Method and system for secure delivery and printing of documents via a network device
    1.
    发明授权
    Method and system for secure delivery and printing of documents via a network device 有权
    用于通过网络设备安全传送和打印文档的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US06751732B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-06-15

    申请号:US09904401

    申请日:2001-07-12

    IPC分类号: H04L900

    CPC分类号: G06F21/608

    摘要: A system and method for providing secure, on-demand printing of documents delivered to a networked printing device is disclosed. A user logs onto a networked document delivery system using a mobile device and selects a document to be printed along with a networked destination printing device. The document server encrypts and stores the selected document and creates a key. The key is sent to the mobile device. The document server sends a pointer, indicating the location of the document, to the destination printing device. When the user is physically at the printing device, a connection is established between the mobile device and the printing device. The mobile device identifies to the printing device the document to be printed and sends the key to the printing device. The printing device, using the pointer, retrieves the document from the network, uses the key to decrypt the document, and then prints the document.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于提供安全的按需打印传送到网络打印设备的文档的系统和方法。 用户使用移动设备登录到联网的文档传送系统,并选择要与打印的目标打印设备一起打印的文档。 文件服务器加密并存储选定的文档并创建一个密钥。 密钥发送到移动设备。 文档服务器将指示文档的位置的指针发送到目标打印设备。 当用户在物理上处于打印设备时,在移动设备和打印设备之间建立连接。 移动设备向打印设备标识要打印的文档,并将密钥发送到打印设备。 使用指针的打印设备从网络中检索文档,使用密钥解密文档,然后打印文档。

    Method for removing funds from a postal security device
    2.
    发明授权
    Method for removing funds from a postal security device 失效
    从邮政安全设备中删除资金的方法

    公开(公告)号:US6058384A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-02

    申请号:US996602

    申请日:1997-12-23

    IPC分类号: G07F7/08 G07B17/00 G06F17/00

    摘要: A method for removing postal funds from a postage meter provides an accounting unit of a postage meter with indicium-related information which is invalid for mailing such as invalid origin zip or date. The accounting unit generates a digital signature, which is an encrypted value of the postal funds removed from the postage meter and other postal data including the indicium-related information. The accounting unit through a Host PC sends to a data center the amount of the postal funds removed from the postage meter and the digital signature. The data center verifies that the digital signature has been generated using the indicium-related information. The meter is disabled when the digital signature cannot be verified. When the digital signature is verified a request for a refund is sent by the data center to a postal authority. An example of the indicium-related information is an invalid destination postal code or an invalid origination postal code.

    摘要翻译: 从邮资计费器中删除邮政资金的方法为邮资计费器的会计单位提供与邮政无效的邮戳相关的信息,如无效起始邮件或日期。 会计单位生成数字签名,该数字签名是从邮资计费器中删除的邮政资金的加密值,以及包括与标记有关的信息的其他邮政数据。 通过主机PC的会计单元向数据中心发送从邮资计费器中删除的邮政资金的数量和数字签名。 数据中心使用标记相关信息来验证数字签名是否已经生成。 当数字签名无法验证时,仪表被禁用。 当数字签名经过验证后,数据中心将向邮政机关发送退款请求。 标记相关信息的示例是无效的目的地邮政编码或无效的起始邮政编码。

    Method for auditing a database and system for carrying out such method
    3.
    发明授权
    Method for auditing a database and system for carrying out such method 有权
    审核数据库和系统执行此类方法的方法

    公开(公告)号:US06957196B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-18

    申请号:US09654951

    申请日:2000-09-05

    IPC分类号: G06F17/00 G06F17/30 G06F17/60

    摘要: FIG. 6 shows the operation of modules 22 in processing a request for a digital postal indicium. At 72 the selected one of modules 22 receives the indicium request and the requested meter record and, at 76 confirms that sufficient funds are available. If not the request is rejected at 78; again in a manner whose details form no part of the subject invention. At 80 the selected module constructs an indicium message having an appended indicium signature, which when printed in relevant part on a mailpiece will evidence payment of postage in the amount shown, and at 84 updates the requested meter record and appends a meter record signature. Generation of indicia and updating meter records is more fully described in specifications for the Information Based Indicia Program (IBIP) published by the United States Postal Service and further discussion is not believed necessary for an understanding of the subject invention.) At 86 the selected module updates the audit data. (Updating the postage and transaction data is a matter of simple addition. Updating of the error correcting code will be described further below.) At 88 the updated audit data is stored in nonvolatile memory 24, and at 90 the signed indicium message and signed meter record are sent to server 14 for processing as described above. The audit data and the indicium are transmitted to the server at the same time. The indicium is forwarded to customer 12 and a copy of the audit data is stored in server 14. While perhaps less secure than data stored in modules 22, audit data stored in server 14 can be verified against that in modules 22 and can be used, for example, when a module is off-line.

    摘要翻译: 图。 图6示出了模块22在处理对数字邮戳的请求时的操作。 在72处,所选择的一个模块22接收标记请求和请求的仪表记录,并且在76确认有足够的资金可用。 如果没有请求在78被拒绝; 再次以其细节不构成本发明的一部分的方式。 在80,所选择的模块构建具有附加的标记签名的标记消息,当在邮件的相关部分中打印时,将以所示的数量支付邮费,并且在84更新所请求的仪表记录并附加计量记录签名。 在美国邮政局出版的基于信息的标记计划(IBIP)的规范中更全面地描述了生成标记和更新仪表记录,进一步的讨论不被认为对理解本发明是必要的。)在86所选模块 更新审核数据。 (更新邮资和交易数据是简单的补充,更新错误纠正码将在下面进一步描述。)在88,更新的审核数据存储在非易失性存储器24中,并且在90处存储带符号的标记消息和签名的计量器 记录被发送到服务器14进行如上所述的处理。 审核数据和标记同时传输到服务器。 将标记转发给客户12,并将审核数据的副本存储在服务器14中。 虽然可能比存储在模块22中的数据更不安全,但可以针对模块22中的审核数据来验证存储在服务器14中的审计数据,并且可以例如当模块离线时使用。

    Method for downloading and printing bitmapped graphics
    4.
    发明授权
    Method for downloading and printing bitmapped graphics 失效
    下载和打印位图图形的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5579449A

    公开(公告)日:1996-11-26

    申请号:US360907

    申请日:1994-12-21

    申请人: Kevin L. Strobel

    发明人: Kevin L. Strobel

    IPC分类号: G06F3/12 G06K15/00

    摘要: The invention is a method whereby soft font data and graphic images which are stored on a host computer in a variety of formats are converted to a bitmap graphics format comprised of a group of printer commands designed for bitmap graphics printing and then downloaded and printed using a single set of printer control commands.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是一种将以各种格式存储在主计算机上的软字体数据和图形图像转换为由针对位图图形打印设计的一组打印机命令组成的位图图形格式的方法,然后使用 单组打印机控制命令。

    Printer command set for controlling address and postal code printing
functions
    8.
    发明授权
    Printer command set for controlling address and postal code printing functions 失效
    打印机命令设置用于控制地址和邮政编码打印功能

    公开(公告)号:US5583970A

    公开(公告)日:1996-12-10

    申请号:US395561

    申请日:1995-02-28

    申请人: Kevin L. Strobel

    发明人: Kevin L. Strobel

    摘要: The invention is a method and system for printing images to a substrate wherein the commands normally input by an operator, or resident within the printer, can be determined at a host data processor. The system can control address and postal code printing functions beginning at the host computer together. The system will derive printing data, including address data, from a selected application resident in the host computer. The host computer creates and then transmits printer command sets and printing data, via transmitting means to a microprocessor within the printer. The microprocessor drives a language interpreter which directs the printer commands to a parsing step for determining the address location from within the data to be printed. The language interpreter then assigns delivery point digits to a zip code that was isolated from the transmitted address data. The newly created zip code is then matched with the bar code data stored within the microprocessor's corresponding memory. A bar code corresponding to the new zip code is selected. The language interpreter then directs the printer's controller to prepare to print the address with its corresponding zip code, any graphics images that may have been included within the print data, and text, if any. The printer controller positions the bar code for printing, and then prints the bar code and address data, zip code, and any graphics images and text to an envelope or other substrate.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是一种用于将图像打印到基板的方法和系统,其中可以在主机数据处理器处确定操作者正常输入或驻留在打印机内的命令。 该系统可以一起控制从主机开始的地址和邮政编码打印功能。 该系统将从驻留在主计算机中的选定应用中导出打印数据,包括地址数据。 主机通过发送装置创建并发送打印机命令集和打印数据到打印机内的微处理器。 微处理器驱动语言解释器,其将打印机命令引导到用于从要打印的数据内确定地址位置的解析步骤。 然后,语言解释器将传送点数字分配给与发送的地址数据隔离的邮政编码。 然后将新创建的邮政编码与存储在微处理器相应存储器内的条形码数据相匹配。 选择对应于新邮政编码的条形码。 然后,语言解释器指示打印机的控制器准备使用其相应的邮政编码打印地址,可能已经包含在打印数据中的任何图形图像以及文本(如果有的话)。 打印机控制器定位用于打印的条形码,然后将条形码和地址数据,邮政编码以及任何图形图像和文本打印到信封或其他基板。

    Method and system for remote retrieval of documents
    9.
    发明授权
    Method and system for remote retrieval of documents 失效
    远程检索文件的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US06801932B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-10-05

    申请号:US09707561

    申请日:2000-11-07

    IPC分类号: G06F1516

    摘要: The present invention is directed to a method and system for remote receipt of a message, such as a telephone, e-mail, facsimile or paper message. A server or data center is provided for receiving messages from a sender communicating with a recipient mobile device. The mobile device is then prompted to notify the recipient that a message is waiting. If the recipient desires to receive the message, he/she indicates this on his/her mobile device. The mobile device and the device which will receive the message, i.e., the destination device, are provided with a tag for wireless communication. The message recipient is prompted to bring the mobile device in close enough proximity to the destination device such that the tag sends information about the destination devise to the mobile device. The mobile device communicates the information via wireless communications means with the data center. The data center then determines if any translation or transcoding of the original message is required in order for the destination device to receive the message in proper format. Once transcoding or translation is effected, the message is routed to the destination device for output.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及用于远程接收诸如电话,电子邮件,传真或纸张消息的消息的方法和系统。 提供服务器或数据中心用于从与接收者移动设备通信的发送者接收消息。 然后提示移动设备通知接收者消息正在等待。 如果接收者希望收到消息,他/她在他/她的移动设备上指出这一点。 将接收消息的移动设备和设备,即目的设备,设置有用于无线通信的标签。 提示消息收件人将移动设备置于足够接近目的地设备的位置,使得标签将关于目的地设备的信息发送到移动设备。 移动设备经由无线通信装置与数据中心通信信息。 然后,数据中心确定是否需要原始消息的任何转换或代码转换,以便目的地设备以适当的格式接收消息。 一旦进行了代码转换或转换,则将消息路由到目的地设备以进行输出。

    Method and system for remote printing of documents
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and system for remote printing of documents 有权
    远程打印文件的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US06744528B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-06-01

    申请号:US09728237

    申请日:2000-11-30

    IPC分类号: G06K1502

    摘要: The present invention provides a mobile device equipped with a wireless communication capability for generating electronic documents. The mobile device uses the wireless communication capability to communicate with a separate wireless communication tag. The wireless communication tag includes such information as a print device destination address, and the capabilities of the print device matching the destination address. The mobile device receives the destination device information and sends it and a document to a remote data processing center. The document and information may be sent via a network connection or a mobile communication device to a data-processing center. Once the data center receives the information and document the data processing center, the data center determines if any translation or transcoding of the original message is required in order for the destination device to receive the message in the a format which is compatible to the desired destination device. Once transcoding or translation is effected, the message is routed to the identified destination device, which then print the message.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了配备有用于生成电子文档的无线通信能力的移动设备。 移动设备使用无线通信能力与单独的无线通信标签进行通信。 无线通信标签包括诸如打印设备目的地地址的信息,以及与目的地地址匹配的打印设备的能力。 移动设备接收目的地设备信息并将其发送到远程数据处理中心。 文档和信息可以经由网络连接或移动通信设备发送到数据处理中心。 一旦数据中心接收到信息并记录数据处理中心,数据中心确定是否需要原始消息的任何转换或转码,以便目的设备以与所需目的地兼容的格式接收消息 设备。 一旦进行了代码转换或转换,则将消息路由到所识别的目的地设备,然后打印该消息。