公开(公告)号：US5884158A

公开(公告)日：1999-03-16

申请号：US730388

申请日：1996-10-15

申请人： Frederick W. Ryan, Jr. ,  Nathan Rosenberg

发明人： Frederick W. Ryan, Jr. ,  Nathan Rosenberg

IPC分类号： H04W12/00 ,  H04Q1/39 ,  H04L9/00

CPC分类号： H04W12/06 ,  H04L63/0823 ,  H04M15/47 ,  H04M2215/0148 ,  H04M2215/32

摘要： This invention relates to a cellular telecommunications systems that utilizes the telephone number the cellular telephone is calling, with the number of telephone calls placed on that cellular telephone, i.e., call count and a seed number to create a digital certificate of the data. The digital certificate is used to make it more difficult to make unauthorized cellular telephone calls. The seed number may be changed after a predetermined number of calls has been made, i.e. one hundred, one thousand, etc. Thus, the transmission of seed numbers between data centers would be substantially reduced.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及利用蜂窝电话正在呼叫的电话号码的蜂窝电信系统，其中放置在该蜂窝电话上的电话呼叫数量，即呼叫计数和种子号码以创建数据的数字证书。 数字证书用于使未经授权的蜂窝电话呼叫更加困难。 种子编号可以在预定次数的呼叫，即一千个等等之后改变。因此，数据中心之间的种子数的传输将被大大减少。

公开(公告)号：US5452419A

公开(公告)日：1995-09-19

申请号：US847542

申请日：1992-03-06

申请人： Peter C. Di Giulio ,  David K. Lee ,  David W. Riley ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

发明人： Peter C. Di Giulio ,  David K. Lee ,  David W. Riley ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

IPC分类号： G05B19/414 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06F13/30

CPC分类号： G05B19/414 ,  G05B19/4185 ,  Y02P90/18

摘要： A cost-effective motion control system communication architecture is provided that supports a centralized control node, distributed control nodes, and smart I/O peripheral control nodes. Networks designed using this architecture, which employs a serial bus, may be readily modified or expanded. The architecture supports both real-time highly periodic communications and event-driven peer-to-peer communications.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种支持集中控制节点，分布式控制节点和智能I / O外围控制节点的具有成本效益的运动控制系统通信架构。 使用这种架构设计的使用串行总线的网络可能会被轻易修改或扩展。 该架构支持实时高周期性通信和事件驱动的对等通信。

公开(公告)号：US08239322B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-07

申请号：US12325463

申请日：2008-12-01

申请人： Darryl T. Rathbun ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

发明人： Darryl T. Rathbun ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

IPC分类号： G06Q40/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q20/10

摘要： A method of paying for postage stamps, that involves the generation of a plurality of postage stamps, wherein each of the stamps has a unique identification code; and the debiting of an account for the generation of the plurality of stamps when a carrier processes one of the plurality of stamps.

摘要翻译： 一种支付邮票的方法，涉及产生多张邮票，其中每张邮票具有唯一的识别码; 以及当载体处理多个邮票中的一个时，产生多个邮票的帐户的借记。

公开(公告)号：US07937333B2

公开(公告)日：2011-05-03

申请号：US10707510

申请日：2003-12-18

申请人： Frederick W. Ryan, Jr. ,  Bradley R. Hammell ,  Anuja S. Ketan

发明人： Frederick W. Ryan, Jr. ,  Bradley R. Hammell ,  Anuja S. Ketan

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00435 ,  G07B17/00024 ,  G07B2017/0004 ,  G07B2017/00145 ,  G07B2017/00443 ,  G07B2017/00709 ,  H04L9/321 ,  H04L2209/56

摘要： A system and method for processing refund requests in a postage system is described. In one configuration, each mail piece includes a tracking code. The refund system monitors the tracking codes as mail pieces are processed in the mail stream. A user enters a refund request for a particular mail piece that is identified by a unique tracking code. The refund system then interrogates a tracking code database to determine if the mail piece was observed in the mail stream. The system then continues to periodically interrogate the tracking code database over a test period of a week to determine if the mail piece was observed in the mail stream. If the mail piece is not observed within the test period, a refund is processed. The system continues to interrogate the tracking code database for a year after the refund is processed to ensure that fraud is not committed.

摘要翻译： 描述了在邮资系统中处理退款请求的系统和方法。 在一个配置中，每个邮件包括跟踪代码。 退款系统监视跟踪代码，邮件在邮件流中处理。 用户输入由唯一跟踪代码识别的特定邮件的退款请求。 然后，退款系统询问跟踪代码数据库，以确定在邮件流中是否观察到邮件。 然后，系统在一周的测试周期内继续定期询问跟踪代码数据库，以确定邮件流是否被观察到。 如果在测试期间没有观察到邮件，则会处理退款。 在处理退款后，系统会继续询问跟踪代码数据库一年，以确保未提交欺诈。

公开(公告)号：US07894655B2

公开(公告)日：2011-02-22

申请号：US12630385

申请日：2009-12-03

申请人： Douglas B. Quine ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

发明人： Douglas B. Quine ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G07D11/0069 ,  G06Q20/042 ,  G07D11/009 ,  G07F19/20 ,  G07F19/202

摘要： A method of operating a check processing system includes scanning a check on a first occasion to generate a first image of the check. The first image is transmitted to a financial institution. The check is scanned on a second occasion later than the first occasion to generate a second image of the check. The second image of the check is transmitted to the financial institution. The second image of the check is examined to determine whether the check was cancelled prior to the second occasion.

摘要翻译： 操作检查处理系统的方法包括首先扫描检查以生成检查的第一图像。 第一张图像传送给金融机构。 该检查在第二次比第一次扫描以生成检查的第二图像。 支票的第二张图像被传送到金融机构。 检查检查的第二个图像以确定在第二次之前检查是否被取消。

公开(公告)号：US07707124B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-27

申请号：US09777592

申请日：2001-02-05

申请人： Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

发明人： Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

IPC分类号： G07B17/02

CPC分类号： G07B17/00435 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q50/26 ,  G07B2017/00161 ,  G07B2017/00443

摘要： A mail piece verification system for processing mail pieces having associated therewith respective mail piece data. The system includes a plurality of postage metering systems for preparing mail pieces, a plurality of mail processing centers for receiving mail pieces and obtaining the respective mail piece data and a data center means in operative communication with the plurality of postage metering systems and the plurality of mail processing centers, the data center means including a plurality of account files corresponding to the plurality of postage metering systems. The data center means stores reset data in each of the plurality of account files representative of reset activity associated with the plurality of postage metering systems, respectively, receives respective mail piece data corresponding to the mail pieces from the plurality of mail processing centers, uses the respective mail piece data, storing empirical data in each of the plurality of account files representative of mailing activity associated with the plurality of postage metering systems, respectively, and conducts a forensic accounting analysis of the empirical data and the reset data associated with a selected postage metering system.

摘要翻译： 一种用于处理与其相关联的邮件数据的邮件的邮件验证系统。 该系统包括用于准备邮件的多个邮资计费系统，用于接收邮件的多个邮件处理中心和获得相应的邮件数据，以及与多个邮资计费系统可操作地通信的数据中心装置， 邮件处理中心，数据中心装置包括对应于多个邮资计费系统的多个帐户文件。 数据中心装置分别存储表示与多个邮资计费系统相关联的复位活动的多个帐户文件的每一个中的重置数据，从多个邮件处理中心接收与邮件对应的各个邮件数据，使用 相应的邮件数据，分别存储代表与多个邮资计费系统相关联的邮件活动的多个帐户文件的每一个中的经验数据，并对与经选择的邮资相关联的经验数据和复位数据进行法务会计分析 计量系统。

公开(公告)号：US07516105B2

公开(公告)日：2009-04-07

申请号：US10732939

申请日：2003-12-11

申请人： Frederick W. Ryan, Jr. ,  Douglas A. Clark ,  Michael J. Ramadei ,  G. Thomas Athens ,  David G. Collings

发明人： Frederick W. Ryan, Jr. ,  Douglas A. Clark ,  Michael J. Ramadei ,  G. Thomas Athens ,  David G. Collings

IPC分类号： G07B17/02

CPC分类号： G07B17/00362 ,  G07B2017/0037

摘要： A method and system that increases the throughput of a mailing machine by continuously computing indicia prior to and during mail processing is provided. The indicia generation process is divided into two distinct parts, cryptographic calculation and funds committal/printing. Indicium data are continuously computed, asynchronously with the printing of the indicia, and stored in a buffer until needed. This enables several indicium data to be computed and stored prior to processing of a mail piece by the mailing machine. Prior to printing an indicium on a mail piece, the funds for the indicium are accounted for by updating the registers of the mailing machine. Since a number of indicium data may be pre-computed prior to the start of processing the mail through the mailing machine, the throughput of the mailing machine can be increased.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种通过在邮件处理之前和期间连续计算标记来增加邮寄机的吞吐量的方法和系统。 标记生成过程分为两个不同的部分，加密计算和资金交付/打印。 标记数据与标记的打印异步地连续计算，并存储在缓冲区中直至需要。 这可以在邮寄机处理邮件之前计算和存储几个标记数据。 在邮件上打印邮戳之前，通过更新邮寄机的登记簿来记账。 由于在通过邮寄机开始处理邮件之前可以预先计算多个标记数据，所以可以增加邮寄机的吞吐量。

公开(公告)号：US07249259B1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-24

申请号：US09390362

申请日：1999-09-07

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 ,  H04K1/00

CPC分类号： H04L9/3247 ,  H04L9/3252

摘要： A signature scheme is provided in which a message is divided in to 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： 提供一种签名方案，其中消息被分成隐藏的第一部分，并且在验证期间被恢复，并且第二部分是可见的并且被要求作为验证算法的输入。 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密码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：US07113198B2

公开(公告)日：2006-09-26

申请号：US10936251

申请日：2004-09-08

申请人： Donald G. MacKay ,  Benjamin Singer ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

发明人： Donald G. MacKay ,  Benjamin Singer ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

IPC分类号： B41J2/32

CPC分类号： B41J2/32

摘要： A method and system for thermal printing of secure documents. A contact thermal printing system includes: a) thermal print head having at least one heater element; and b) a thermal printer controller. The printer controller is programmed to: 1) move the print head in a predetermined pattern while the print head is in contact with a top coating of a thermal print medium; 2) overdrive the heater element during predetermined parts of the pattern to a temperature sufficient to soften or melt the top coating, thereby forming a pattern of striations in the top coating; and 3) control the heater element to print at least part of an image on the medium. The contact surface of the print head can have a specific pattern of features for forming the striations, whereby a pattern of striations formed can encode information both in the direction of the motion of the print head and transversely to the direction of motion. The pattern of striations can form a bar code. The image can be a postal indicium printed on a document which is a mail piece, or other documents having value, such as tax stamps and tickets, can be printed.

摘要翻译： 一种用于安全文件热敏打印的方法和系统。 接触式热敏打印系统包括：a）具有至少一个加热元件的热​​打印头; 和b）热敏打印机控制器。 打印机控制器被编程为：1）当打印头与热敏打印介质的顶部涂层接触时，以预定图案移动打印头; 2）在图案的预定部分期间将加热器元件过度驱动到足以软化或熔化顶部涂层的温​​度，从而在顶部涂层中形成条纹图案; 以及3）控制加热器元件以在介质上打印图像的至少一部分。 打印头的接触表面可以具有用于形成条纹的特定特征图案，由此形成的条纹图案可以在打印头的运动方向上和横向于运动方向上编码信息。 条纹图案可以形成条形码。 该图像可以是打印在作为邮件的文档上的邮政标记，或者可以打印其他具有价值的文件，例如税票和票据。

公开(公告)号：US06813613B1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-02

申请号：US09693203

申请日：2000-10-20

申请人： David K. Lee ,  Perry A. Pierce ,  David W. Riley ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

发明人： David K. Lee ,  Perry A. Pierce ,  David W. Riley ,  Frederick W. Ryan, Jr.

IPC分类号： G06F1700

CPC分类号： G07B17/0008 ,  G07B17/00733 ,  G07B2017/00096 ,  G07B2017/00137 ,  G07B2017/00766 ,  G07B2017/00967

摘要： A postage metering system includes a plurality of computers operatively connected as part of a computer network and operating as client computers on the computer network. At least one postal security device (PSD) is coupled to at least one of the client computers (local client computer). The PSD includes unique identification the ability to store postal value and generate digital signatures. The client computers function as a postage metering network wherein a client computer other than the local client computer (remote client computer) requests evidence of postage payment from the PSD for concluding a postage metering transaction. The local client computer functions as a meter server and the remote client computer functions as a meter client on the postage metering network. The remote client computer initiates a postage metering transaction in the PSD by sending a request for evidence of postage payment to the local client computer. The local client computer sends the request for the evidence of postage payment to the PSD, receives transaction information from the PSD and sends the evidence of payment to the remote client computer for subsequent printing.

摘要翻译： 邮资计费系统包括作为计算机网络的一部分可操作地连接并作为计算机网络上的客户端计算机操作的多个计算机。 至少一个邮政安全设备（PSD）被耦合到至少一个客户端计算机（本地客户端计算机）。 PSD包括独特的识别能力，可以存储邮政值并生成数字签名。 客户端计算机用作邮资计费网络，其中除了本地客户端计算机（远程客户端计算机）之外的客户端计算机从PSD请求邮费支付的凭证用于结束邮资计费交易。 本地客户端计算机作为仪表服务器，远程客户端计算机作为邮资计费网络上的计费客户端。 远程客户端计算机通过向本地客户端计算机发送邮资支付证明请求，在PSD中启动邮资计费交易。 本地客户端计算机向PSD发送邮资证明请求，从PSD接收交易信息，并将付款凭证发送给远程客户端计算机进行后续打印。