Remotely rechargeable postage meter
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May 3, 1994
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Mar 5, 1992
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Mar 5, 1992
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A postage meter and system is provided for recharging the postage meter using a credit card number via communication over a modem with a manufacturer host. The postage meter has a nonvolatile register indicating an amount of postage resident in the postage meter. An account number register stores at least one credit card number which can be used for remote recharging of the postage meter. A constant nonvolatile register indicates a postage meter number permanently assigned to the postage meter. A modem in the postage meter transmits the credit card number and the postage meter number to the manufacturer host when requesting an increase in the amount of the postage resident in the postage meter. When the manufacturer host receives the request from the postage meter, the manufacturer host verifies that the postage meter number is among a list of valid postage meter numbers. Then the manufacturer host verifies that the credit card number is valid and creditworthy by confirmation via a modem or, alternatively, by using a list of valid account numbers stored therein.
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