Postal package delivery system
First Claim
1. A postal package delivery system for forwarding a package from a sender towards a destination through a postal network, said postal network comprising a plurality of postal nodes (TPN1, TPN2, TPN3) for sorting and forwarding said package through said network via at least one node of said plurality of postal nodes (TPN1, TPN2, TPN3) towards said destination, said forwarding being based on an address of said destination, wherein said package delivery system additionally comprises:
- a. a tag associating device (TAG-ASSO), adapted to associate information of a tag of said package flexibly with a physical address of a plurality of addresses of said destination,wherein said tag associating device (TAG-ASSO) is adapted to retrieve said information of said tag of said package together with a telephone number associated with said destination of said package, said information of said tag and said telephone number associated with said destination being received from a sender'"'"'s mobile user device that is adapted to read said tag to acquire said information of said tag, and is further adapted to transmit read and acquired tag information to said tag associating device (TAG-ASSO).
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a Postal package delivery system for forwarding a packet from a sender towards a destination through a postal network where the postal network comprises a plurality of postal nodes for sorting and forwarding the package through said network via at least one node of said plurality of postal nodes towards the destination. The forwarding of the package is based on the address of said destination, where a tag associating device is able to associate a tag of the package flexibly with a physical address of a plurality of addresses of said destination.
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1. A postal package delivery system for forwarding a package from a sender towards a destination through a postal network, said postal network comprising a plurality of postal nodes (TPN1, TPN2, TPN3) for sorting and forwarding said package through said network via at least one node of said plurality of postal nodes (TPN1, TPN2, TPN3) towards said destination, said forwarding being based on an address of said destination, wherein said package delivery system additionally comprises:
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a. a tag associating device (TAG-ASSO), adapted to associate information of a tag of said package flexibly with a physical address of a plurality of addresses of said destination, wherein said tag associating device (TAG-ASSO) is adapted to retrieve said information of said tag of said package together with a telephone number associated with said destination of said package, said information of said tag and said telephone number associated with said destination being received from a sender'"'"'s mobile user device that is adapted to read said tag to acquire said information of said tag, and is further adapted to transmit read and acquired tag information to said tag associating device (TAG-ASSO). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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