Method and Device for Transporting an Item
First Claim
1. In a method of transporting an item to a destination location, the item bearing a label identifying the destination location and a label identifying a transportation service provider, the method which comprises:
- inputting information about the destination location, with which the item is labeled, into a data acquisition system, andtriggering onward transportation of the item to the destination location, depending on the information about the destination location,a computer-evaluable message on the transportation error being generated in the event of a transportation error and transmitted to a data-processing unit of a transportation service provider;
the improvement which comprises;
transporting the item at least once to a sorting plant after having been labeled with the label identifying the transportation service provider;
the sorting plant including the data acquisition system;
passing the item through the sorting plant;
triggering onward transportation of the item with the sorting plant depending on the destination location data input;
automatically deciding whether or not a preset error signal for a transportation error was input into the data acquisition system during passage of the item through the sorting plant; and
if the input of the error signal has been ascertained, automatically performing the following steps;
identifying the transportation service provider by acquiring the information from the label identifying the transportation service provider applied to the item; and
generating the computer-evaluable message containing the destination location data input.
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Abstract
A method and a device for transporting an item to a destination location. The item is provided with a label bearing the destination location to which the item is to be transported. The item is additionally provided with a label bearing a transportation service provider. The item is transported to a sorting plant and passes through the sorting plant. Information about the destination location with which the item is labeled is input into a data acquisition system of the sorting plant. It is automatically decided whether a preset error signal for a transportation error was or was not input during passage of the item. Depending on the destination location data which has been input, the sorting plant triggers onward transportation of the item to the destination location. In the event of the error signal for a transportation error having been input, a report is generated. This report describes the transportation error, comprises the input destination-location data, and is transmitted to the transportation service provider which triggered the transportation to the sorting plant.
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13 Claims
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1. In a method of transporting an item to a destination location, the item bearing a label identifying the destination location and a label identifying a transportation service provider, the method which comprises:
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inputting information about the destination location, with which the item is labeled, into a data acquisition system, and triggering onward transportation of the item to the destination location, depending on the information about the destination location, a computer-evaluable message on the transportation error being generated in the event of a transportation error and transmitted to a data-processing unit of a transportation service provider; the improvement which comprises; transporting the item at least once to a sorting plant after having been labeled with the label identifying the transportation service provider; the sorting plant including the data acquisition system; passing the item through the sorting plant; triggering onward transportation of the item with the sorting plant depending on the destination location data input; automatically deciding whether or not a preset error signal for a transportation error was input into the data acquisition system during passage of the item through the sorting plant; and if the input of the error signal has been ascertained, automatically performing the following steps; identifying the transportation service provider by acquiring the information from the label identifying the transportation service provider applied to the item; and generating the computer-evaluable message containing the destination location data input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A device for controlling a transportation of an item to a destination location,
the item bearing: -
an identification identifying the destination location; and an identification identifying a transportation service provider; the device comprising; a sorting plant configured to have the item with the identification identifying the transportation service provider pass therethrough; said sorting plant including a data acquisition system configured to acquire information about the destination location with which the item is labeled, and to automatically decide whether or not a preset error signal for a transportation error was input during passage of the item; said sorting plant triggering onward transportation of the item to the destination location depending on the information about the destination location; and if said data acquisition system establishes that an error signal has been input, said sorting plant automatically performing the following steps; identifying the transportation service provider by identifying the transportation service provider identified on the item; generating a report on the transportation error, the report including the destination location data input; and triggering a transmission of the report to the transportation service provider. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method of transporting an item to a destination location, the item bearing an identification identifying the destination location and an identification identifying a transportation service provider, the method which comprises:
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transporting the item at least once to a sorting plant after having been provided with the identification identifying the transportation service provider, passing the item through the sorting plant, and inputting information about the destination location, with which the item is identified, into a data acquisition system of the sorting plant; triggering onward transportation of the item to the destination location with the sorting plant, depending on the information about the destination location; automatically deciding whether or not a preset error signal for a transportation error was input into the data acquisition system during passage of the item through the sorting plant; and if the input of the error signal has been ascertained, automatically performing the following steps; identifying the transportation service provider by acquiring the information from the identification identifying the transportation service provider applied to the item; and generating a computer-evaluable message on the transportation error containing the destination location data input, and transmitting the message to a data-processing unit of the transportation service provider. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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