Secure postage dispensing system
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    发明授权
    Secure postage dispensing system 失效
    安全邮资分发系统

    公开(公告)号:US4873645A

    公开(公告)日:1989-10-10

    申请号:US134671

    申请日:1987-12-18

    IPC分类号: G07B17/00

    摘要: A secure postage dispensing system is provided, which comprises: apparatus for receiving mailing information including a list of addresses, wherein the list is associated with a number of mail pieces to be sent and information indicative of the postage due for the mail pieces; structure for calculating the total postage required for the mail pieces; and structure for establishing communication with a funds control center, which is adapted to receive the total postage and the total number of mail pieces to be mailed and includes instrumentalities for effecting a funds transfer in the amount of the total postage to a carrier service and, upon completion of such funds transfer, returning a cryptographic key and a batch identifier. In addition, the dispensing system includes apparatus for using said cryptographic key to provide a unique encrypted number for each address in the list of addresses, and apparatus for outputting the list of addresses with each address having the unique encrypted number appended thereto.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种安全的邮资分发系统,其包括:用于接收包括地址列表的邮件信息的装置,其中该列表与要发送的邮件数量相关联,以及指示邮件到期邮资的信息; 用于计算邮件所需邮资总额的结构; 以及用于与资金控制中心建立通信的结构,其适于接收邮寄总邮资和邮件总数,并且包括以总费用量向承运人服务进行资金转移的工具, 完成此类资金转账后,返回加密密钥和批次标识符。 此外,分配系统包括用于使用所述密码密钥为地址列表中的每个地址提供唯一的加密号码的装置,以及用于输出附加有唯一加密号码的每个地址的地址列表的装置。