Apparatus for designing and a machine for franking a personalized mail template
AssigneeNeopost Technologies
InventorsHerve Bienaime, Marc Divine, Eric Magliulo
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Abstract
The franking machine for franking a mail item comprises: obtain and read means for obtaining and reading a computer file representing a certified personalized mail template, as created by design apparatus, on the basis of a general template and of personalization data for personalizing said general template; and conveyor means for conveying at least one mail item that complies with the general template to the franking means; said franking means being adapted to print said personalization data onto said mail item in compliance with the certified personalized template.
Claims10
Design apparatus for designing a personalized mail template in a telecommunications network, said design apparatus comprising:
- selection means for selecting a general mail template from a library of templates;
- reception means for receiving personalization data for personalizing said general template;
- creation and edition means for creating and editing a draft personalized template on the basis of said general template and of said personalization data;
- storage means for storing said draft in a protected memory;
- check means for checking said draft template;
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- storage means for storing said personalized mail template as certified in the form of a computer file in a memory accessible via said telecommunications network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.