Patent ID: 8027927

Claim:
An on-line system for printing value bearing items (VBI) comprising: one or more client systems for interfacing with a plurality of users; and a database remote from the users comprising a plurality of user records, each user record including information about a respective user of the plurality of users; a cryptographic module having a memory and remote from the users programmed to perform database transactions responsive to a request from a user, wherein the cryptographic module stores in the memory one or more checkpoint records related to one or more recent database transactions, respectively, wherein the database stores a checkpoint record related to a most recent database transaction performed by the cryptographic module, wherein each checkpoint record includes a total amount printed by the cryptographic module, and wherein the cryptographic module inputs the checkpoint record stored in the database and compares it with one of the one or more checkpoint records stored in the memory related to said most recent database transaction, before processing a new request from a user.