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System for providing early warning preemptive postal equipment replacement

  • US 6,842,742 B1
  • Filed: 07/31/2000
  • Issued: 01/11/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A postal equipment replacement warning system comprising:

  • a monitoring system for monitoring at least two preselected system parameters of the postal equipment, the postal equipment comprising a postage meter including a franking portion, a secure funds portion and a printing means; and

    a generating system for generating a summary of at least two of the system parameters monitored by the monitoring system, the summary being generated by algorithmically representing data on the preselected parameters as a value, wherein the generating system comprises;

    a memory of predetermined system parameters; and

    a varying system for varying at least one of the predetermined system parameters based at least partially upon time or usage of the postal equipment, and where the warning system is adapted to compare the summary with the corresponding varied predetermined system parameters and generate a warning if replacement of the postal equipment is warranted.

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