Patent ID: 8073781

Claim:
A method for franking mailpieces, wherein an operating unit is operated separately from a franking unit, the method comprising: the operating unit transmits a transaction request to an authorization unit, the authorization unit ascertains an authorization of a user of the operating unit on the basis of an authorization profile, one authorization profile being stored in the authorization unit for each authorized user of the operating unit and different authorization profiles are stored in the authorization unit for different users, the authorization unit authenticates the transmitted transaction request in response to the ascertained authorization, the authorization unit converts the authenticated transaction request into a transaction job, transmitting the transaction job to the franking unit, the authorization unit being connected to the franking unit via a network, the franking unit authenticates the authorization unit, processing the transaction job in the franking unit, subsequently, the franking unit sends out the result of the execution of the transaction job, and wherein at least one authorization profile stored in the authorization unit differs in scope from at least one other authorization profile stored in the authorization unit.