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US 4,743,747 AGranted
Postage and mailing information applying system
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsGuy L. Fougere, Kevin D. Hunter, Ronald P. Sansone, Alfred C. Schmidt, Jr.
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Abstract
A postage and mailing information system wherein an encrypted message based upon postage and mail address information is created. This encrypted message is used in the determination of authenticity. Another aspect of the invention resides in placing the encrypted message in the address field of a mail piece for authentication by an automatic high speed sorter.
Claims8
A system including a computer for providing self authentication on a mail piece, comprising:
- a card
- means for providing communication between said card and the computer
- encryption means supported by said card and operative to derive an encrypted message based upon recipient address information,
- means for communicating recipient address information to said encryption means, and
- means for placing onto a mail piece an encrypted message derived from said recipient address information by said encryption means such that a relationship between said recipient address information and said encrypted information can be used to authenticate said mail piece.
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In a method of placing an encryption message upon a mail piece, the steps comprising:
- inserting a card into a computer
- communicating recipient address information to an encryptor supported by the card,
- deriving an encryption message based upon the communicated recipient address information, and
- placing the encrypted message on the mail piece such that a relationship between said recipient address information and said encrypted information can be used to authenticate said mail piece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.