In an improved electronic postage scale system, non-keyboard devices are used to select shipping service options provided by the system. For example, a bar-code scanner, a voice-recognition device or a remote computer is configured to emulate keycodes from the system keyboard and can be operatively connected through a keyboard interface to select shipping options.
申请公布号
US5615120(A)
申请公布日期
1997.03.25
申请号
US19950478458
申请日期
1995.06.07
申请人
ASCOM HASLER MAILING SYSTEMS, INC.
发明人
SCHWARTZ, ROBERT G.;CROWE, ALLEN A.;EMMETT, JAMES S.;ESKANDARI, FETNEH;PALANGE, MARTIN F.;SIMCIK, MARK E.;SWANBERY, ROBERT;JAPENGA, ROBERT J.;LEHMAN, JOSEPH L.;WEIRSMAN, WILLIAM A.;RAHGO, GEORGE P.