Goods Delivery System, Method for Delivering Goods, Distribution Components and Dispatching Point for Goods
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Abstract
A system for sending an information carrier to a recipient is disclosed. An exemplary system comprises an editing component that enables editing mailing address data of the recipient in order to create a printing job and an interface to transmit the mailing address data to a printing component that is adapted to print at least information about one or more dispatch points onto a mailing and/or onto a communication that can be enclosed with the mailing. The exemplary system also comprises a database containing information about goods to be delivered and about at least one dispatch point intended for the delivery of the goods, a linking element that is adapted to link information about the goods to be delivered to the mailing address data of the recipient and an interface to transmit information about the dispatch points to the printing component. The exemplary system further comprises a writing component with which information about goods to be delivered is written onto an information carrier in machine-readable form. Further, the exemplary system comprises a goods delivery system including a logistics system in which information pertaining to the goods to be delivered is sent with the information carrier, wherein the information carrier is sent to a different mailing address than the goods that are to be delivered by the goods delivery system, and wherein the goods delivery system comprises at least one dispatch point at which the goods to be delivered are present, and wherein the dispatch point contains a signal emitter for the association of the goods to be delivered on the basis of the machine-readable information.
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42 Claims
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22. A system for sending an information carrier to a recipient, comprising:
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an editing component that enables editing mailing address data of the recipient in order to create a printing job; an interface to transmit the mailing address data to a printing component that is adapted to print at least information about one or more dispatch points onto a mailing and/or onto a communication that can be enclosed with the mailing; a database containing information about goods to be delivered and about at least one dispatch point intended for the delivery of the goods; a linking element that is adapted to link information about the goods to be delivered to the mailing address data of the recipient; an interface to transmit information about the dispatch points to the printing component; a writing component with which information about goods to be delivered is written onto an information carrier in machine-readable form; and a goods delivery system that comprises a logistics system in which information pertaining to the goods to be delivered is sent with the information carrier, wherein the information carrier is sent to a different mailing address than the goods that are to be delivered by the goods delivery system, and wherein the goods delivery system comprises at least one dispatch point at which the goods to be delivered are present, and wherein the dispatch point contains a signal emitter for the association of the goods to be delivered on the basis of the machine-readable information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for sending an information carrier to a recipient via a system that includes an editing component that facilitates editing mailing address data of the recipient in order to create a printing job, an interface to transmit the mailing address data to a printing component that is adapted to print onto a mailing and/or onto a communication that can be enclosed with the mailing, the method comprising:
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storing information about goods to be delivered and about at least one dispatch point provided for the delivery of goods in a database; linking information about the goods to be delivered to the mailing address data of the recipient; transmitting information about the dispatch points to the printing component; printing onto the mailing or onto an address data carrier that can be attached to the mailing; printing information about one or more dispatch points onto the mailing and/or onto the communication that can be enclosed with the mailing, writing information about the goods to be delivered onto the information carrier in machine-readable form; and making an association of the goods to be delivered at a dispatch point on the basis of the machine-readable information. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A sending component, comprising:
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an interface to a database containing information about goods to be delivered and about at least one dispatch point intended for the delivery of the goods; a linking element that is adapted to link information about at least one item to be delivered to mailing address data of a recipient who is intended to receive the sent goods; an editing component that facilitates editing the mailing address data of the recipient in order to create a printing job; a writing component that is adapted to write information about the goods to be delivered onto an information carrier in machine-readable form; and a device that is adapted to provide the mailing with a postage indicium. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. A dispatch point for goods, comprising:
a reading unit adapted to acquire information about goods to be delivered, the information being acquired from at least one information carrier, wherein the reading unit comprises a signal emitter to associate the goods to be delivered on the basis of the acquired information. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42)
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