Patents by Inventor Louis Baldisserotto

Louis Baldisserotto 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 and method for communications with postage meters
    Patent number: 5715164
    Abstract: In a communications system, a host computer in a data center communicates with a multiplicity of electronic postage meters via telephone dial-up lines to conduct telemeter setting (TMS) transactions. Through the communications, the host computer may collect statistical data from each meter, and may impose a cumulative postage amount limit, a time limit and/or a piece limit on the meter. To ensure security and data integrity, the communicated data between the meters and the host computer is selectively encrypted and/or authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems AG
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Liechti, deceased, Philipp Merz, Louis Baldisserotto