Patents by Inventor Alfred C. Schmidt, Jr.

Alfred C. Schmidt, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for detecting unaccounted for printing in a value printing system
    Patent number: 4775246
    Abstract: A system for detecting fraudulent imprints on documents is disclosed. The system comprises a metering device, a host and a verifying facility. The metering device provides a validation signal to the host and its associated printer. Thereafter, the printer prints information which includes information from the validation signal. Thereafter the information printed on a mailpiece can be validated at the verifying facility by detecting the validation information provided by the metering device. The system provides a method to make a secure metering device without an integral printer. This value printing system provides for a secure system that will allow for the detection of fraudulent imprints at a verifying facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: George B. Edelmann, Kevin D. Hunter, Arno Muller, Alfred C. Schmidt, Jr.
  • Mailing system with postage value transfer and accounting capability
    Patent number: 4760534
    Abstract: A mailing system that generates data representative of the total postage value of a stream of mail pieces to provide proof of the debiting of a stored postal value includes a portable device having a processor and a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1988
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Guy L. Fougere, Kevin D. Hunter, Ronald P. Sansone, Alfred C. Schmidt, Jr.
  • Postage and mailing information applying system
    Patent number: 4743747
    Abstract: A postage and mailing information system wherein an encrypted message based upon postage and mail address information is created. This encrypted message is used in the determination of authenticity. Another aspect of the invention resides in placing the encrypted message in the address field of a mail piece for authentication by an automatic high speed sorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Guy L. Fougere, Kevin D. Hunter, Ronald P. Sansone, Alfred C. Schmidt, Jr.