Method and device for the transmission of notifications

• US 20060116888A1
• Filed: 08/15/2003
• Published: 06/01/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Deutsche Post AG
• Original Assignee: Deutsche Post AG
• Inventors: Mayer, Boris, Buesch, Barbara
• Application Number:
  US10/524,637
• Publication Number:
  US 20060116888A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/313
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for the transmission of notifications wherein data from at least one data bank are transmitted to a central dispatch center, converted there into notification information, and the notification information transmitted to a communication interface and from the communication interface onto one or several receiver devices. The disclosure further relates to a logistic system suitable for application to the method.

Claims

1-9. -9. (canceled)

10. A method for the transmission of notifications by a notification component to users of an electronic parcel compartment system within a postal shipping system, comprising transmitting data from at least one database to a central sending component, converting the data in the central sending unit into notification information, transmitting the notification information to a communication interface and from the communication interface to at least one receiving device, storing notification jobs in a storage module and transmitting at least some of the requests for the transmission of notifications by a control circuit the storage module, and a reading module acquiring the notification jobs contained in the storage module and transmitting them to the central sending component,

the method further comprising transmitting the information for creating jobs is transmitted to the control circuit via an external interface, whereby the information depends on events within the postal shipping system, categorizing the events in classes, and the events triggering defined, definable or variable processing steps by the notification component.

11. The method of claim 10, comprising using at least one template, the central sending component converting the data transmitted from the database into the notification information (BI).

12. A device for the transmission of notifications to users of an electronic parcel compartment system within a postal shipping system having at least one database, one central sending component for converting data from the database into notification information, and one communication interface for the transmission of the notification information to receiving devices,

the device further comprising

an external interface that serves for receiving information about events at an electronic parcel compartment system within the postal shipping system and is connected to a control circuit equipped with transmission means for the transmission of notification job requests to a storage module that stores the notification requests, a storage module (CRC) is connected to a reading unit that transmits the notification jobs to a central sending component.