CA2265299A1 - A method and system of assigning rates based on class service and discount level - Google Patents
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- CA2265299A1 CA2265299A1 CA002265299A CA2265299A CA2265299A1 CA 2265299 A1 CA2265299 A1 CA 2265299A1 CA 002265299 A CA002265299 A CA 002265299A CA 2265299 A CA2265299 A CA 2265299A CA 2265299 A1 CA2265299 A1 CA 2265299A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01G—WEIGHING
- G01G23/00—Auxiliary devices for weighing apparatus
- G01G23/18—Indicating devices, e.g. for remote indication; Recording devices; Scales, e.g. graduated
- G01G23/36—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells
- G01G23/37—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting
- G01G23/3728—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting with wireless means
- G01G23/3735—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting with wireless means using a digital network
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01G—WEIGHING
- G01G19/00—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups
- G01G19/002—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for postal parcels and letters
- G01G19/005—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for postal parcels and letters with electric or electronic computing means
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01G—WEIGHING
- G01G23/00—Auxiliary devices for weighing apparatus
- G01G23/18—Indicating devices, e.g. for remote indication; Recording devices; Scales, e.g. graduated
- G01G23/36—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells
- G01G23/37—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting
- G01G23/3728—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting with wireless means
- G01G23/3735—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting with wireless means using a digital network
- G01G23/3742—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting with wireless means using a digital network using a mobile telephone network
Abstract
The invention is a method and system of assigning and updating rates within an electronic scale, wherein the rates are based upon class service and discount level. A set of classes of service available for a particular carrier is established. Each one of the classes comprises one or more discount levels. The classes are embedded into the memory of an electronic scale and a set of data comprising the classes is made available to the system. Updating of the data in the embedded set of classes, is accomplished by defining the update data and the one or more discount levels which are available in each class. A system user limits the classes for which they want access and the carrier and/or service choices are encoded; the encoding determining a unique number that is indicative of the parameters selected by a system user for a particular system. The unique number comprises: a carrier token; a class token; and a set of discount level bytes representative of the available discount within the class. The unique number is entered through a setup program embedded in the scale and triggers access to services represented by the class. The system uses the newly available data to supersede corresponding data in the embedded set of classes to create a set of new data. An alternative embodiment of the present invention allows linking of the electronic scale with a data center via communication means such as InterNet access.
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US09/039,296 US6169977B1 (en) | 1998-03-14 | 1998-03-14 | Method and system of assigning rates based on class service and discount level |
US09/039,296 | 1998-03-14 |
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CA2265299A1 true CA2265299A1 (en) | 1999-09-14 |
CA2265299C CA2265299C (en) | 2007-05-29 |
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CA002265299A Expired - Fee Related CA2265299C (en) | 1998-03-14 | 1999-03-15 | A method and system of assigning rates based on class service and discount level |
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US (1) | US6169977B1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP0943904B1 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2265299C (en) |
DE (1) | DE69931684T2 (en) |
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- 1999-03-12 EP EP99104006A patent/EP0943904B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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DE69931684T2 (en) | 2007-05-10 |
EP0943904B1 (en) | 2006-06-07 |
DE69931684D1 (en) | 2006-07-20 |
CA2265299C (en) | 2007-05-29 |
US6169977B1 (en) | 2001-01-02 |
EP0943904A1 (en) | 1999-09-22 |
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