces, a running tally for each participating sorting level code in each sorting level is kept, and for each code in the highest sorting level that has a tally that reaches a predetermined minimum, an indicium reflecting the highest discount is printed on: (i) the mail piece whose postal code caused the tally to reach the minimum, and (ii) any mail pieces to that postal code that are processed thereafter. In the second run, for each mail piece not having a printed indicium, an indicium is printed which reflects a proper sorting level discount, if any, based on the postal code obtained therefrom and one or more of the tallies.

摘要翻译： 一种提供邮寄的方法和系统，其中基于邮件通过系统运行两次的一个或多个排序级别来提供传送费折扣。 在第一次运行中，从邮件获得邮政编码，保留每个排序级别中每个参与排序级代码的运行计数，对于具有达到预定最小值的最高排序级别的每个代码， 反映最高折扣的标签印在：（i）邮政编码使其达到最低限度的邮件，以及（ii）此后处理的邮政编码的邮件。 在第二次运行中，对于没有打印标记的每个邮件，打印标记，其基于从其获得的邮政编码和一个或多个提案反映适当的排序级别折扣（如果有的话）。

公开(公告)号：US20080300938A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-04

申请号：US12100443

申请日：2008-04-10

申请人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Andrei Obrea

发明人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Andrei Obrea

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  G06Q10/06315

摘要： An automated process that allows the posts to obtain a computer description of mailer's requirements for new carrier products and a description of available carrier operational constraints and capabilities in computer processable format; translating the mailer's requirements for the new carrier products into a sequence of computer actionable instructions that may be exercisable by carrier operations; and comparing by the computer the sequence of computer actionable instructions and the carrier operational constraints and capabilities to determine feasibility of the mailers requirements.

摘要翻译： 一个自动化过程，允许职位获取邮件员对新运营商产品的要求的计算机描述以及计算机可处理格式的可用运营商运营约束和能力的描述; 将邮递员对新载体产品的要求翻译成可由运营商操作执行的一系列计算机可执行指令; 并通过计算机比较计算机可操作指令的顺序和载波操作约束和能力来确定邮件员要求的可行性。

公开(公告)号：US07424458B2

公开(公告)日：2008-09-09

申请号：US10719051

申请日：2003-11-21

申请人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Matthew J. Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

发明人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Matthew J. Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

IPC分类号： G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G07B17/00733 ,  G07B2017/0058 ,  G07B2017/0083

摘要： A method and system for generating and printing an indicium, such as a postal indicium, on an object such as a mail piece. A digital image of other printed material, such as an address block, on the object is obtained, and the image is processed to abstract characterizing information descriptive aspects of the other printed material. The aspects can be measurements of word lengths, counts of outliers in images of characters, or descriptions of the shape of the other printed material. The characterizing information is combined with other information, such as postal information, and the combined information is then cryptographically authenticated with a digital signature or the like. An indicium representative of the authenticated information is then printed on the object. The object's relationship to the indicium can be verified by regenerating the characterizing information from the other printed material and comparing the regenerated characterizing information with characterizing information recovered from the indicium. Thus, copies of the indicium cannot easily be used, without detection, on other objects which do not include the other printed material.

摘要翻译： 用于在诸如邮件的对象上生成和打印诸如邮戳的标记的方法和系统。 获得对象上的诸如地址块的其他打印材料的数字图像，并处理图像以抽象其他印刷材料的特征描述性方面。 这些方面可以是字长的测量，字符图像中的异常值的计数或其他印刷材料的形状的描述。 特征信息与诸如邮政信息的其他信息组合，然后利用数字签名等对组合的信息进行密码认证。 然后将经过认证的信息的标记印在对象上。 可以通过从其他印刷材料再生表征信息并将再生的特征信息与从标记中回收的特征信息进行比较来验证对象与标记的关系。 因此，标签的副本不能容易地被用于不包括其他印刷材料的其他物体上。

公开(公告)号：US07349115B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-25

申请号：US10608962

申请日：2003-06-27

申请人： Michael J. Critelli ,  Leon A. Pintsov ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr. ,  Ian A. Siveyer

发明人： Michael J. Critelli ,  Leon A. Pintsov ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr. ,  Ian A. Siveyer

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G06K15/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  H04L51/34

摘要： A method and system that enables the accurate identification of the originator of a mail piece within a corporate mail room environment is provided. Each person that generates mail items is provided with tracking information to be placed on each mail item. The tracking information can include, for example, an employee identification number, an equipment identification number and a unique sequence number. When the mail item is received in the corporate mail room, the tracking information is scanned and the tracking information is associated with a unique aspect of the mail item. Utilizing the tracking information associated with each mail item, the ambiguity of origination of each mail item is removed as there is now a verifiable record of the originator and/or originating equipment.

摘要翻译： 提供一种方法和系统，其能够准确地识别公司邮箱室内邮件的发起者。 每个生成邮件的人都被提供有跟踪信息放在每个邮件项目上。 跟踪信息可以包括例如雇员识别号码，设备识别号码和唯一的序列号码。 当在公司邮箱中收到邮件时，扫描跟踪信息，跟踪信息与邮件项的唯一方面相关联。 利用与每个邮件项目相关联的跟踪信息，消除了每个邮件项目的起源的模糊性，因为现在有起始者和/或起始设备的可验证记录。

公开(公告)号：US06904419B1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-07

申请号：US09694244

申请日：2000-10-23

申请人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

发明人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

IPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  G07B17/00

CPC分类号： H04L63/062 ,  G06Q40/12 ,  G07B17/0008 ,  G07B2017/00169 ,  G07B2017/00177 ,  G07B2017/0083 ,  G07B2017/00911 ,  H04L63/123

摘要： A method for auditing postage dispensing transactions at a postal facility includes the steps of: receiving in a secure processor based device a request to dispense an amount of postage; updating, in response to the request, accounting data within the secure processor based device to account for the amount of postage; cryptographically securing the updated accounting data in the secure processor based device; dispensing the amount of postage by generating and applying the cryptographically, secured, updated accounting data to a mailpiece. The method further includes receiving cash value for the amount of postage dispensed; sending from the secure processor based device to an administrative computer a cryptographically secure message including the updated accounting data; obtaining and comparing, at the administrative computer, the updated accounting data from the secure message with the cash value received and previous updated accounting data received from a previous secure message from the secure processor based device, and determining if any inconsistencies exist based on the comparing; and obtaining and analyzing, at a funds management computer, the updated accounting data from the mailpiece and the updated accounting data from the secure message and determining if any inconsistencies exist based on the analyzing. An apparatus incorporates the method.

摘要翻译： 用于在邮政设施审核邮资分配交易的方法包括以下步骤：在基于安全处理器的设备中接收分配一定数量的邮资的请求; 根据请求更新基于安全处理器的设备中的会计数据，以计算邮资的数量; 在基于安全处理器的设备中密码地保护更新的记帐数据; 通过生成并将密码，安全，更新的会计数据应用于邮件来分配邮资量。 该方法还包括接收分配的邮资数量的现金价值; 从基于安全处理器的设备向管理计算机发送包括更新的计费数据的密码安全消息; 在所述管理计算机上，从所述安全消息中获取并更新所接收的现金值的更新的会计数据和从基于安全处理器的设备从先前的安全消息接收的先前更新的会计数据，以及基于所述比较来确定是否存在不一致 ; 以及在资金管理计算机中从安全消息中获取和分析来自邮件的更新的会计数据和更新的会计数据，以及基于分析确定是否存在不一致性。 一种装置结合了该方法。

公开(公告)号：US06546377B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-08

申请号：US09242206

申请日：1999-12-02

申请人： Linda V Gravell ,  Leon A. Pintsov ,  David W. Riley ,  Brian Romansky ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

发明人： Linda V Gravell ,  Leon A. Pintsov ,  David W. Riley ,  Brian Romansky ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

IPC分类号： G07B1700

CPC分类号： G06Q20/02 ,  G06Q20/04 ,  G06Q20/342 ,  G06Q20/3821 ,  G06Q20/3829 ,  G06Q20/389 ,  G06Q20/401 ,  G06Q20/4014 ,  G07B17/00024 ,  G07B17/0008 ,  G07B17/00435 ,  G07B17/00733 ,  G07B2017/00048 ,  G07B2017/00056 ,  G07B2017/00096 ,  G07B2017/00137 ,  G07B2017/00145 ,  G07B2017/00161 ,  G07B2017/00169 ,  G07B2017/00177 ,  G07B2017/00201 ,  G07B2017/00427 ,  G07B2017/00443 ,  G07B2017/00588 ,  G07B2017/0075 ,  G07B2017/00766 ,  G07B2017/0083 ,  G07B2017/00862 ,  G07B2017/0087 ,  G07B2017/00935 ,  G07B2017/00967 ,  G07F7/025

摘要： A system (10) and method of evidencing postage payment include a local postage printing system (20, 22) requesting to a remote data metering center (30) for the generation of postage evidencing information (220, 320). The request includes a postage amount to be printed on a mail piece. The remote data metering center (30) determines a postal origin (220, 320) corresponding to the request for postage evidencing information (220, 230), then accounts for the postage amount in a general account (220, 320) corresponding to the local postage printing system (20, 22) and in a payment account corresponding to the determined postal origin (240, 340). The remote metering center (30) generates postage evidencing information (220, 320) in response to the request. The postal evidencing information includes a digital token and the determined postal origin (220, 320). The remote data metering center (30) sends the postage evidencing information to the local postage printing system (20, 22) which prints the postage evidencing information and the determined postal origin on the mail piece.

摘要翻译： 证明邮资支付的系统（10）和方法包括：向远程数据计量中心（30）请求产生邮资证明信息（220,320）的本地邮资打印系统（20,22）。 该请求包括要邮寄邮资的邮资。 远程数据计量中心（30）确定与邮资证明信息（220,230）的请求对应的邮政来源（220,320），然后计算对应于本地的一般帐户（220,320）中的邮资数量 邮资打印系统（20,22）和对应于所确定的邮政来源（240,340）的付款帐户。 远程计量中心（30）响应于该请求生成邮资证明信息（220,320）。 邮政证明信息包括数字令牌和确定的邮政来源（220,320）。 远程数据计量中心（30）将邮资证明信息发送到在邮件上打印邮资证明信息和确定的邮政来源的本地邮资打印系统（20,22）。