Method and system for processing physical distribution information
First Claim
1. A method for processing physical distribution information, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving and registering schedule information regarding a form of receiving of a package addressed to a member from the member;
if a shipment request is received from a sender of a package, determining a delivery form with reference to at least the receiver'"'"'s schedule information registered in said receiving and registering step if said receiver is a member; and
if said delivery form determined in said determining step involves a movement of said package, generating delivery request information for a distributor in accordance with said delivery form.
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Abstract
The object of the invention is to provide an information processing technology for realizing more efficient physical distribution. Schedule information regarding a form of receiving (for example, “not available for receiving”, “available for receiving”, “forward”, “kept until called for”) a package addressed to the member is received from a terminal of a member and then is registered in a storage device. Further, a delivery form (for example, deliverable or not deliverable for “not available for receiving”) is determined with reference to at least the receiver'"'"'s schedule stored in the storage device if the receiver is a member. Then, delivery request information for the distributor is generated in accordance with the delivery form if the determined delivery form involves a movement of the package. Accordingly, since a member registers his form of package receiving by himself in advance, he can receive the package in accordance with his schedule. That is, the distribution is performed in accordance with the receiver'"'"'s schedule more, which allows the better efficiency.
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49 Claims
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1. A method for processing physical distribution information, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving and registering schedule information regarding a form of receiving of a package addressed to a member from the member;
if a shipment request is received from a sender of a package, determining a delivery form with reference to at least the receiver'"'"'s schedule information registered in said receiving and registering step if said receiver is a member; and
if said delivery form determined in said determining step involves a movement of said package, generating delivery request information for a distributor in accordance with said delivery form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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17. A method for processing physical distribution request, said method comprising the steps of:
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sending a central server a delivery request of a package, said delivery request specifying at least a receiver; and
receiving a result notice of delivery scheduling including a case where it is indicated that said package is undeliverable, from said central server before starting to deliver said package.
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18. A program embodied on a medium, for causing a computer to process physical distribution information, said program comprising the steps of:
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receiving schedule information regarding a form of receiving of a package addressed to a member from a terminal of the member and registering said schedule information in a storage device;
if a shipment request is received from a terminal of a sender of a package, determining a delivery form with reference to at least the receiver'"'"'s schedule information stored in said storage device if said receiver is a member; and
if said delivery form determined in said determining step involves a movement of said package, generating delivery request information for a distributor in accordance with said delivery form.
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34. An apparatus for processing physical distribution information, comprising:
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a schedule register, which receives and registers schedule information regarding a form of receiving of a package addressed to a member from a terminal of the member;
a determining unit, which determines a delivery form with reference to at least the receiver'"'"'s schedule information registered by said schedule register if said receiver is a member, if a shipment request is received from a terminal of a sender of a package; and
a delivery request generator, which generates delivery request information for a distributor in accordance with said delivery form if said delivery form determined by said determining unit involves a movement of said package.
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