Application program interface for postal security device

• US 20050192911A1
• Filed: 01/31/2005
• Published: 09/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Neopost Technologies S.A. (Quadient SA)
• Original Assignee: Neopost Technologies S.A. (Quadient SA)
• Inventors: Mattern, James M.
• Application Number:
  US11/047,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20050192911A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/401
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 23/54 Ring counters, i.e. feedback shift register counters H03K23/52 takes precedence

Abstract

An application program interface includes a function for adding a communication port for one or more PSD'"'"'s and automatically initializing the one or more PSD'"'"'s, a function adding an indicia stream to the one or more initialized PSD'"'"'s to cause the one or more initialized PSD'"'"'s to generate an indicia string, a function for activating or deactivating the indicia stream, and a function for enabling an automatic funds download to the one or more initialized PSD'"'"'s.

Claims

1. An application program interface (API) for controlling one or more postal security devices (PSD'"'"'s) in a system for producing indicia, comprising:

a function for adding a communication port for one or more PSD'"'"'s and automatically initializing the one or more PSD'"'"'s;

a function adding an indicia stream to the one or more initialized PSD'"'"'s to cause the one or more initialized PSD'"'"'s to generate an indicia string;

a function for activating or deactivating the indicia stream; and

a function for enabling an automatic funds download to the one or more initialized PSD'"'"'s.

2. The API of claim 1, wherein the function for adding a communication port for one or more PSD'"'"'s and automatically initializing the one or more PSD'"'"'s automatically detects the presence of a PSD and loads programs into the PSD.