Mailing machine including an embedded control system having a screen control architecture
CA 2269728 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Baker, Walter J.; Walker, Lyndon A.
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A control system for a mailing machine includes a user interface having a display a memory having a screen region, a plurality of screens stored within the screen region and a control program for displaying the plurality of screens on the display and for controlling the operation of the mailing machine. Each of the plurality of screens has pre-function data and background function data respectively. The pre-function data includes image data relating to a screen image for display. The control program uses the pre-function data to identify a pre-function to be executed before displaying the screen image and uses the background function data to identify a background function to be executed …
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- Filed April 22, 1999 and granted July 8, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 22, 2019.
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