Deutsche Post Ag

Innovative Robot Delivery Gmbh

Boris Mayer

Thomas Ogilvie

Christian Borger

Henning Endruscheit

Volker Klös

Clemens Günther

Johannes Schommers

Christof Schares

Guldern Tuna

Flavio Alario

Oliver Biegel

Barbara Büsch

Barbara Busch

Johannes Santel

Guelderen Tuna

Sara Steinmann

Disclosed is a method for handover of a plurality of parcels to several recipients and/or for receipt of parcels from several depositors. The method includes determining a joint optimized handover point for handover of parcels to the respective recipients and/or depositors within a specific handover period for a plurality of parcels from a multiplicity of possible handover points spatially separated from one another, taking into account at least one effort parameter of at least one respective recipient and/or at least one respective depositor. The joint optimized handover point is determined by a selection from the multiplicity of possible spatially separated handover points with at least one selection step, the selection step taking into account effort parameters for the recipients and/or the depositors for which at least one effort parameter for the respective recipients and/or depositors is decreased during a handover period for the parcels.

Method, depot facility and system for handover of a plurality of parcels to a plurality of recipients and/or to receive a large number of parcels from multiple depositors

There is provided a method and system for the creation of an intelligent document that can be executed upon the occurrence of a precondition. An exemplary method comprises providing displayable contents that include static contents and dynamic contents, and inserting the dynamic contents into the intelligent document separately from the static contents.

Method for the creation of an intelligent document, and device for carrying out said method

A method for accepting return deliveries in an electronic parcel deposit box facility, which integrates various logistics service providers and/or customers and various user authorizations, while safeguarding the operator of the parcel deposit box facility against the abuse of the return delivery process. To verify the customer authorizations, the method for operating a parcel deposit box facility comprising several lockable deposit boxes compares recorded customer data with a stored customer profile. Operating functions for the deposit of return deliveries are only released for the customer if the verification is positive. Before a mail item can be deposited, the validity of the mailing information that is contained on the return delivery is also verified. Valid mailing information is assigned to a logistics service provider and is stored, whereas if the mailing information is invalid, no deposit box is released for the deposit. When the return delivery is collected by a postman, the mailing information is recorded again and compared with the stored data. If the details do not match, the mail item is returned to the customer.

Method for delivering and retrieving return deliveries to and from an electronic parcel deposit box facility

There is provided a method and system for producing a label that can be applied onto a mailpiece. An exemplary method comprises providing a data service via a network node, the data service being performed in a provider server of a service provider. The exemplary method also comprises performing a one-time printing of the label via a control program, such that an intelligent document is transmitted from the provider server via a network to a user client, the one-time printing being done if a network connection exists between the user client and the provider server, and if, on the basis of a query to the provider server, it has been ascertained that that label had not been printed before. The exemplary method additionally comprises transmitting a message from the user client to the provider server when the label is printed for the first time. The exemplary method further comprises logging the printing in the provider server in response to the message.

Method for producing a label, computer program product, network node and system for carrying out the method

Method for generation and sale of frankings, which can be used for sending mail from a customer to a receiver. The frankings are thus preferably produced on an electronic mailbox, whereby the generation and the printing out can be carried out in a highly personalized manner by using stored customer data and receiver addresses entered by the customer concerned. In addition to personalized address input a franking comprises a unique identification code which can be used for franking security as well as transport control and monitoring.

Method and device for generation and sale of frankings for sending mail

An electronic device for packet boxes includes a processor programmed to assign users to groups of users and a control system capable of managing the possibilities of access to functions of the device on the basis of the user's membership to the user groups.

Electronic device for packet boxes and related operating method

A device and system include a plurality of electronic boxes for packets, several electronic boxes being assigned to a control unit and a central control unit for monitoring the control units.

Packet box electronic device and logistic system

A method for depositing mail by a deliverer of mail in an electronic locker system provided with several lockable compartments. The method is characterized in that a controller of the locker system causes one or several compartments to open in order to deposit mail and at least one new compartment opens automatically when a compartment is closed and when detecting means of the locker system have detected information allocated prior to sending. Also disclosed is an electronic locker system suitable for the implementation of the method.

Method for depositing mail in an electronic locker system and electronic locker system

Disclosed herein are a method for controlling electronic parcel compartment systems and an interface for carrying out the method. According to the disclosed method, data for controlling the electronic parcel compartment systems are stored on a server and are converted into control commands for controlling the compartment systems. Furthermore, according to the disclosed method, the control commands are transmitted to the parcel compartment systems via an interface.

Method for controlling electronic parcel compartment systems

Disclosed herein are a method and device for transporting and sorting postal deliveries. The method includes verifying whether postal deliveries are to be delivered to an electronic parcel compartment system. Furthermore, the method includes determining whether several of the postal deliveries are to be delivered to the same electronic parcel compartment system. Still further, the method includes common transportation and subsequent distribution to individual parcel compartments of postal deliveries to the same electronic parcel compartment system, for at least a part of the transport route.

Method for transporting postal deliveries and a device for storing postal deliveries

A method and system for data transmission between a package mailbox and at least one central data processing unit in a logistic system for the operation of one or more package mailboxes. Events at a package mailbox are evaluated by means of a communication device, which transmits function requests corresponding to the events to the data processing unit. The data processing unit carries out the corresponding functions and optionally returns data to the communication device of the package mailbox.

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Bonn, Germany

Boris Mayer