Patent ID: 7925595

Claim:
A method of accounting for a replenishment of postage funds from a remote server to a postal device having a descending register, the method comprising, in the order recited: establishing a first communication link between the postal device and the remote server, the postal device storing the postage funds which total amount is reflected in the descending register; obtaining, through the first communication link, a first value of the descending register; sending a postage funds replenishment value to be added to a current value of the descending register at the postal device; establishing a subsequent communication link between the postal device and the remote server after the postal device has dispensed at least some of the postage funds and decremented the descending register for a plurality of postal transactions; obtaining, through the subsequent communication link, a second value of the descending register; calculating, by the remote server, a difference between the second value and the first value; and determining, by the remote server, an amount owed for postage used by adding the postage funds replenishment value to the calculated difference to obtain the amount owed.