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Robert B Mcfiggans

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  • Stamford, CT

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Printing Control System

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US Patent:
42878250, Sep 8, 1981
Filed:
Oct 30, 1979
Appl. No.:
6/089412
Inventors:
Alton B. Eckert - Norwalk CT
Richard A. Malin - Westport CT
Robert B. McFiggans - Stamford CT
Leonard M. Pengue - Huntington CT
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:
B41J 122
US Classification:
101 91
Abstract:
A printing control system includes a printing mechanism having settable print members. A gear is rotatably mounted and operably connected for selectively setting the print members. The gear is connected to control inhibiting the printing mechanism from being energized to print. The gear may also be connected to control inhibiting the selective setting of the print members.

Accessible Housing For Electronic System

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US Patent:
45077444, Mar 26, 1985
Filed:
Jul 19, 1982
Appl. No.:
6/399594
Inventors:
Robert B. McFiggans - Stamford CT
Arno Muller - Westport CT
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:
G06F 1521
US Classification:
364708
Abstract:
A secured housing for an electronic device having an electronic memory mounted therewithin is provided which has as access aperture which provides tamper proof security and electro-magnetic interference protection while permitting access to the memory for reading the information maintained in the memory. Opening of the access aperture disables the electronic device from further operation by unlatching a switch which disconnects the electronic device from its power supply while preventing relatching of the switch to reactivate the electronic device. Use of the access aperture provides a visible indication of access to the interior of the housing. In one embodiment of the invention, the electronic device is an electronic postage meter and the electronic memory is a nonvolatile memory containing postage accounting information.

Electronic Postage Meter Having Plural Computing Systems

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US Patent:
44221487, Dec 20, 1983
Filed:
May 6, 1981
Appl. No.:
6/261001
Inventors:
John H. Soderberg - Monroe NY
Alton B. Eckert - Norwalk CT
Robert B. McFiggans - Stamford CT
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc.
International Classification:
G06F 1520
US Classification:
364464
Abstract:
An electronic postal meter has a control unit, an accounting unit and a printing unit, each incorporating a CPU having a separate crystal controlled clock. Communication between the units is serial character asynchronous, bit synchronous, in message form, with the bits of the messages being timed in accordance with a given schedule for synchronous control. The messages themselves, upon receipt by a receiver, are returned bit by bit to the transmitter, for checking, whereupon the transmitter sends a no-error pulse upon successful comparison of the transmitted message and the message received from the receiver. All control and data signals utilize the same pair of conductors in each direction with precisely defined timing for control.

Metering Incoming Mail To Detect Fraudulent Indicia

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US Patent:
6064995, May 16, 2000
Filed:
Sep 5, 1997
Appl. No.:
8/924789
Inventors:
Ronald P. Sansone - Weston CT
Robert B. McFiggans - Stamford CT
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:
G07B 1700
US Classification:
705410
Abstract:
A system that tracks when normal digital postage meter mail or digital processor mail is received by an addressee. The foregoing is accomplished by connecting a scanner and control software to a digital postage meter or digital processor that would read incoming digitally metered mail. Instead of printing an indicia, the scanner would read the already existing indicia and other information on the mail piece and then extract the sender data fields that are contained in the indicia or on the mail piece. The extracted mail data would be periodically uploaded to a data center. The data center would compare the extracted data with mail sender data that has previously been uploaded from sending meters and processors to determine if fraud has been committed in the production of the postal indicia.

Post Office Box Monitoring System

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US Patent:
43141021, Feb 2, 1982
Filed:
Feb 13, 1980
Appl. No.:
6/121206
Inventors:
Lynnwood Lowe - Darien CT
Robert B. McFiggans - Stamford CT
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:
H04M 1110
G08B 2100
US Classification:
179 2A
Abstract:
A system for detecting the presence of mail in a post office box. A post office box holder calls a telephone number which accesses a computer. The computer contains data representative of the presence or absence of letters in a plurality of post office boxes. If the box to which the caller refers is occupied, a series of tone pulses is transmitted to the caller by a tone generator under the direction of the computer.

Postage Meter Using A Flag To Indicate Interuption Of Accounting Register Updating Due To Power Failure Or Microprocessor Failure

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US Patent:
46112820, Sep 9, 1986
Filed:
Jul 18, 1983
Appl. No.:
6/514412
Inventors:
Robert B. McFiggans - Stamford CT
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:
G07B 1702
G07B 1704
US Classification:
364406
Abstract:
In an electronic postage meter having a program for updating accounting memory in a printing cycle, flags are set in the accounting memory at each of a plurality of steps during the updating of the accounting registers, the flags providing an indication in a power-up cycle following a loss of power, of the steps necessary, if any, to complete an accounting that had not been completed prior to the previous loss of operating power.

Computer Responsive Postage Meter

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US Patent:
RE318752, Apr 30, 1985
Filed:
Jan 10, 1978
Appl. No.:
5/868473
Inventors:
Frank T. Check - Orange CT
Alton B. Eckert - Norwalk CT
Bruce E. Hinman - Ridgefield CT
Howell A. Jones - Fairfield CT
Raymond R. Lupkas - Trumbull CT
Robert B. McFiggans - Stamford CT
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:
G06F 1502
G06F 1524
G07B 1702
G07B 1704
US Classification:
364900
Abstract:
A high volume mailing installation is disclosed in which the output of a programmable high speed electronic digital computer provides destination and postage amount information, a high speed chain printer driven by the computer prints the destination information on address labels, and an authorized postage printing meter is mounted piggy-back fashion on the chain printer and responds to the same computer for automatic printing of authorized postage impressions of the calculated amount on the same mailing labels. The meter includes a fast, rugged solenoid-actuated segmented flat bed postage printer unit and fixed-program electronic digital postal accounting circuitry, with appropriate security features to prevent or detect postal fraud.

Metering Incoming Deliverable Mail To Identify Delivery Delays

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US Patent:
60062118, Dec 21, 1999
Filed:
Sep 5, 1997
Appl. No.:
8/924793
Inventors:
Ronald P. Sansone - Weston CT
Robert B. McFiggans - Stamford CT
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT
International Classification:
G06F 1700
US Classification:
705410
Abstract:
A system that allows a third party, such as a postage meter manufacturer or PSD manufacturer, to collate data, process the data and report localized delivery delays on a nationalized basis. The foregoing is accomplished by connecting a scanner and control software to a digital postage meter or PSD processor that would read incoming digitally metered mail. Instead of printing an indicia, the scanner would read the already existing indicia and other information on the mail piece and then extract the sender data fields that are contained in the indicia or on the mail piece. The extracted mail data would be periodically uploaded to a data center. The data center would compare the extracted data with mail sender data that has previously been uploaded from sending meters and processors to determine unexpected delivery delays in the delivery network.
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