Patents by Inventor Dale L. Magnusson

Dale L. Magnusson 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).

  • Remotely rechargeable postage meter
    Patent number: 5309363
    Abstract: A postage meter and system is provided for recharging the postage meter using a credit card number via communication over a modem with a manufacturer host. The postage meter has a nonvolatile register indicating an amount of postage resident in the postage meter. An account number register stores at least one credit card number which can be used for remote recharging of the postage meter. A constant nonvolatile register indicates a postage meter number permanently assigned to the postage meter. A modem in the postage meter transmits the credit card number and the postage meter number to the manufacturer host when requesting an increase in the amount of the postage resident in the postage meter. When the manufacturer host receives the request from the postage meter, the manufacturer host verifies that the postage meter number is among a list of valid postage meter numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Frank M. Graves
    Inventors: Frank M. Graves, Dale L. Magnusson