EP0440021B2 - Procédé d'identification de machines à affranchir et à tamponner - Google Patents

Procédé d'identification de machines à affranchir et à tamponner Download PDF

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EP0440021B2
EP0440021B2 EP91100186A EP91100186A EP0440021B2 EP 0440021 B2 EP0440021 B2 EP 0440021B2 EP 91100186 A EP91100186 A EP 91100186A EP 91100186 A EP91100186 A EP 91100186A EP 0440021 B2 EP0440021 B2 EP 0440021B2
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    • 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
    • G07B17/00733—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
    • 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
    • G07B17/00733—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system
    • G07B2017/00822—Cryptography or similar special procedures in a franking system including unique details
    • G07B2017/0083—Postal data, e.g. postage, address, sender, machine ID, vendor
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S283/00—Printed matter
    • Y10S283/903—Lottery ticket

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  • the invention relates to a method for marking postal items for the identification of franking and stamping machines.
  • Franking and stamping machines have printing devices.
  • the franking or security prints Print on postal items, receipts, documents etc. as proof of payment of fees.
  • a completely different kind of postal payment system using an encryption technique whereby the billing done in another device is known from GB 2 173 741.
  • the customer identification number and the unpaid postage value is both encrypted and together with the plain text information on the Mail piece printed.
  • Print pattern for a franking stamp is generated, but the imprint is made in an address field as more encrypted Text or barcode.
  • EP 331 352 A1 discloses a Process for the identification of postal items for the identification of franking and stamping machines based on their printing patterns, these machines using microprocessor-controlled printing processes, in which the print pattern is made just before printing from fixed data and current data formed and cached until printing and on the mail together with the rest Data of the advertising slogan, the value and date stamp, an identification feature printed is, the identification feature at least such openly printed information, such as the Value and date in encrypted form and the number of the machine includes and the cached Print pattern and the identification feature together a print control for generation of the final print pattern.
  • the identifier is printed at the same time as the openly printed information.
  • a supervisor is said to have eliminated the misprints judge, but a subjective judgment cannot be excluded. It has not been communicated how to proceed with such misprints to avoid attempts to defraud. Offer in practice there are many opportunities for fraud with the misprints. An increased security could can only be achieved by generally avoiding misprints.
  • a second disadvantage is the difficulty a visual evaluation of a barcode, so that the print is obviously only checked automatically can be.
  • a third disadvantage is that a large separate field is required, which reduces the space for the postal data is restricted, because the identification feature can be used with a large number of data included in the encryption cannot be printed out on one line. Rather, what is needed a high level of security against forgery in a small space.
  • the invention was based on the object of a method for identifying franking and stamping machines to create the microprocessor-controlled printing process, such as laser, matrix or thermal printing use that cannot be counterfeited, i.e. cannot be imitated by another machine to ensure increased security for billing purposes.
  • machine parameters MP such as serial number or Factory number and number of prints with the date DT and the value setting WE and digits of the Advertising clichés linked via a cryptographic algorithm KA, and the resulting encrypted, Multi-digit crypto number additionally inserted into the print pattern via the printer control DS.
  • FIG. 2 shows the flowchart for the combined printing of value, date and plate printing and multi-digit crypto number.
  • the date and value e.g. B. the postage value
  • the cliché a buffer for the pressure control ZWD fed.
  • the date DT, the value input WE and the machine parameters MP become the crypto number formed, which is stored in a buffer ZWK.
  • the print itself is created by creating an envelope, a franking strip, a document, a receipt etc. to the printing drum of the machine.
  • This additional open imprint of an encrypted multi-digit number that is different for each imprint can only be decrypted by a monitoring body, the one above the same Encryption algorithm.
  • the monitoring body is thus able to print individual prints Assign machines. Neither the operator of the machine nor anyone else can use the crypto number understand so that there is additional security for billing purposes.

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  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Devices For Checking Fares Or Tickets At Control Points (AREA)
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Claims (2)

  1. Procédé de marquage d'objets postaux permettant l'identification de machines à affranchir et à timbrer au moyen de leur motif imprimé, lesdites machines utilisant des procédés d'impression pilotés par microprocesseur qui, à partir de données invariables et de données courantes, génèrent ledit motif imprimé immédiatement avant l'impression et le sauvegardent en mémoire temporaire jusqu'à l'impression et qui impriment sur l'objet postal, aux cotés des autres données appartenant à un cliché publicitaire, au cachet de valeur et au timbre dateur, une caractéristique d'identification, ladite caractéristique d'identification comportant sous forme chiffrée au moins les informations ouvertement imprimées telle que la valeur, la date et le numéro de la machine, et ledit motif stocké en mémoire temporaire étant transmis, simultanément avec ladite caractéristique d'identification, à une commande d'impression qui en génère le motif imprimé définitif,
    ladite caractéristique d'identification étant généré à l'aide d'un algorithme cryptographique en incluant, en outre, des valeurs numériques appartenant au cliché imprimé ou des chiffres appartenant au cliché publicitaire utilisé et ladite caractéristique d'identification étant imprimé à l'intérieur dudit motif imprimé sous la forme d'un numéro cryptographique à plusieurs chiffres simultanément avec les informations imprimées ouvertement.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1,
    ladite caractéristique d'identification étant généré à l'aide d'un algorithme cryptographique en incluant des valeurs numériques appartenant au cliché imprimé ou des chiffres appartenant au cliché publicitaire utilisé ainsi que les valeurs numériques du timbre dateur et du cachet de valeur et les paramètres-machine numéro de machine et nombre d'impressions, et ladite caractéristique d'identification étant stocké en mémoire temporaire jusqu'à l'impression sous la forme d'un numéro cryptographique à plusieurs chiffres et ladite caractéristique d'identification étant imprimé simultanément et ensemble avec les informations imprimées ouvertement.
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DE4003006A DE4003006A1 (de) 1990-01-30 1990-01-30 Verfahren zur identifikation von frankier- und wertstempelmaschinen

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