METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING MULTIPLE PERMANENT POSTAGE RATES IN MAILING MACHINES

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING MULTIPLE PERMANENT POSTAGE RATES IN MAILING MACHINES

A mailing machine that provides for permanent postage is described. Postage may be purchased at one point of time at a then prevailing rate and used in the future at the same effective purchasing power even if a new more expensive rate schedule is in effect. The mailing machine provides for the acco...

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Hauptverfasser: MACDONALD GEORGE M, LIN LINDA S, CHROSNY WOJCIECH M, HORREE RICHARD
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
CALCULATING
CHECKING-DEVICES
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS
FRANKING APPARATUS
PHYSICS
TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS
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Zusammenfassung:A mailing machine that provides for permanent postage is described. Postage may be purchased at one point of time at a then prevailing rate and used in the future at the same effective purchasing power even if a new more expensive rate schedule is in effect. The mailing machine provides for the accounting of such rate purchased postage using a Postal Security Device and may include multiple rate-table based accounts each associated with a particular postage rate table.