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Patent
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G06F 3/00 (2006.01) G07B 17/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2057627
USER INTERFACE FOR A MAIL PROCESSING SYSTEM Abstract of the Invention The improved embedded user interface system for an electronic postage meter mailing machine apparatus has a programmable microcontroller for controlling the hard and soft system functions of the postage meter mailing machine. A non-volatile memory stores data inform and executable routine. The postage meter mailing machine includes a display and a plurality of soft and hard keys. The soft keys are aligned to a portion of the display. Stored in the NVM is a plurality of system screen for display on said visual display, each of said screens having a menu field of having N columns and M rows, a data window field and a prompt field and having descriptors for each of said respective fields, a plurality of text strings, a plurality of graphic display run routines, and a plurality of routines for enabling said soft keys and for identifying said respective subsequent screen. The microcontroller is programmed under the influence of a user program being programmed to identify a first screen and then execute a screen select routine comprising the steps of (a) getting the screen identified from said screen region of said memory and display on said display, (b) getting the text strings identified by said screen descriptor of said identified screen from said text region and display said text string in respective areas of said menu field of said screen, and enable said respective soft key to said respective menu area, (c) displaying dynamic information in the display window of said display window and execute graphic routine.
Blackman Fran E.
Collins Jacqueline
Doeberl Terrence M.
Wilson Tracy S.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Sim & Mcburney
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