Postage meter having non-Gregorian calendar capability
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsKathleen M. English, Wesley A. Kirschner
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Abstract
A postage metering system includes a device to monitor the passage of a unit of time, a calendar profile, a system date and a control system. The calendar profile has parameterized data including day, month, year and leap year information so that dates may be reconciled. The control system is for advancing the system date depending upon the information contained with the calendar profile and the passage of a given amount of time.
Claims17
A method of operating a postage printing system, comprising the step(s) of:
- monitoring the passage of a unit of time;
- keeping track of a system date;
- using a first calendar profile representative of a Gregorian Calendar having parameterized data including day, month, year and leap year information to reconcile dates;
- using a second calendar profile representative of a Non-Gregorian Calendar, the second calendar profile having parameterized data including day, month, year and leap year information to reconcile dates;
- and
- advancing the system date within the Non-Gregorian Calendar independent of the system date within the Gregorian Calendar depending upon the information contained with the first and second calendar profiles and the passage of the unit of time.
A postage metering system, comprising:
- a device to monitor the passage of a unit of time;
- a plurality of calendar profiles each having parameterized calendar data so that dates may be reconciled;
- and
- a control system for independently advancing a system date for each of the plurality of calendar profiles depending upon respective calendar data and the passage of the unit of time.
A method of operating a postage metering system, comprising the step(s) of:
- monitoring the passage of a unit of time;
- using a plurality of calendar profiles each having parameterized calendar data to reconcile dates;
- and
- advancing a system date for each of the plurality of calendar profiles depending upon respective calendar data and the passage of the unit of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.