Joseph L Gargiulo

US Patent:

6941284, Sep 6, 2005

Filed:

Nov 30, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/726744

Inventors:

Craig J. DeFilippo - Milford CT, US
Joseph L. Gargiulo - Trumbull CT, US

Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

International Classification:

H04K001/00
G06F017/60

US Classification:

705 62, 705 60, 705401, 705405, 705408, 705410, 380 4, 380 23, 380 25, 380 28, 380 49, 380 50, 380 54

Abstract:

A postage meter includes a vault that accounts for postage dispensed by the postage meter; and a printhead module having a printhead for printing the postage dispensed; a smart card chip having a ROM having software code stored therein; an EEPROM having an encrypted key and executable code stored therein, a CPU; a RAM; and a flash memory having an encrypted pointer data file stored therein. During power-up of the postage meter the encrypted pointer data file is read from the flash memory into the RAM by the CPU, the CPU uses the executable code to decrypt the encrypted pointer data file to obtain from the software code components parts of a decryption key and to assemble in the ram the decryption key from the component parts, the CPU uses the assembled decryption key and the executable code to decrypt the encrypted cryptographic key, and the CPU stores the decrypted cryptographic key in a secure area of the EEPROM, erases the decryption key and the encrypted pointer data file from the RAM, erases the encrypted cryptographic key and executable code from the EEPROM, and erases the pointer data file from the flash memory.

US Patent:

7133850, Nov 7, 2006

Filed:

Sep 28, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/965750

Inventors:

Joseph L. Gargiulo - Trumbull CT, US

Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

705402

Abstract:

A postage system includes a data center, a population of postage metering systems and a control system that is in operative communication with the data center and the population of postage metering systems. The population of postage metering systems are located remote from the data center and are geographically distributed. The control system receives an incoming telephone call at one postage metering system of the population of postage metering system, stores a voice message associated with the telephone call and retrieves the voice message from another postage metering system of the population of postage metering systems.

US Patent:

20030065622, Apr 3, 2003

Filed:

Sep 28, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/965753

Inventors:

Joseph Gargiulo - Trumbull CT, US

Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Incorporated - Stamford CT

International Classification:

H04K001/00
H04L009/00
G06F017/60

US Classification:

705/060000

Abstract:

A postage meter system includes a modem for receiving an incoming telephone call, a printer module for printing on a recording medium and a control system in operative communication with the modem and the printer module. The control system stores a voice message associated with the telephone call, translates the voice message into a computer based text and prints a print message using the printer module from the computer based text.

US Patent:

58064214, Sep 15, 1998

Filed:

Dec 27, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/579501

Inventors:

Donald T. Dolan - Ridgefiled CT
Joseph L. Gargiulo - Trumbull CT
David W. Hubbard - Stamford CT
Charles F. Murphy - Milford CT

Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

International Classification:

B41J 207

US Classification:

101 9301

Abstract:

A method for printing a postal indicia on a mailpiece includes moving a printing mechanism and the mailpiece relative to each other during a plurality of passes; and printing with the printing mechanism at least a corresponding portion of the postal indicia during each of the plurality of passes, each of the corresponding portions being in overlapped relationship to the other corresponding portions so that the combined effect of the corresponding overlapped portions is a postal indicia which is detectable by a facer/canceler machine as a valid postal indicia. Furthermore, during no more than one of the plurality of passes is its corresponding portion of the postal indicia detectable by the facer/canceler machine as the valid postal indicia. An apparatus incorporates the above method.

US Patent:

57938679, Aug 11, 1998

Filed:

Dec 19, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/574743

Inventors:

Robert A. Cordery - Danbury CT
David K. Lee - Monroe CT
Leon A. Pintsov - West Hartford CT
Frederick W. Ryan - Oxford CT
Walter J. Baker - Stratford CT
Joseph Gargiulo - Trumbull CT
Richard W. Heiden - Monroe CT

Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

International Classification:

H04K 100

US Classification:

380 4

Abstract:

System and method for securely backing up and reliably retrieving vault data in a metering system that includes a host processor operatively coupled to a vault. Whenever a transaction is completed by the vault, the vault cryptographically signs the vault data, including ascending register, descending register and piece count and sends the cryptographically signed vault data to the host processor where it is stored in a data file assigned to the vault. Each storage of the cryptographically signed vault data is indexed to create a historical log of vault transactions. If the vault is lost or damaged so that vault data cannot be retrieved from the vault, the cryptographically signed vault data is retrieved from the host processor data file and verified.

US Patent:

57490783, May 5, 1998

Filed:

Aug 23, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/709190

Inventors:

Joseph L. Gargiulo - Trumbull CT
Walter J. Baker - Stratford CT
Richard W. Heiden - Shelton CT

Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

International Classification:

G07B 1700

US Classification:

705404

Abstract:

A value dispensing system comprising a portable data carrier and a terminal. The portable data carrier including a memory having stored therein accounting information indicative of an amount of value available for dispensing. The terminal including a memory and means for dispensing value and adapted to receive the portable data carrier and process a transaction which dispenses a given value in response to a digital token generated by the portable data carrier using a first cryptographic key. For the value dispensed, the postage evidencing system creates a transaction record having a secret portion which is indicative of the amount of value available for dispensing on the portable data carrier wherein the secret portion of the transaction record is encrypted using a second cryptographic key derived from the first cryptographic key, and the transaction record is stored in the terminal memory.

US Patent:

49359614, Jun 19, 1990

Filed:

Jul 27, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/224619

Inventors:

Joseph L. Gargiulo - Trumbull CT
Jose Pastor - Westport CT

International Classification:

H04L 908

US Classification:

380 21

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for generating cryptographic keys for a postal manifest and for synchronizing cryptographic keys for transmitting postal data securely on a communication link is presented. The techniques for generating a key and for synchronizing keys use the same apparatus but use slightly different data to create a cryptographic key. The postal data center maintains a unique set of data for each server station. Using this set of data along with a manifest sequence number (or communication transaction number) and the date, a cryptographic key is created. Each server station stores a fixed master key, KO, a permutation table, Pt, and ID, and GMT date. Using the manifest sequence number (or the communication transaction number) a row of the permutation table is altered and the master key KO is scrambled with the permutation table top get a new key K2. With K2, the date, server ID, and manifest sequence number (our communication transaction number) are encrypted. The result of this encryption yields another key K3.

US Patent:

58842926, Mar 16, 1999

Filed:

May 6, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/057381

Inventors:

Walter J. Baker - Stratford CT
Joseph L. Gargiulo - Trumbull CT
Richard W. Heiden - Huntington CT

Assignee:

Pitney Bowes Inc. - Stamford CT

International Classification:

G06F 770

US Classification:

705403

Abstract:

A system for providing items of value, charging the items to a smart card, and for recharging the smart card. The system includes a station for providing the items of value, which may be postal services, and debiting the cost of the items to a smart card; the smart card being charged with funds equivalent data. The station also communicates with a Data Center for recharging the smart card. Users of the system communicate with the data center to request recharge of a particular smart card and in response to an authorized request the data center generates an encrypted authorization message which includes an identification number, the amount of recharge requested, and control data which preferably includes a control sum formed by adding the amounts stored in a descending register, which stores the amount available on the smart card, and an ascending register which stores the total of the amounts by which the card has been charged since initialization. Thus, the authorization message may be used only once. From time-to-time the Data Center transmits authorization messages to each station on the system.