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PORTOMAETSYSTEM

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Publication number
SE9103654L
SE9103654L SE9103654A SE9103654A SE9103654L SE 9103654 L SE9103654 L SE 9103654L SE 9103654 A SE9103654 A SE 9103654A SE 9103654 A SE9103654 A SE 9103654A SE 9103654 L SE9103654 L SE 9103654L
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Sweden
Prior art keywords
meter
accounting
centre
random number
generated
Prior art date
Application number
SE9103654A
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Swedish (sv)
Other versions
SE9103654D0 (en
SE515014C2 (en
Inventor
D T Gilham
Original Assignee
Alcatel Business Systems
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Publication date
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Publication of SE9103654D0 publication Critical patent/SE9103654D0/en
Publication of SE9103654L publication Critical patent/SE9103654L/en
Publication of SE515014C2 publication Critical patent/SE515014C2/en

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Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/20—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass
    • G07C9/215—Individual registration on entry or exit involving the use of a pass the system having a variable access-code, e.g. varied as a function of time
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G07B2017/00153—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information
    • G07B2017/00161—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information from a central, non-user location, e.g. for updating rates or software, or for refilling funds
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G07B2017/00153—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information
    • G07B2017/00177—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information from a portable device, e.g. a card or a PCMCIA
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G07B2017/0079—Time-dependency
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00919—Random number generator

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)

Abstract

A post-payment postage meter, of a kind in which operation is inhibited after the exhaustion of a measurable parameter (e.g. in response to an internal calendar), is reactivated by the input of a pseudo-random number generated by a remote accounting centre only if the number matches a pseudo-random number generated within the meter itself. In a preferred form, a portable memory device is shuttled (e.g. by post) between the meter and the accounting centre. At the accounting centre the latest accounting details from the meter are read and justified w.r.t. the holders account before the random number is generated and stored to the portable memory. At the postage meter the random number is compared against the internally generated number, and if justified, the operation of the meter is enabled and the latest accounting data is stored to the memory device for conveyance to the accounting centre. It is stated that the portable memory device can be replaced by telephonic transmission of data between meter and account centre. <IMAGE>
SE9103654A 1990-12-31 1991-12-11 Porto Measuring System SE515014C2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9028221A GB2251210B (en) 1990-12-31 1990-12-31 Postage meter system

Publications (3)

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SE9103654D0 SE9103654D0 (en) 1991-12-11
SE9103654L true SE9103654L (en) 1992-07-01
SE515014C2 SE515014C2 (en) 2001-05-28

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SE9103654A SE515014C2 (en) 1990-12-31 1991-12-11 Porto Measuring System

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FR (1) FR2673305B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2251210B (en)
SE (1) SE515014C2 (en)

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Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
SE9103654D0 (en) 1991-12-11
GB2251210A (en) 1992-07-01
SE515014C2 (en) 2001-05-28
GB9028221D0 (en) 1991-02-13
FR2673305A1 (en) 1992-08-28
GB2251210B (en) 1995-01-18
FR2673305B1 (en) 1995-05-19

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