Method of verifying proper payment of postage
    1.
    发明授权
    Method of verifying proper payment of postage 失效
    验证邮资的正确付款方式

    公开(公告)号:US5819239A

    公开(公告)日:1998-10-06

    申请号:US775121

    申请日:1996-12-30

    摘要: A method is disclosed for ensuring proper payment by a mailer for postage indicia printed by the postage meter of a mailing machine operated by the mailer. The method includes a series of steps carried out by the mailer in connection with the preparation of a discrete quantity of mail by use of a mailing machine which has the capability of determining and recording in a database various characteristics of the mail that affect the postage required for a postal facility to handle the mail, and generates a product usage profile of the mailer's history of mailing. The Post Office counts the mail, and then calculates an expected cost of the mailing using data from the mailer's product usage profile, and then compares that expected cost with the amount of postage credit funds remaining in the mailer's postage meter to determine whether it is likely that any fraud has occurred in the preparation of the mailing.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于确保由邮寄员适当地支付由邮寄员操作的邮寄机的邮资计费器打印的邮资标记的方法。 该方法包括由邮寄员执行的一系列步骤,其中通过使用能够在数据库中确定和记录影响所需邮资的邮件的各种特征的邮寄机器来准备离散数量的邮件 用于处理邮件的邮政设施,并生成邮件邮寄历史的产品使用情况。 邮局计算邮件,然后使用邮件商的产品使用情况配置文件中的数据计算邮寄的预期成本,然后将该预期成本与邮寄邮资计费单中剩余的邮资信用额进行比较,以确定是否可能 在准备邮寄时发生了任何欺诈行为。

    Communication network and protocol for real-time control of mailing
machine operations
    2.
    发明授权
    Communication network and protocol for real-time control of mailing machine operations 失效
    通信网络和协议,实时控制邮寄机操作

    公开(公告)号:US5003538A

    公开(公告)日:1991-03-26

    申请号:US291471

    申请日:1988-12-28

    IPC分类号: H04L12/00 H04L12/40

    CPC分类号: H04L12/58 H04L12/00

    摘要: The communication network is comprised of a first, second, third, and fourth node. Each node has a transmit pin, a receive pin and a programmable microprocessor for generating messages to the transmit pin and for receiving messages presented at the receive pin for processing. The transmit pin of the first node is in line communication with the receive pin of the second node and third node and the transmit pin of said fourth node. The receive pin of the first node is in line communication with the transmit pin of the second node and third node and the receive pin of the fourth node. The microprocessors of the respective nodes are programmed to receive a message at the receiving pin uniquely addressed to the respective node and enabled thereby to respond only to the uniquely addressed messages.

    Control system for moistener
    3.
    发明授权
    Control system for moistener 失效
    湿润控制系统

    公开(公告)号:US5007371A

    公开(公告)日:1991-04-16

    申请号:US291088

    申请日:1988-12-28

    IPC分类号: B43M5/04

    CPC分类号: B43M5/042

    摘要: A moistening arrangement for moistening the flaps of envelopes comprising a guide path for guiding envelopes, a moistener, an arrangement for moving the moistener transversely of the guide path, a first drive for moving envelopes at a first speed onto the guide path, a detector for detecting the first speed, and a second drive for moving envelopes away from the guide path at a second speed. The first and second drives are spaced apart a distance less than the lengths of the envelopes. A sensor arrangement senses the widths of the flaps of envelopes at a determined position between the first and second drives, and a control arrangement is provided for controlling the position of the moistener as a function of the speed of the first means for an initial portion of the envelope, and as a function of the speed of the second means for a final portion of the envelope.