Patent ID: 7203666

Claim:
A system for dispensing postage value comprising: a data center communicatively coupled to a remote computer via a network, a user initiating a request to the data center via the remote processor to dispense postage value to be printed by a printer coupled to the remote processor, the data center comprising: a storage device to store data records, the data records including a user account and a meter account associated with the user; a first cryptographic module coupled to the storage device, the first cryptographic module including a first key to decrypt a user authentication key included in the user account, the user authentication key being used to authenticate the user; and a second cryptographic module coupled to the storage device, the second cryptographic module including a second key to decrypt a token key included the meter account, the token key used to generate a digital token, the second cryptographic key further including a third key used to sign a transaction record associated with generating the digital token, the signed transaction record being stored in the storage device; wherein the data center sends the digital token to the remote processor via the network.