Technique for effective management of resource consumption
CA 2364164 A1 · Owner: Leary, Brian T. · Inventors: Brookner, George M.; Yip, Alex L.; Leary, Brian T.
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In an arrangement for accounting for consumption of a resource e.g. utilization of a postal service or utilities a data center (503, 803) , periodically communicates with multiple franking systems (100 505-1, 505-2, 505-n) dispensing postage for the postal serv ice utilization. The data center (503, 803) receives transaction records (301 303, 305, 307, 309), where a , transaction record (301 303, 305, 307, 309) is associated with each transaction performed by the franking system (100 505-1, 505-2, 505-n) in , each period. Each record (301 303, 305, 307, 309) includes at least the postage dispensed (305) in the associated franking transaction and an , ascending register value (307) …
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- Filed February 11, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 11, 2020.
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