GB1551604A – System for updating postal rate information utilized by remote mail processing apparatus
– Google Patents
GB1551604A – System for updating postal rate information utilized by remote mail processing apparatus
– Google Patents
System for updating postal rate information utilized by remote mail processing apparatus
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Publication number
GB1551604A
GB1551604A
GB3035/78A
GB303578A
GB1551604A
GB 1551604 A
GB1551604 A
GB 1551604A
GB 3035/78 A
GB3035/78 A
GB 3035/78A
GB 303578 A
GB303578 A
GB 303578A
GB 1551604 A
GB1551604 A
GB 1551604A
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Prior art keywords
processing apparatus
rate information
mail processing
information utilized
remote mail
Prior art date
1977-01-31
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
GB3035/78A
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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Pitney Bowes Inc
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1977-01-31
Filing date
1978-01-25
Publication date
1979-08-30
1978-01-25
Application filed by Pitney Bowes Inc
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Pitney Bowes Inc
1979-08-30
Publication of GB1551604A
publication
Critical
patent/GB1551604A/en
Status
Expired
legal-status
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G—PHYSICS
G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
G06Q30/00—Commerce
G06Q30/04—Billing or invoicing
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
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
G07B2017/00088—Communication details outside or between apparatus via landlines
G07B2017/00096—Communication details outside or between apparatus via landlines via phone lines
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
G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
G07B17/00362—Calculation or computing within apparatus, e.g. calculation of postage value
G07B2017/00395—Memory organization
GB3035/78A
1977-01-31
1978-01-25
System for updating postal rate information utilized by remote mail processing apparatus
Expired
GB1551604A
(en)
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Priority Date
Filing Date
Title
US05/763,998
US4122532A
(en)
1977-01-31
1977-01-31
System for updating postal rate information utilized by remote mail processing apparatus
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Publication Date
GB1551604A
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GB1551604A
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1979-08-30
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GB3035/78A
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GB1551604A
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1977-01-31
1978-01-25
System for updating postal rate information utilized by remote mail processing apparatus
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CA
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CA1112765A
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DE
(1)
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(1)
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1978-10-24
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1990-04-05
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(en)
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1980-01-16
PS
Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
1998-02-18
PE20
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