Method and apparatus for automatically disabling a removable portable vault of a postage metering system
CA 2222294 C · Owner: Diel, Paul A. · Inventors: French, Dale A.; Shapiro, Steven J.; Mozdzer, Joseph M.
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A postage metering system includes a portable postage meter vault; structure for printing an indication of postage value; a postage meter terminal including apparatus for receiving the portable postage meter vault, a device for determining at times when the portable postage meter vault is inserted into the receiving means if the portable postage meter vault has been designated to be disabled from performing vault functions and a device for automatically disabling the portable postage meter vault from performing vault functions if the determination is made that the portable postage meter vault has been designated to be disabled from performing vault functions. A method for disabling a …
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- Filed November 26, 1997 and granted November 11, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 26, 2017.
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