METHOD OF PAYING FOR A FRANKING SERVICE IN A SELF-SERVICE MAIL-HANDLING MACHINE

摘要

A method of paying for a franking service in a self-service mail-handling machine, in which method a user sends a franking service payment request to a server system from a handheld communications device; after said request has been received by the server system, and after the user's access entitlements have been verified, and if said entitlements are valid, an authorization code is generated in the server system in response to the franking service payment request, and said authorization code is sent to the handheld communications device from the server system; by means of the received encrypted authorization code being read by the user on the handheld communications device, and by means of the encrypted authorization code being input into the mail-handling machine, and if said code is valid, it is possible to activate the mail-handling machine so as to enable the user to proceed with the operations necessary for implementing the requested franking service.