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EP0566225B1 - Procédé de saisie de données dans une machine d'affranchissement et ensemble pour traiter le courrier et pour produire une image d'affranchissement à chaque fois à l'office de traitement de courrier - Google Patents

Procédé de saisie de données dans une machine d'affranchissement et ensemble pour traiter le courrier et pour produire une image d'affranchissement à chaque fois à l'office de traitement de courrier Download PDF

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EP0566225B1
EP0566225B1 EP93250112A EP93250112A EP0566225B1 EP 0566225 B1 EP0566225 B1 EP 0566225B1 EP 93250112 A EP93250112 A EP 93250112A EP 93250112 A EP93250112 A EP 93250112A EP 0566225 B1 EP0566225 B1 EP 0566225B1
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Wolfgang Dr. Thiel
Claus Freytag
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  • the invention relates to a method for data entry into a franking machine, an arrangement for franking of postal items and to generate one each Cost center assigned franking image according to the in Preamble of claims 1 and 6 specified type.
  • Such a method or device is known from WO-A-8 801 818.
  • a franking machine is used to frank mail used and is with at least one input means, in particular with a chip card read / write unit, an input / output control means and an output means equipped.
  • Chip cards are already known, the several non-volatile Memory or separately accessible memory areas and have a microprocessor to make different Data representing information in the Franking machine to transfer and to get data from the Read franking machine.
  • One from DE 39 03 718 A1 or EP 328 059 A2 known postage accounting system has one Read / write unit for chip cards that have a Control unit is connected to a franking machine. Postage meter usage information is stored in the chip card enrolled who later with a personal computer is read out for billing.
  • Im non-volatile Data memory of the chip card has 2 memory areas, where the 1st memory area is the current one Postage credit data and the 2nd storage area the data for an individual advertising cliché.
  • the one User-assigned chip card can also be known How to load or credit the franking machine be used and has a transport and billing function to exchange data for billing as well as a reload function for an advertising cliché.
  • the 2nd storage area for the individual Advertising cliché can be controlled separately in the chip card from the 1st storage area for postage credit and will only read when there is a need.
  • Billing data (date, number and Value of the imprints) additionally stored in the chip card to postponed billing to be able to carry out by means of a personal computer.
  • additional image data Storage space of the chip card fully booked, so that no further data can be saved.
  • the franking machines remain with the solutions mentioned above blocked for use until the Chip card in a corresponding read / write unit is inserted, thereby authorizing the user is initiated.
  • DE OS 41 29 302 describes a solution variant for the fee credit increase in the residual value memory of Franking machines by means of a reload credit carrying chip card proposed, which subsequently deleted can be removed again.
  • another Variant is the credit stored in the chip card debited gradually.
  • Data can be called up from the chip card.
  • Postage Postage fee table
  • accounting data is already in the franking machine saved, but so far have had to be stored in a chip card to this accounting data to one with a smart card reader equipped personal computer to transport and around a billing report via a printer connected to it to print out.
  • a smart card reader equipped personal computer to transport and around a billing report via a printer connected to it to print out.
  • an electronic Printers in franking machines can, however, be variable Print images are generated.
  • the invention is based, for a number of users setting a franking machine effortless to make.
  • the invention is based on the further object an arrangement for franking mail, preferably a portable franking machine that can be operated from anywhere of the genus mentioned at the beginning Security against fraudulent manipulation of any kind and franking in accordance with valid postal rates Depending on the weight and format of the To guarantee postal goods.
  • Another task is for a number of Users the setting of an advertising cliché on a Franking machine effortless to make, depending on the user to print an individual advertising cliché.
  • the invention is based on the idea of one sentence of chip cards carrying different data to provide for the user and for a sequential cost center dependent setting of the Franking machine via a single chip card read / write unit to use.
  • a method can be used according to the invention proposed being used to execute the credit non-reducing operations, the smart card, the loads these operations, not in the machine must remain.
  • the invention is further based on the consideration that the operating system of the franking machine with a communication and operating system of the card is able to access the memory of the chip card and read its content if any of the users the franking machine his personal chip card the chip card read / write unit is inserted.
  • the invention assumes that the timely Transfer of the new tariff to everyone, especially to the portable not switched on in the meantime to ensure or not ready franking machines, an intermediate storage in a transmission medium and an automatic takeover of the current tariff through the franking machines during requires switching on.
  • the invention is further based on the consideration with the intention of changing the tariff of the postage charges the early preparation of postage fee tables to plan so that this is well before its entry into force be made accessible to all postal customers. It depends on the majority of participants in good time instead of simultaneously with a current one as before To equip postage fee table.
  • the invention is based on one consideration personal chip card of the users to a cost center dependent Use an advertising cliché setting. This advantageously eliminates the otherwise required user-relevant settings the cost center and the advertising slogan about the Keyboard of the franking machine.
  • the invention assumes that there is no advertising cliché is loaded from the chip card and entering a identification codes to be entered by the user none Prerequisite for reading such data from the Is smart card that select the advertising cliché.
  • the advantage here is that a person does not have one Chip card legitimate user, no possibility at the T 1000 has more, foreign data at the push of a button Retrieve cost centers.
  • Another advantage of the solution according to the invention is that all modules, except the scale module, in one housing can be arranged.
  • the franking machine is with a non-volatile Storage for a number each of the cost center of the User-assigned advertising clichés and with a Smart card read / write unit equipped and enables a frequent card change for a large number of users.
  • An existing franking machine for example Francotyp-Postalia T1000 with a known one Chip card read / write unit can be equipped.
  • the interface board of the chip card read / write unit is with the serial interface of the franking machine connected.
  • the contacting device has at least 6 contacts and data exchange between the unprotected and / or the protected card storage area and a non-volatile memory of the Program storage means of the franking machine becomes serial automatically as part of a communication protocol is made as soon as the chip card in the Insert slot has been inserted.
  • the chip card serves primarily for cost center-dependent entry of data and if necessary, also for billing data.
  • FIG. 1 the basic structure of a franking machine, for example the T 1000, which the inventive method allowed to perform, explained.
  • Input and output means are in a common housing 4, 8, 20, 22, 23 via an input / output control means 6, 61 with a post-technical security area processor system 3, 5, 9, 14, 100, 101 connected directly or via a BUS.
  • the processor system consists of at least one storage means 3, a pressure controller (DS) 14 and a processing unit (CPU) having control means 5, one a special circuit 100, 101 or program means and a clock / date module 9.
  • the special Circuit and / or program means 100, 101 are preferred Part of a battery-backed memory (CMOS-RAM) in the clock / date module 9 and / or one non-volatile memory (EEPROM) in the storage means 3.
  • CMOS-RAM battery-backed memory
  • EEPROM non-volatile memory
  • the base of the franking machine consists of a printer module 7 and a power electronics / actuator sensor module 11, the one power supply and control for the drives (paper transport, printer, belt, Strip encoder) contains.
  • the processor system also other - not shown - peripheral
  • An input / output means 21 may be connected. This are direct with the processor system 3, 5, 9, 14, 100, 101 and / or coupled via the input / output control means 6.
  • the storage means 3 usually consists of several permanent and temporary non-volatile To save. Part of the memory forms with the CPU 5 a protected postal area in a known manner within the processor system.
  • a permanent storage the storage means 3 of the franking machine 1 assigns programs for communication via interfaces 20, 21, 22, 23 with the external input means on. The input means provide the connection to the transmission means 10, 13 ago.
  • the first transmission means 10 for a country-specific provision of additional functions and current information for permanent and / or temporary configuration of at least a franking machine and that the second transmission means 13 for user-specific setting of the Postage meter is used.
  • the first transmission means 10 a communication network that one Memory with the data and / or flags that can be called up Reloading additional functions and information in which contains the franking machine.
  • the central office transfers the data to a decentralized one Memory of the transmission medium and is from there each franking machine accessed at different times.
  • the connection is established decentrally from every franking machine to the store in the Means of transmission.
  • the franking machine has second Funds in their control module based on that from the central Select an offer. The advantage of this solution is in the absence of calling a franking machine and their addressing from the head office or a transmitter out.
  • the predetermined interface 23 external MODEM connected that the connection to the Manufactures memory in the communication network.
  • the above data contents al to a14 can either in a correspondingly the same size or in Combination with each other in a smaller number of Configuration chip cards ICCA1 to ICCAi available his.
  • a number of such chip cards ICCA1 to ICCAi can be too a special configuration of the franking machine be used.
  • the desired setting is confirmed with a selected special ICCAi chip card within a certain time window, i.e. while this in Is put into operation. All of them are among them Adjustment options to understand how it works to act on the franking machine. They are in one Variant a special circuit 100, 101 for a Time and sequence control and in another variant Program funds, i.e. special tax types for the Processing unit and / or flags, their state program parts activate or deactivate. These works together with the pressure control DS 14.
  • chip cards cannot - in one in FIG. 2 shown way - successively in the read / write unit to be inserted sequentially to load into the franking machine.
  • the one with it achievable setting of the franking machine is on the chip card surface in an easily understandable form specified and is after loading into the franking machines displayed by their display unit.
  • the reached Configuration is shown to the user in a clear view and / or made clear using symbols before the old chip card is pulled and the next chip card in the slot is inserted.
  • the franking machine is intended to be an external scale is connected and one Franking with one, based on weighing and based on a current postage fee table in the franking machine determined franking value.
  • One each of the above-mentioned data contents b1 to b9 containing ICCBj user chip card is from User selected and in the associated slot of the Franking machine used so that the printer of the Franking machine performs the desired printing function.
  • the cost center number is for billing and in particular with the "Franking" print function for the Selection of advertising slogan required.
  • the Interface 23 of the franking machine an external modem can be connected to the remote value specification of a To have credit made automatically in the future.
  • the special configuration chip card ICCA1 is inserted in the The read / write unit and the franking machine switched on. This will automatically reload made with data for the adaptation of the franking machine and the last set KST number deleted. The franking machine can now be switched to a corresponding one Print function "Franking" can be set.
  • a special ICCB1 user chip card is used for reloading the KST number is inserted and can, if the display the KST number and the number of the selected print function is done, be pulled again.
  • FIG. 3 only one ICCB1 user chip card per user used.
  • additional functions are intended and / or information in the franking machine by means of a transmission means 10, preferably by means of a user chip card ICCBj become.
  • Standard work is often carried out, for example only standard letters should be franked, so that one or more extensive data content is not have to be invited again. Then within the Time slot no ICCA chip card inserted.
  • Part of the above-mentioned first data contents a4 to a14 can also - as shown in Figure 6 - in the ICCBj user chip card is stored in tabular form be automatic under predetermined conditions entered in the storage means 3 of the franking machine 1 become. Doing so can be an additional requirement also a manual entry of PIN code or password to be required.
  • This key figure can be open accessible or by a secret PIN CODE or by to act a password.
  • a password can be used in a preferred variant of the invention change daily so that individual Features or additional information against one the fee to be paid to the customer temporarily beforehand can be rented.
  • the machine only takes out the Tables the memory that a correctly entered Password is assigned. A large number of invalid ones Passwords prevented at the time of the respective date a targeted search for the right password by unauthorized users. From a certain Failure attempts will automatically lock the number Loading additional information or functions.
  • the sending country for which the franking machine is approved and the advertising clichés, assigned to the cost center specified and stored in the franking machine you only need to enter the user name, to have access authorization for a specific Cost center and thus also for the assigned advertising cliché to get.
  • Such an additional function can also in the chip card 10 additionally as a temporary one Additional function can be saved.
  • Another temporary Additional function whereby no switchover to one Service mode must be done and also only one Name needs to be entered, especially since the date is automatically specified by the franking machine, is the authorization for printing all cost center related accounting data.
  • Another An advantageous option is the selection of different ones Forms of cost center related to be created Billing reports with the printer of the Franking machine via a name and / or password input.
  • An alternative to the franking function is an additional one possible printing function, for example printing an entrance stamp, by means of a name and / or password entry.
  • the franking machine is advantageously used several times: Entry stamp function, accounting reports on the Use of the franking machine per cost center, advertising cliché prints and business cards. This becomes country-specific selected a font or display style and transfer with if the valid at the time Password is entered.
  • the chip card 10 thus contains more information than are usually needed. To access this information are at least two conditions (name and Country, name and date or country and date). With the help of temporarily valid passwords that the user be communicated on request when paying additional functions, special functions or Information can be used. By changing the Chip card can without the programs in the franking machine the additional functions would have to be changed updated or information on the latest Be brought up.
  • the franking machine can also advantageously to generate further not serving franking Print images are used.
  • ETR and other thermal transfer printing processes are as high quality non impact printing process for various applications on the market for a long time spread.
  • the ribbons used here enable printing on plain paper, for example around a cost center accounting report or addresses, Postmark, company logos or barcode Envelopes or self-adhesive franking strips (Label) to print.
  • Ribbon and operating costs depend on the type and Number of uses. This is the cost center number in the last chip card to be inserted Billing basis for the consumption of ribbon and / or label.
  • non-volatile memory of the storage medium 3 stored program for communication via the Chip card setup with the chip card can, however a further variant by means of software 101 be formed, which has an addressable table has at least one password to automatically one Data exchange between a protected card storage area and the non-volatile memory of the Storage means 3 serially in the context of a communication protocol as soon as the chip card 10 in the insertion slot 26 has been inserted.
  • the For example, card allows three attempts at a password to enter. In contrast to the manual entry of a Password, can be used for the automatic entry of the in the table saved passwords an error freedom be assumed. With that are input attempts unnecessary and a maximum of 3 different user groups assignable passwords possible. The three user groups form the user group.
  • the franking machine program now determines which one User group the owner of the inserted Chip card belongs and releases corresponding functions or blocks functions for unauthorized users.
  • the franking machine is inserted by inserting one Chip card not belonging to the user group is blocked.
  • FIG. 2 A corresponding flow chart is shown in FIG. After the start and the usual initialization routine the franking machine is first - as in shown in Figures 2 or 3 - the smart card information queried before the system administration routine begins.
  • the Franking machine cannot be worked, i.e. the feed motor for a sheet of paper, a letter, etc. running not at.
  • a command sequence is called that with the commands RESYNCHRONIZATION shown in FIG. 5, SELECT APPLICATION, POWER ON, SELECT ICC APPLICATION starts and also other commands to the Switch to the security mode of the chip card and for password entry. Only then are the dates available to set the user cost center and the associated other functions mentioned above automatically.
  • the franking machine arrives - as shown in FIG. 4 has been - through the system administration routine in their normal operating mode.
  • a print function is now with the set data and date possible, whereby the print is made as the print function would be set via the keyboard been.
  • the cost center functions performed as if they were set on the keyboard been. So far for hiring provided keys have no function. Among other things, even the erroneous or intentionally wrong one Prevention of an external cost center prevented.
  • the pressure control unit (DS) 14 is in one variant with means 15 for electronic orthogonal pixel storage field rotation equipped to an internal Execute cost center printing according to a certain format. Further information on this can be found in application P 42 24 955.4 removable.
  • FIG. 7 is a view of the franking machine T 1000 shown.
  • the franking machine T1000 shows on the Front a compartment 40 provided with a lid 45 for the ribbon cassette and the electronic printer 7 and a keyboard 8 and an LCD display unit 4 on.
  • the good accessibility results from the location of the Opening in the upper third on the back of the franking machine vis-à-vis the LCD display unit 3.
  • a special visual monitoring when inserting the Chip card 13 is not necessary since the chip card 13 is inserted from above and when plugging in the same height as the LCD display unit.
  • FIG. 1 A corresponding flow chart is shown in FIG shown when a user chip card uses ICCB shall be. After the start and the usual initialization routine the franking machine is first again the smart card information is queried before the system administration routine begins.
  • FIG. 9 the basic structure of a franking machine, for example T 1000, which contains the arrangement according to the invention, explained.
  • Input and output means are in a common housing 4 to 8 via an input / output control means 6 a processor system 111, which is a post-technical Has security area, directly or via a bus connected, at least one storage means 3 and a processing unit (CPU) 5 and a clock / date module 9 connected.
  • the base of the franking machine consists of a printer module 7 and power electronics 11, which is a power supply and control for the drives (paper transport, printer, belt, Strip encoder) contains.
  • On processor system 111 can also other - not shown - peripheral input / output means 2 can be connected. This are with processor system 111 directly and / or via the input / output control means 6 coupled.
  • the storage means 3 usually consists of several Permanent, temporary and non-volatile To save. Part of the memory forms with the CPU 8 a protected postal area in a known manner within the processor system 111.
  • a permanent memory the storage means 3 of the franking machine assigns programs for communication with the input means 20 on.
  • the permanent memory of the franking machine are also the programs for a user interface and addressable tables with addressable data stored, each table can be called up assigned to a specific function.
  • These programs form software resources 100 that emulate inserting a chip card 10, 13 into one for this intended opening in the franking machine, the Setting the user cost center and the associated advertising clichés automatically and prevent the retrieval of external cost center data.
  • the first input means 8 and comprising a keyboard the first output means 4 containing an LCD are included connected to the input / output control means 6, the one Has LCD controller and a parallel interface 51.
  • the output means 4 is used to display a user interface and the first input means 8 of the selection of functions and / or setting the parameters, which are required to carry out franking are.
  • the franking machine is in a known manner with at least a further input means 2 and with at least a second output means, namely the printer module 7 the T 1000 franking machine. Both means 20 and 7 are each via a serial interface connected to the input / output control means 6.
  • the port outputs of the microprocessor 5 of the processor system 111 are in the I / O control means 6 included - gate circuits not shown in Figure 9 having demultiplexer with the corresponding serial interfaces of the input / output control means 6 coupled.
  • the input device is a chip card read / write unit 20 and can also be added to an in known way on the back of the housing Postage meter arranged connection 22 for a external balance also a modem connection 23 for an external Modem and / or others - not in Figure 9 shown - include connections for input means that each with a connection to the associated serial Interface of the input / output control means 6 coupled are.
  • - internal modem is a communication port to the telephone network next to the connection for the external scales provided.
  • a function key M on the keyboard 1 can be used as a modem function key become.
  • a contacting device 25 is shown in FIG a first connection ST1 to an interface board 24 the smart card read / write unit 20 connected.
  • a second connector ST2 of the interface board 24 is with the power supply circuit of the T1000 and a third connector ST3 with the associated serial Interface 54 coupled.
  • chip card read / write unit 20 for example the unit CARD READER ENHANCED ADAPTER MODULE (CREAM) from ORGA.
  • the CREAM consists of an interface board 24 and a contacting device 25 for ISO chip cards the push / pull principle.
  • Manufacturer of the contacting device is Amphenol-Tuchel Electronics GmbH in Heilbronn (Order no .: C 702 10 M 008 0xx3). The same The manufacturer sells the interface under the order no. C 705 10 M 008 0011.
  • the interface has its own Processor (80C31) and memory to standard software to be able to execute for all common chip cards. Access to the interface is via a serial Standard interface (V.24 with TTL level) implemented, connected to the serial interface of the T1000 is.
  • the interface board is connected to the 5 volt power supply and connected to a V24 driver of the T1000.
  • the V24 driver has a level converter from + 5V to ⁇ 12V in the T1000.
  • the contacting device 25 of the chip card read / write unit 20 is with 8 in the ISO standard (ISO 7816) specified electrical contacts equipped and enables a frequent change of cards for one Many other users.
  • the chip card 10, 13 used contains one corresponding contact set of 8 contacts, one Processor and memory.
  • the communication and The card's operating system enables this to be carried out of communication protocols and the DES algorithm. With the communication protocol the access is controlled on the memory of the card.
  • the operating system of the T1000 is therefore able to to access the memory of the chip card and its contents to read and write.
  • the one in the franking machine included software means 100 do not take inserted chip card appropriate signaling or message in the LCD display 4 before and block franking with the franking machine until the chip card 10, 13 for setting the User cost center and the associated advertising cliché is plugged in.
  • the display After switching on the T1000, the display shows "CArd" and thus prompts the user for input a chip card. As long as no chip card is inserted cannot be franked with the T1000, i.e. the feed motor for a letter does not start.
  • a franking is now with the set data, i.e. Postage and date possible, with the imprint of Advertising clichés are as if they were on the keyboard been discontinued. Likewise, the cost center functions performed as if they were on the keyboard been discontinued.
  • the - shown in Figure 5 - dialogue between the Operating system of the T1000 and the chip card interface takes place according to a master / slave principle.
  • the T1000 there as master commands and receives responses from Chip card interface as slave.
  • the dialog routine is constantly running in the background. It consists of five Commands.
  • the T 1000 sends a first 4 byte record D1.
  • This data record D1 contains one Address in the first byte, one byte (control byte) for one Control word with counter reading for each protocol unit (PDU), one byte for the data length and one check byte.
  • the data length is initially 00 Checkbyte is used to save errors in the transmission.
  • the response from the smart card device is a 4 byte containing data record D2, with the mirrored address in the first byte, the control byte, the byte for the data length and the check byte.
  • the master After receiving a positive answer, the master sends it the transmission of a select application sequence with a third data record D3, with the address in the first Byte, the counter reading or Control byte, the byte for the data length.
  • the data length 02 indicates the following of two bytes of data content.
  • the first byte is the SELECT APPLICATION command code.
  • the data content of the second byte is 00. Den The check byte again forms the end.
  • the chip card unit Return code that shows that the Chip card is inserted.
  • the data record D4 for the return code again shows the mirrored address in the first Bytes on.
  • a subsequent control byte is counted again in the upper nibble (nibble).
  • On third byte for the data length shows the data length 01 on. This is followed by a fourth byte that follows the actual return code for the inserted but voltage-free Smart card forms. Finally follows again the check byte.
  • the third command POWER ON turns the voltage on on the card.
  • the data record D5 has 5 bytes and have the same structure as data record D4, with the address in the first byte, the control byte, the Byte for the data length, the fourth byte and the Check byte.
  • the fourth byte contains the information that the voltage is switched on.
  • the after T 14 specification defined "Answer to Reset" expected, which comprises a data record D6 with 24 bytes, wherein the last byte is the check byte again.
  • the fourth command SELECT ICC-APPLICATION contains one ID of the card manufacturer for the ICC (Integrated Chip card).
  • Data record D7 contains several nested ones Layer.
  • the first layer includes the address in the first Byte, the control byte, the byte for the data length, which are followed by a further 20 bytes, which are followed by a Start control byte, to which there is an address byte, one control byte, and one byte for the data length connect in the second layer with the check byte and
  • a third byte then starts with a third layer a command byte F1 and a byte 0B for the Data length of further 11 bytes following the o.g. ID of the card manufacturer in the form of ASCII-coded Contain data.
  • the said 11 bytes are there for the following identifier: 9280ICC-3/3. Conclude two check bytes.
  • the first and second layers of the 13th Byte long data record D9 are analogous to the fourth Command built up, the eighth to eleventh byte den actual command for READ TOKEN included and starting At the end there are two check bytes again.
  • the chip card unit In response to the chip card unit is a 64 byte long data set D10 expected with the mirrored Address in the first byte, the control byte, the byte for the data length etc. and the check byte at the end.
  • the twelfth byte contains the data for the Chip card number card #, which contains thirteenth bytes the data for the cost center number KST # and that fourteenth byte contains the data for the plate number AD #.
  • the unsecured memory area of the chip card is queried, and then the data from the secured storage area into the memory of the franking machine taken.
  • This data can function as the franking machine modify and / or a current one Reload the fee table, as already in the Registration has been described.
  • addressable tables data is stored, with each table one assigned to a specific function and in the Memory of the franking machine can be taken over. in the The secure memory area of the chip card stands for this 2 to 7 kbytes available while im unsecured Memory area of the chip card only 32 bytes available are.
  • FIG. 10 shows a simplified one Block diagram of the franking machine according to the invention 1 with a chip card read / write unit 2 shown.
  • a storage means 3 is provided with a Display means 4 and a bus with a Control module 5, as well as with an input / output means 6 which a printer module 7, an input means 8 and the Chip card disk-reading unit 2 are connected in Connection.
  • Next is a - in Figure 1 not closer shown - connection of a weighing module 14 via the BUS provided directly or via the input / output means 6.
  • the franking arrangement is a programmable clock module 9 contains, due to a defined the actual or future location Delivers local time or franking time including date. With a given accuracy, the can only be checked after a very long time, a one-time factory setting is sufficient if the local time can be set by entering the location. For this there is a memory area for the clock module provided that the relevant places with associated Includes local time shift for setting the clock. It becomes the local time difference to Greenwich Time added.
  • the franking machine 1 has 5 means in the control module on when the franking machine 1 at least one postage fee table for the franking machine 1 from the chip card 10 via the receiving means 2 and 6, in a predetermined storage space of the Load storage means 3 and contains other resources in the Control module 5, which means 3, 4, 8, 9 and 2 based on the country or place of dispatch entered and of the date the current one in force Select the postage fee table based on which the respective postage fee is determined.
  • These funds are hardware and / or software as a fixed or freely programmable logic module or program of a Microprocessor control manufactured.
  • the chip card 10 is for use as a debit card with a national or international validity provided, however, in no way other accounting methods to exclude for monetary data. she is preferably valid in the European Community executed. Payment and settlement of fees takes over, for example, a service center for the national postal authorities.
  • Chip card 10 by the current from the clock module 9 delivered date stored in a retrievable manner.
  • the information for the others to be loaded into the franking machine Functions is subject to a condition (date, time, Location).
  • security can be fraudulent Manipulations are increased in that the Update one associated with the update date Number of functions in the franking machine 1 are loadable and the further triggerable to be loaded Functions varied and not selectable are.
  • security against fraudulent manipulation can be from the national postal authority to which the respective The place of dispatch belongs, only from the respective one national postal authority machine-readable printout be given.
  • this expression the transaction number for an authorization check in Barcode representation or another agreed sign, which using the same or another printer at a defined Place is printed on the mail.
  • the input option 8 allows the input option for the place of dispatch, place of the mailbox or the responsible post office and / or the respective Postal authority and others therefore be provided for another Selection among those loaded into the franking machine Functions.
  • FIG. 11 shows a memory area with one Storage section associated with update date for the current and future postage fee table shown.
  • the one sending country allocated memory area is at least one Postage fee table available. That enables the right one Setting the fees for each machine the information stored in the transmission medium.
  • Any postage fee table applicable to a national postal authority is in zones for sending mail from the place of dispatch, i.e. the post office to which the person with franked mail assigned to the mailbox to be loaded is divided into the place of reception.
  • the distances and / or assigned domestically or abroad Zones or the distance from the sending location to the receiving location can be determined as an additional function in one further memory areas A, B, C, ..., not shown stored for every country and from Control means will be the corresponding zone of the addressed the current table.
  • the correct zone can be selected by the postal customer that of the franking machine manufacturer with the respective national post offices agreed services of Type of dispatch (letter, reply postcard, printed matter, Letterhead, parcel %), the form of dispatch (Value specification, registered mail, personal delivery, Return receipt, cash on delivery, express delivery, airmail, Fast shipment, post-warehousing, ...), and additional Services (advance order) or similar imprints (Cliché, advertising ).
  • Type of dispatch letter, reply postcard, printed matter, Letterhead, parcel
  • the form of dispatch Value specification, registered mail, personal delivery, Return receipt, cash on delivery, express delivery, airmail, Fast shipment, post-warehousing, ...)
  • additional Services as additional Services
  • additional Services as advance order
  • Cliché advertising
  • There are no further storage areas in FIG. 2 represented future ones from the current further update date applicable postage fee tables for further, preferably for each of the national postal authorities. For each of the tables is from the tax resource in each case the date to be entered that appears on the postal
  • Figure 6 relates to a table for a number of to be transferred to the franking machine and then freely selectable additional functions.
  • the post when a franking machine is in stationary operation picked up. It can also be attaching an in-house stationary mailbox agreed with the post office become.
  • For the mobile use of a franking machine are other services of the postal authorities (Assignment of zip code and post office numbers to place names).
  • the data for permanently open as receiving points for postal items Mailboxes in public places, ports, airports, Railway stations, traffic stations etc. Nodes in another updatable, not shown Directory listed are apt to be saved Access information or functions available after putting this data in a field for open acceptance points and the date manually can be entered.
  • This is another one Storage area provided. Can be a number Functions are not selected due to location, can then send another location that has these functions allows to be determined.
  • Figure 13 relates to a table for the due to a Condition to be transferred to the franking machine firmly agreed additional functions.
  • the one additional Serve additional functions that cause labeling for example for the security of the detection of a pre-dating for future mail, i.e. Post the in advance is franked.
  • Such functions are from Franking machine manufacturer agreed with the postal authority and are determined by the time of delivery of the Post defined at the place of dispatch.
  • GSM networks are used as transmission media.
  • GSM networks have a radio switching system (SSS) with transitions on the one hand to other radio or fixed networks (NETZ), in particular (PSTN, ISDN, PDN), and on the other hand to the mobile subscribers (FM) a radio base station system (BSS).
  • SSS radio switching system
  • NETZ radio or fixed networks
  • PSTN PSTN, ISDN, PDN
  • FM mobile subscribers
  • BSS radio base station system
  • TCE BSS Transcoder unit
  • BCE BSS control devices
  • OMC / SSS Radio switching system
  • OMC / BSS operating and maintenance centers
  • BSS base station radio system
  • BCE associated control device
  • Entering the sending country or place and the country or local time can be used for portable franking machines when mobile radio (D network) is used, preferably automatically respectively.
  • D network mobile radio
  • FIG Date An information field for - shown in FIG Date, place of dispatch, weight, format, postage and further usual information as well as for that of the respective national postal authority approved additional functions can in the display means 4 or 400 of the respective Franking machine 1 and 100 are shown to a Selection of functions to make. Not shown are the information that can only be called up using a password, such as device number, transaction number, piece count, Registration amount, postage, billing list.
  • a password such as device number, transaction number, piece count, Registration amount, postage, billing list.

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  1. Procédé destiné à l'entrée de données dans une machine à affranchir avant le déclenchement d'une fonction d'impression sélectionnée, comprenant les étapes suivantes:
    chargement de données mémorisées dans la mémoire d'un moyen de transmission (10, 13) dans une zone de mémorisation du moyen de mémorisation (3) de la machine à affranchir, le chargement ayant lieu avant l'exploitation de la machine à affranchir et conduisant à l'entrée automatique d'un numéro,
    modification automatique du demier état des contenus de données mémorisés dans une machine à affranchir pour son réglage au moyen des données chargées,
    caractérisé par l'étape que le numéro prénommé règle le numéro de décompte pour le centre de coûts de l'utilisateur ou le numéro d'une fonction d'impression dans la machine à affranchir.
  2. Procédé, selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les étapes:
    chargement de données provoquant une modification et provenant d'une mémoire d'un moyen de mémorisation (10) dans une zone de mémorisation d'un moyen de mémorisation (3) de la machine à affranchir si un premier moyen de transmission (10) est mis à disposition au moins dans une fenêtre de temps après la mise en circuit, et
    chargement d'autres données mémorisées dans la mémoire d'un autre moyen de transmission (13) avant l'exploitation de la machine à affranchir pour l'entrée automatique d'un numéro dans une zone de mémorisation du moyen de mémorisation (3) de la machine à affranchir, le numéro prénommé étant un numéro de décompte pour le centre de coûts de l'utilisateur ou le numéro d'une fonction d'impression, ainsi que
    modification automatique du demier état des contenus de données mémorisés dans une machine à affranchir pour son réglage au moyen des données chargées.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que le premier moyen de transmission (10) est utilisé pour une mise à disposition spécifique pour chaque pays de fonctions supplémentaires et d'informations actuelles pour une configuration permanente et/ou temporaire d'au moins une machine à affranchir et que le deuxième moyen de transmission (13) est utilisé pour le réglage personnalisé de la machine à affranchir.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que l'on utilise comme premier moyen de transmission (10) un réseau de communication qui contient une mémoire avec les données appelables et ou des flags pour la recharge de fonctions et d'informations supplémentaires dans la machine à affranchir.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que l'on utilise comme premier et deuxième moyen de transmission (10) et (13) une carte à puce intégrée ICCA et ICCB qui présentent respectivement une mémoire avec les données appelables et/ou des flags pour la recharge de fonctions et informations supplémentaires dans la machine à affranchir et/ou pour son réglage.
  6. Agencement pour la production d'une image d'affranchissement affectée respectivement à un centre de coûts pour une machine automatique à affranchir qui est utilisée pour affranchir du courrier et est équipée d'au moins un premier et un deuxième moyen d'entrée (8) et (2), d'un moyen de commande d'entrée et de sortie (6), d'un moyen de sortie (4) d'une imprimante électronique (7), d'une électronique de puissance (11) et d'un système de processeur (111), une unité d'enregistrement et de lecture à carte à puce (20) connue en soi, branchée sur une interface sérielle de la machine à affranchir, étant disposée dans la machine à affranchir comme deuxième moyen d'entrée (2),
    caractérisée en ce que des données mémorisées sont lues à partir de la zone de mémorisation de la carte à puce (10;13) dans le cadre d'un dialogue pour le numéro de carte à puce card #, pour le numéro de centre de coûts KST # et pour le numéro de cliché AD # et que des moyens (100, 101) sont prévus dans une mémoire non volatile de moyens de mémorisation (7) dans le système de processeur (11), moyens (100, 101) qui procèdent automatiquement, après l'introduction d'une carte à puce (10;13), au réglage du centre de coût de l'utilisateur et au cliché publicitaire correspondant et empêchent l'appel de données étrangères de centre de coûts.
  7. Agencement selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que les données pour le numéro de la carte à puce card #, pour le numéro de centre de coûts KST # et pour le numéro de cliché AD # sont lues, dans le cadre d'un dialogue à partir de la zone de mémorisation non protégée de la carte à puce (10; 13), et/ou après allocation automatique d'au moins un mot de passe par la machine à affranchir, à partir de la zone de mémorisation protégée de la carte à puce (10; 13), et mises à disposition dans la machine à affranchir pour le réglage du centre de coûts et du cliché publicitaire correspondant.
  8. Agencement selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que, dans le cadre d'un dialogue, les données pour le numéro de la carte à puce card #, pour le numéro de centre de coûts KST # et pour le numéro de cliché AD # sont lues à partir de la zone de mémorisation non protégée de la carte à puce (10; 13) et mises à disposition dans la machine à affranchir pour le réglage du centre de coûts et le cliché publicitaire correspondant et que, après allocation automatique d'au moins un mot de passe par la machine à affranchir, d'autres données sont lues à partir de la zone de mémorisation protégée de la carte à puce (10; 13) afin de recharger ou de modifier la fonction de la machine à affranchir.
  9. Agencement selon l'une des revendications précédentes 6 à 8, caractérisée en ce qu'il y a un tableau, mémorisé, avec des mots de passe dans une mémoire non volatile de la machine à affranchir, tableau qui est traité pour la vérification de l'autorisation de l'utilisateur de la machine à affranchir en comparant, les uns après les autres, les mots de passe avec le mot de passe mémorisé dans la carte à puce de l'utilisateur.
  10. Agencement selon l'une des revendications précédentes 6 à 8 caractérisée en ce qu'une ouverture destinée à l'introduction de la carte à puce (10; 13) est prévue, à l'arrière de la machine à affranchir, pour la lecture des données typiques de l'utilisateur, l'affranchissement avec la machine à affranchir n'étant pas possible sans carte à puce introduite (13) et l'absence de la carte à puce étant signalée après la mise en circuit de la machine à affranchir.
  11. Agencement selon la revendication 10, caractérisée en ce que l'ouverture pour la fente d'introduction (26) du dispositif de contactage (25) relié à une platine d'interface (24) est disposée à l'arrière de la machine à affranchir, dans le tiers supérieur, vis-à-vis de l'unité d'affichage (3) se trouvant sur la face avant, et se situe au-dessus du branchement pour l'interface sérielle de la balance (22).
  12. Agencement selon la revendication 11, caractérisée en ce que la platine d'interface (24) est reliée à l'interface sérielle (54) de la machine à affranchir et que le dispositif de contactage (25) présente au moins 6 contacts et que l'échange de données entre la zone de mémorisation de la carte non protégée et une mémoire non volatile des moyens de mémorisation (3) s'effectue automatiquement en série dans le cadre d'un procès-verbal de communication dès que la carte à puce (13) a été introduite dans la fente d'introduction (26).
  13. Agencement selon l'une des revendications précédentes 11 à 12 caractérisée en ce que l'unité d'enregistrement/lecture de carte à puce (20) est utilisée dans la machine à affranchir T1000 et la signalisation de l'absence d'une carte à puce introduite s'effectue avec l'unité d'affichage LCD pour lequel il existe un programme correspondant modifiant l'affichage dans une mémoire non volatile des moyens de mémorisation (3).
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