Optimized system for tracking the delivery of articles
First Claim
1. A method of tracking the delivery of an article in which an addressee of the article identifies his/her/itself on a touch-sensitive display screen of a portable terminal held in the hand of a delivery person and including a radio interface for transmitting the identity data to a remote management computer center, wherein the portable terminal has an image sensor for taking a picture of an article delivery receipt that has previously been filled in by the addressee, and said image is transmitted together with the identity data to the management computer center in order to enable them to be consulted remotely via a telecommunications network.
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Abstract
A method of tracking the delivery of an article in which an addressee of the article identifies his/her/itself and signs a touch-sensitive display screen of a portable terminal held in the hand of a delivery person, the terminal also including a radio interface for transmitting this identity data and signature to a remote management computer center, the portable terminal also has an image sensor which is used to take an image of an article delivery receipt as previously filled in by the addressee, and the image is transmitted together with the identity and signature data to the management computer center in order to enable them to be consulted remotely via a telecommunications network.
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- 1. A method of tracking the delivery of an article in which an addressee of the article identifies his/her/itself on a touch-sensitive display screen of a portable terminal held in the hand of a delivery person and including a radio interface for transmitting the identity data to a remote management computer center, wherein the portable terminal has an image sensor for taking a picture of an article delivery receipt that has previously been filled in by the addressee, and said image is transmitted together with the identity data to the management computer center in order to enable them to be consulted remotely via a telecommunications network.
- 12. A portable terminal for tracking the delivery of an article, the terminal serving to receive information about the article in order to enable said information to be consulted, the terminal including a touch-sensitive display screen to enable an addressee of the article to identify his/her/itself, and further including a radio interface for transmitting the identity data and signature data to a remote management computer center, the terminal further including an image sensor for taking an image of an article delivery receipt that has previously been filled in by the addressee, and wherein the radio interface transmits said image together with the identity data to the management computer center in order to enable them to be consulted remotely via a telecommunications network.
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