A method of mapping destination addresses for use in calculating digital tokens

Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc

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Filing: 1996-12-19

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Granted: —

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Expires: 2016-12-19

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Abstract

Abstract A method of creating an open system digital token includes sending predetermined information to a digital token generation process. A set of characters are randomly selected from the predetermined information. A mapping algorithm is applied to the selected characters to facilitate a character recognition process and a random number algorithm is applied to the mapped selected characters to obtain a random number. A digital token is calculated using the random number. The predetermined information may be delivery address information in the form of an ASCII string which is reduced by eliminating certain non-alphanumeric characters from the ASCII string. Certain characters can be modified to facilitate OCR processing. A plurality of characters are randomly selected from the reduced ASCII string to determine random positions in the reduced ASCII string. The ASCII code of the selected characters are mapped to the code of a reduced space using a mapping table. The mapped delivery address information is included in a digital token calculation of the digital token generation process.

Inventors

👤 David K. Lee

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —

Jurisdiction EP

Data Source google_patents

Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 18:24

CPC Classifications

G; G07; G07B; G07B17/00; G07B17/00733; G07B17/00459; G07B17/00508; G07B17/00185; G07B17/00193; G07B2017/00201; G07B2017/00572; G07B2017/00596; G07B2017/00822; G07B2017/0083

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6

Claim 1

Independent Claim 85 words

A method of generating a digital token from predetermined information, comprising the steps of: sending the predetermined information to a digital token generator; representing the predetermined information in a table format; applying a random number algorithm to the predetermined information to obtain a random number; selecting parameters from the random number to select characters from the predetermined information in table format; selecting a set of characters of the predetermined information in accordance with the selected parameters; and calculating a digital token using the random number.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 89 words

The method of claim 1 wherein the step of selecting parameters from the random number comprises the steps of: using the first three bits of the random number to determine the number of characters to be selected from the predetermined information; dividing the remaining bits of the random number into at least 8 groups of consecutive bits; and subdividing each of the groups of bits into two subgroups, the first subgroup indicating the row of a selected character and the second subgroup indicating the column of the selected character.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 61 words

The method of claim 2 wherein the step of selecting a set of characters comprises the step of: repeating a row or column of characters of the predetermined information in table format as necessary whenever a value of one of the first or second subgroups is greater than the number of rows and columns of the predetermined information in table format.

Claim 4

Independent Claim 116 words

A method of generating a digital token for an open metering system, comprising the steps of: supplying destination address information to a digital token generation process, the destination address data being in the form of an ASCII string reducing the ASCII string by eliminating certain non-alphanumeric characters; modifying certain characters in the reduced ASCII string to facilitate OCR processing; selecting a plurality of characters randomly from the reduced ASCII string to determine random positions in the reduced ASCII string; mapping the ASCII code of the selected characters to the code of a reduced space using a mapping table; and including the mapped destination address information in a digital token calculation of the digital token generation process.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 104 words

The method of claim 4 wherein the step of selecting a plurality of characters randomly comprises the steps of: applying a random number algorithm to the destination address information to obtain a random number; using the first three bits of the random number to determine the number of characters to be selected from the predetermined information; dividing the remaining bits of the random number into at least 8 groups of consecutive bits; and subdividing each of the groups of bits into two subgroups, the first subgroup indicating the row of a selected character and the second subgroup indicating the column of the selected character.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 63 words

The method of claim 5 wherein the step of selecting a plurality of characters randomly comprises the further step of: repeating a row or column of characters of the predetermined information in table format as necessary whenever a value of one of the first or second subgroups is greater than the number of rows and columns of the predetermined information in table format.

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