Method of manufacturing generic meters in a key management system
CA 2172861 C · Owner: Cordery, Robert A. · Inventors: Pauly, Steven J.; Lawton, Kathryn V.; Lee, David K.
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A method of manufacturing transaction evidencing devices, such as digital postage meters includes the, steps of generating a master key in a logical security domain of a Key Management System; installing the master key into a digital postage meter; verifying the installation of the master key; and registering the master key to a logical security sub-domain in the Key Management System. The step of generating the master key further includes the steps of generating a domain; generating at least one sub-domain; installing the domain in secure boxes of the Key Management System; generating a master key and test token within the domain; and recording the master key in the domain archive. The …
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- Filed March 28, 1996 and granted May 16, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 28, 2016.
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