Patent ID: 9412131
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for specifying services provided by a franking machine cooperatively operating with a data processing device and a remote data center, comprising, in a program code loading step, loading a program code into a data processing device; in an authorization request step, establishing a first communication channel between said data processing device and a remote data center, and, via said first communication channel, transmitting an authorization request message from the data processing device to the remote data center to request authorization from the data center to access said franking machine by said data processing device; in an authorization step, in response to said authorization request message, establishing a second communication channel between said remote data center and said franking machine, and providing authorization data from said remote data center to said franking machine via said second communication channel; in an access activating step, in response to receipt of said authorization data by said franking machine, enabling access to said franking machine by said data processing device via a third communication channel between said data processing device and said franking machine; in an access step, establishing communication between said data processing device and said franking machine via said third communication channel using said program code executed by said data processing device; and in a specification step, executing said program code in said data processing device to generate electrical control commands for said specification process and transmitting said control commands to said franking machine via said third communication channel, and, at said franking machine, executing said specification process according to said control commands to set, at said franking machine, at least one feature of at least one service provided by said franking machine, and thereby configuring said franking machine to provide said at least one feature of said at least one service.