Method for data input into a service device and arrangement for the implementation of the method
First Claim
1. A method for input of new service data into a service device, said new service data being available at a data center located remotely from said service device, comprising the steps of:
- providing a memory for service data in a service device and forming in said service device, a status report of memory location occupancy by existing service data in said memory comprising a designation of available bytes in said memory;
establishing a communication between said service device and said data center and transmitting said status report from said service device to said data center;
based on said status report and the new service data available at said data center, forming recommendations in said data center for a future memory location occupancy in said service device, each recommendation designating a different memory location to be occupied by said new service data;
communicating a message from said data center to said service device containing said recommendations;
upon receipt of said message at said service device, checking said recommendations in said service device for feasibility as to memory location occupancy in said memory; and
loading said new service data available at said data center into said memory of said service device at a memory location according to one of said recommendations that has been checked to be feasible.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for data input into a service device allow a loading and updating of service data, particularly postage fee schedule tables, separated from one another in time. The method and apparatus are suitable for postage meter machines as well as for scales containing postage computers or similar devices. The apparatus for implementation of the method contains a processor and a memory with memory areas for service data. After detecting the input and storage of a load requirement, a check for the presence of a load instruction, formation of a status report of the memory occupancy for service data and a transmission of the status report to the data center ensue. The data center forms recommendations for a future status of the memory occupancy in the service device on the basis of an analysis of the status report of the memory occupancy for service data that is implemented in the data center. The data center transmits the recommendations to the service device that, after evaluation thereof, sends corresponding request data before the actual loading.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for input of new service data into a service device, said new service data being available at a data center located remotely from said service device, comprising the steps of:
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providing a memory for service data in a service device and forming in said service device, a status report of memory location occupancy by existing service data in said memory comprising a designation of available bytes in said memory; establishing a communication between said service device and said data center and transmitting said status report from said service device to said data center; based on said status report and the new service data available at said data center, forming recommendations in said data center for a future memory location occupancy in said service device, each recommendation designating a different memory location to be occupied by said new service data; communicating a message from said data center to said service device containing said recommendations; upon receipt of said message at said service device, checking said recommendations in said service device for feasibility as to memory location occupancy in said memory; and loading said new service data available at said data center into said memory of said service device at a memory location according to one of said recommendations that has been checked to be feasible. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An arrangement for input of new service data into a service device, said new service data being available at a data center located remotely from said service device, comprising:
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a service device having a memory for existing service data, a computer which forms a status report of memory location occupancy by said existing service data in said memory comprising a designation of available bytes in said memory; means for establishing a communication between said service device and said data center and for transmitting said status report from said service device to said data center; means for forming recommendations in said data center, based on said status report and the service data available at said data center, for a future memory location occupancy in said service device, each recommendation designating a different memory location to be occupied by said new service data; means for communicating a message from said data center to said service device containing said recommendations; upon receipt of said message at said service device, said computer checking said recommendations in said service device for feasibility as to memory location occupancy in said memory; said computer loading said new service data available at said data center into said memory of said service device at a memory location according to one of said recommendations that has been checked to be feasible; and means in said service device for triggering updating of said existing service data in said memory, using said new service data, at a time separated from loading of said new service data into said memory. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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