Closed system virtual postage meter
CA 2256173 C · Owner: Ryan, Frederick W. · Inventors: Ryan, Frederick W.
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A system and method for evidencing postage on a mailpiece includes a printer module transmitting to a remote data center a request for indicia data. The data center includes a processor a database and a secure coprocessor. The database includes user account data. The request includes postal value for a selected number of indicia to be printed by the printer module. The data center verifies that the printer module is authorized to request the postal value and retrieves user account data stored in a database. The data center verifies the user's account data includes sufficient funds for the number of indicia requested debits the user's account data for the total postal value requested and …
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- Filed December 16, 1998 and granted November 18, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 16, 2018.
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