EP0944878A4 - Technique for effectively generating multi-dimensional symbols representing postal information - Google Patents

Technique for effectively generating multi-dimensional symbols representing postal information

Info

Publication number: EP0944878A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: technique; symbols representing; generating multi; postal information; effectively generating
Prior art date: 1997-09-22
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP98949390A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP0944878A1 (en

Inventor

Robert G Schwartz

George M Brookner

Edward Naclerio

Eric Zuidema

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Hasler Inc

Original Assignee

Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1997-09-22

Filing date

1998-09-21

Publication date

2002-09-04

1998-09-21 Application filed by Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Inc filed Critical Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Inc

1998-09-21 Priority to EP06127012A priority Critical patent/EP1777660B1/en

1999-09-29 Publication of EP0944878A1 publication Critical patent/EP0944878A1/en

2002-09-04 Publication of EP0944878A4 publication Critical patent/EP0944878A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
- G07B2017/0058—Printing of code
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
- G07B2017/0058—Printing of code
- G07B2017/00588—Barcode
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
- G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
- G07B2017/00637—Special printing techniques, e.g. interlacing
- G07B2017/00645—Separating print into fixed and variable parts
- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
- G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
- G07B2017/00741—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system using specific cryptographic algorithms or functions
- G07B2017/00758—Asymmetric, public-key algorithms, e.g. RSA, Elgamal
- G07B2017/00766—Digital signature, e.g. DSA, DSS, ECDSA, ESIGN

EP98949390A 1997-09-22 1998-09-21 Technique for effectively generating multi-dimensional symbols representing postal information Withdrawn EP0944878A4 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
EP06127012A EP1777660B1 (en)	1997-09-22	1998-09-21	Technique for precomputing codes based on a predicition

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US5948697P	1997-09-22	1997-09-22
US59486		1997-09-22
PCT/US1998/019652 WO1999016023A2 (en)	1997-09-22	1998-09-21	Technique for effectively generating multi-dimensional symbols representing postal information

Related Child Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP06127012A Division EP1777660B1 (en)	1997-09-22	1998-09-21	Technique for precomputing codes based on a predicition

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0944878A1 EP0944878A1 (en)	1999-09-29
EP0944878A4 true EP0944878A4 (en)	2002-09-04

Family

ID=22023263

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP98949390A Withdrawn EP0944878A4 (en)	1997-09-22	1998-09-21	Technique for effectively generating multi-dimensional symbols representing postal information

Country Status (4)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0944878A4 (en)
CA (1)	CA2272595C (en)
DE (1)	DE69840352D1 (en)
WO (1)	WO1999016023A2 (en)

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DE10020566C2 (en)	2000-04-27	2002-11-14	Deutsche Post Ag	Method for providing postage with postage indicia
US6595412B2 (en) *	2001-05-03	2003-07-22	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Method for calculating indicia for mailpieces
US7272581B2 (en) *	2002-03-12	2007-09-18	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Method and system for optimizing throughput of mailing machines
DE102007059325A1 (en) *	2007-12-07	2009-06-10	Deutsche Post Ag	Method for providing a mailpiece with a machine-readable code, device for carrying out the method and method for detecting the code applied to the mailpiece

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1998
- 1998-09-21 DE DE69840352T patent/DE69840352D1/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1998-09-21 CA CA002272595A patent/CA2272595C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1998-09-21 EP EP98949390A patent/EP0944878A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1998-09-21 WO PCT/US1998/019652 patent/WO1999016023A2/en not_active Application Discontinuation

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US5324923A (en) *	1988-05-05	1994-06-28	International Data Matrix, Inc.	Apparatus for producing a dynamically variable machine readable binary code and method for reading and producing thereof
US5231668A (en) *	1991-07-26	1993-07-27	The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary Of Commerce	Digital signature algorithm
EP0757325A2 (en) *	1995-07-20	1997-02-05	Welch Allyn, Inc.	Method and apparatus for capturing a decodable representation of a 2D bar code symbol using a hand-held reader having a 1D image sensor

Non-Patent Citations (2)

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Title
See also references of WO9916023A3 *
USPS: "Information Based Indicia Program (IBIP) Indicium Specification", INFORMATION BASED INDICIA PROGRAM (IBIP) INDICIUM SPECIFICATION, 13 June 1996 (1996-06-13), XP002137735 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
CA2272595A1 (en)	1999-04-01
WO1999016023A3 (en)	2002-03-07
DE69840352D1 (en)	2009-01-22
CA2272595C (en)	2005-06-21
WO1999016023A2 (en)	1999-04-01
EP0944878A1 (en)	1999-09-29

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1999-08-13	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
1999-09-29	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 19990521
1999-09-29	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
2002-01-02	D17D	Deferred search report published (deleted)
2002-05-08	D17D	Deferred search report published (deleted)
2002-06-05	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Free format text: 7G 07B 17/00 A
2002-09-04	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20020718
2002-09-04	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A4 Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
2006-10-11	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20060906
2007-06-08	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2007-07-11	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20070117

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