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    • 85. 发明专利
    • TECHNIQUE FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCE CONSUMPTION
    • CA2364164A1
    • 2000-09-08
    • CA2364164
    • 2000-02-11
    • ASCOM HASLER MAILING SYS INC
    • LEARY BRIAN TYIP ALEX LBROOKNER GEORGE M
    • G06Q50/32G07B17/00G06F17/60
    • In an arrangement for accounting for consumption of a resource, e.g., utilization of a postal service or utilities, a data center (503, 803) periodically communicates with multiple franking systems (100, 505-1, 505-2, 505-n) dispensing postage for the postal serv ice utilization. The data cent er (503, 803) receives transaction records (301, 303, 305, 307, 309), where a transaction record (301, 303, 305, 307, 309) is associated with each transaction performed by the franking system (100, 505-1, 505-2, 505-n) in each period. Each record (301, 303, 305, 307, 309) includes at least the postage dispensed (305) in the associated franking transaction, and an ascending register value (307) indicating the cumulative postage dispensed. Using the received records (301, 303, 305, 307, 309), the data center (503, 803) assesses the charges during the period and causes assessed charges to b e charged to an account associated with the franking system (100, 505-1, 505-2 , 505-n). In addition, the data center (503, 803) forwards a copy of the received records (301, 303, 305, 307, 309) to another system (507, 550, 565, 850, 865) for storage, which may be used by the postal authority or utility to audit the charges.