WO2001029741A3 - Machine dependent login for on-line value-bearing item system - Google Patents

Machine dependent login for on-line value-bearing item system Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2001029741A3
WO2001029741A3 PCT/US2000/041298 US0041298W WO0129741A3 WO 2001029741 A3 WO2001029741 A3 WO 2001029741A3 US 0041298 W US0041298 W US 0041298W WO 0129741 A3 WO0129741 A3 WO 0129741A3
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
user
vbi
printing
line
bearing item
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/US2000/041298
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO2001029741A2 (en
Inventor
Craig L Ogg
Piers C Lingle
Keith David Bussell
Original Assignee
Stamps Com
Craig L Ogg
Piers C Lingle
Keith David Bussell
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Stamps Com, Craig L Ogg, Piers C Lingle, Keith David Bussell filed Critical Stamps Com
Priority to AU22971/01A priority Critical patent/AU2297101A/en
Priority to EP00986795A priority patent/EP1224631A2/en
Publication of WO2001029741A2 publication Critical patent/WO2001029741A2/en
Publication of WO2001029741A3 publication Critical patent/WO2001029741A3/en

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/00024—Physical or organizational aspects of franking systems
    • G07B2017/00048—Software architecture
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/00024—Physical or organizational aspects of franking systems
    • G07B2017/00048—Software architecture
    • G07B2017/00056—Client-server
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/00024—Physical or organizational aspects of franking systems
    • G07B2017/00048—Software architecture
    • G07B2017/00056—Client-server
    • G07B2017/00064—Virtual meter, online stamp; PSD functions or indicia creation not at user's location
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G07B2017/00145—Communication details outside or between apparatus via the Internet
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G07B2017/00153—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information
    • G07B2017/00161—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information from a central, non-user location, e.g. for updating rates or software, or for refilling funds
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00016—Relations between apparatus, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office, in a franking system
    • G07B17/0008—Communication details outside or between apparatus
    • G07B2017/00153—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information
    • G07B2017/00169—Communication details outside or between apparatus for sending information from a franking apparatus, e.g. for verifying accounting
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00201—Open franking system, i.e. the printer is not dedicated to franking only, e.g. PC (Personal Computer)
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00193—Constructional details of apparatus in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00258—Electronic hardware aspects, e.g. type of circuits used
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/00604—Printing of advert or logo
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00741—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system using specific cryptographic algorithms or functions
    • G07B2017/0075—Symmetric, secret-key algorithms, e.g. DES, RC2, RC4, IDEA, Skipjack, CAST, AES
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00846—Key management
    • G07B2017/0087—Key distribution
    • G07B2017/00887—Key distribution using look-up tables, also called master tables with pointers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00935—Passwords
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00959—Cryptographic modules, e.g. a PC encryption board
    • G07B2017/00967—PSD [Postal Security Device] as defined by the USPS [US Postal Service]

Abstract

An on-line VBI printing system that includes one or more cryptographic modules and a central database. The cryptographic modules are capable of implementing a variety of required security standards. A client system provides a user friendly GUI for facilitating the interface of the user to the system. The GUI system includes wizards that help the user step-by-step with processes of registration, logging into the system, and printing the VBI. In one aspect, the invention describes an on-line system for printing a value bearing item (VBI) that includes a memory for storing information specific to a first computer used by the user for registering with the on-line system, wherein the information is used by the server system to identify the first computer and a re-registration wizard for requiring the user to re-register if a second computer used by the user is not the same as the first computer used for registering the user.
PCT/US2000/041298 1999-10-18 2000-10-18 Machine dependent login for on-line value-bearing item system WO2001029741A2 (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU22971/01A AU2297101A (en) 1999-10-18 2000-10-18 Machine dependent login for on-line value-bearing item system
EP00986795A EP1224631A2 (en) 1999-10-18 2000-10-18 Machine dependent login for on-line value-bearing item system

Applications Claiming Priority (8)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US16004099P 1999-10-18 1999-10-18
US16003899P 1999-10-18 1999-10-18
US60/160,040 1999-10-18
US60/160,038 1999-10-18
US16049199P 1999-10-20 1999-10-20
US16070899P 1999-10-20 1999-10-20
US60/160,491 1999-10-20
US60/160,708 1999-10-20

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2001029741A2 WO2001029741A2 (en) 2001-04-26
WO2001029741A3 true WO2001029741A3 (en) 2002-01-17

Family

ID=27496408

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/US2000/041298 WO2001029741A2 (en) 1999-10-18 2000-10-18 Machine dependent login for on-line value-bearing item system

Country Status (3)

Country Link
EP (1) EP1224631A2 (en)
AU (1) AU2297101A (en)
WO (1) WO2001029741A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP1255391A1 (en) * 2001-05-04 2002-11-06 conject AG Method and system for the safe assignment of a password in an Internet environment
US10547671B2 (en) * 2016-08-19 2020-01-28 Pitney Bowes Inc. Remote postage printing using efficient load balancing of postage requests

Citations (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0331352A2 (en) * 1988-02-29 1989-09-06 Neopost Limited Franking system
WO1994027258A1 (en) * 1993-05-12 1994-11-24 Interactive Television Systems, Inc. Telephone system for remotely purchasing tickets and ordering products
US5509109A (en) * 1993-10-28 1996-04-16 Pitney Bowes Inc. Slogan and inscription control system for a mailing machine
US5684951A (en) * 1996-03-20 1997-11-04 Synopsys, Inc. Method and system for user authorization over a multi-user computer system
US5734723A (en) * 1993-12-21 1998-03-31 Francotyp-Postalia Ag & Co. Method and arrangement for generating and checking a security imprint
GB2318486A (en) * 1996-10-16 1998-04-22 Ibm Data communications using public key cryptography
EP0854448A2 (en) * 1996-12-24 1998-07-22 Pitney Bowes Inc. A method and system for mail piece production utilizing a data center and inter-related communication networks
US5819241A (en) * 1996-05-28 1998-10-06 Reiter; Joshua J. Interactive process for applying or printing information on letters or parcels
US5825893A (en) * 1994-01-03 1998-10-20 E-Stamp Corporation System and method for registgration using indicia
WO1998051029A1 (en) * 1997-05-07 1998-11-12 Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Apparatus and method for customized secondary access authentication
EP0878778A2 (en) * 1997-05-08 1998-11-18 Pitney Bowes Inc. Digital printing, metering and recording of other post services on the face of a mail piece
WO1998057302A1 (en) * 1997-06-13 1998-12-17 Pitney Bowes Inc. Virtual postage metering system
EP0927958A2 (en) * 1997-12-18 1999-07-07 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage metering network system with virtual meter mode

Patent Citations (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0331352A2 (en) * 1988-02-29 1989-09-06 Neopost Limited Franking system
WO1994027258A1 (en) * 1993-05-12 1994-11-24 Interactive Television Systems, Inc. Telephone system for remotely purchasing tickets and ordering products
US5509109A (en) * 1993-10-28 1996-04-16 Pitney Bowes Inc. Slogan and inscription control system for a mailing machine
US5734723A (en) * 1993-12-21 1998-03-31 Francotyp-Postalia Ag & Co. Method and arrangement for generating and checking a security imprint
US5825893A (en) * 1994-01-03 1998-10-20 E-Stamp Corporation System and method for registgration using indicia
US5684951A (en) * 1996-03-20 1997-11-04 Synopsys, Inc. Method and system for user authorization over a multi-user computer system
US5819241A (en) * 1996-05-28 1998-10-06 Reiter; Joshua J. Interactive process for applying or printing information on letters or parcels
GB2318486A (en) * 1996-10-16 1998-04-22 Ibm Data communications using public key cryptography
EP0854448A2 (en) * 1996-12-24 1998-07-22 Pitney Bowes Inc. A method and system for mail piece production utilizing a data center and inter-related communication networks
WO1998051029A1 (en) * 1997-05-07 1998-11-12 Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Apparatus and method for customized secondary access authentication
EP0878778A2 (en) * 1997-05-08 1998-11-18 Pitney Bowes Inc. Digital printing, metering and recording of other post services on the face of a mail piece
WO1998057302A1 (en) * 1997-06-13 1998-12-17 Pitney Bowes Inc. Virtual postage metering system
EP0927958A2 (en) * 1997-12-18 1999-07-07 Pitney Bowes Inc. Postage metering network system with virtual meter mode

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
"INFORMATION-BASED INDICIA PROGRAM (IBIP) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR INFORMATION-BASED INDICIA AND SECURITY ARCHITECTURE FOR CLOSED IBI POSTAGE METERING SYSTEMS", INFORMATION BASED INDICIA PROGRAM HOST SYSTEM SPECIFICATION, 12 January 1999 (1999-01-12), XP002138350 *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2001029741A2 (en) 2001-04-26
AU2297101A (en) 2001-04-30
EP1224631A2 (en) 2002-07-24

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US8627420B2 (en) Apparatus for associating a client device or service with a wireless network
EP1283631A3 (en) Web based applications single sign on system and method
EP0816968A3 (en) Mechanism for locating objects in a secure fashion
WO2002011396A3 (en) Apparatus and method for context-sensitive dynamic information service
EP1177654A1 (en) Method and apparatus for authenticating users
WO2004075094A3 (en) Federated management of content repositories
WO2003009111A3 (en) A distributed network system using biometric authentication access
EP0998091A3 (en) System and method for web server user authentication
WO2004003686A3 (en) Single system user identity
EP0889422A3 (en) Global file system-based system and method for rendering devices on a cluster globally visible
EP0380211A3 (en) Method for information communication between concurrently operating computer programs
WO2002047401A3 (en) Method of receiving specific information at a mobile terminal
US5003629A (en) Arrangement for identifying subscribers
CA2136323A1 (en) Method and Apparatus for Goal Processing Memory Management
BR9914630A (en) Apparatus and process for detecting fraud in a radio network
WO2001029741A3 (en) Machine dependent login for on-line value-bearing item system
EP1120712A4 (en) Web application system having session management/distributed management function and mechanism for operating the same
EP1321901A3 (en) Method for controlling access rights to an object
US7240831B2 (en) Systems and methods for establishing communication between an identification tag reader and a computing device
DK0990226T3 (en) Secure reading and processing of data on intelligent data carriers
WO2004071016A8 (en) Resource pooling in an internet protocol-based communication system
WO2000072112A3 (en) Obfuscation of executable code
WO2000073963A3 (en) Online value bearing item printing
WO2004104788A3 (en) Methods and systems for determining security requirements for an information resource
US6611954B1 (en) Binary compatible software objects

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AK Designated states

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): AE AG AL AM AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BY BZ CA CH CN CR CU CZ DE DK DM DZ EE ES FI GB GD GE GH GM HR HU ID IL IN IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LC LK LR LS LT LU LV MA MD MG MK MN MW MX MZ NO NZ PL PT RO RU SD SE SG SI SK SL TJ TM TR TT TZ UA UG US UZ VN YU ZA ZW

AL Designated countries for regional patents

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): GH GM KE LS MW MZ SD SL SZ TZ UG ZW AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE BF BJ CF CG CI CM GA GN GW ML MR NE SN TD TG

121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application
DFPE Request for preliminary examination filed prior to expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed before 20040101)
AK Designated states

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): AE AG AL AM AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BY BZ CA CH CN CR CU CZ DE DK DM DZ EE ES FI GB GD GE GH GM HR HU ID IL IN IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LC LK LR LS LT LU LV MA MD MG MK MN MW MX MZ NO NZ PL PT RO RU SD SE SG SI SK SL TJ TM TR TT TZ UA UG US UZ VN YU ZA ZW

AL Designated countries for regional patents

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): GH GM KE LS MW MZ SD SL SZ TZ UG ZW AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE BF BJ CF CG CI CM GA GN GW ML MR NE SN TD TG

WWE Wipo information: entry into national phase

Ref document number: 2000986795

Country of ref document: EP

WWP Wipo information: published in national office

Ref document number: 2000986795

Country of ref document: EP

REG Reference to national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: 8642

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: JP