EP1779333B1 - Verfahren und vorrichtungsanordnung zur digitalen freimachung von postsendungen - Google Patents

Verfahren und vorrichtungsanordnung zur digitalen freimachung von postsendungen Download PDF

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EP1779333B1
EP1779333B1 EP05772449A EP05772449A EP1779333B1 EP 1779333 B1 EP1779333 B1 EP 1779333B1 EP 05772449 A EP05772449 A EP 05772449A EP 05772449 A EP05772449 A EP 05772449A EP 1779333 B1 EP1779333 B1 EP 1779333B1
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
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    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
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  • the invention relates to a method for the digital franking of mailpieces, in which a digital franking mark is generated by a computer means and applied to a mailpiece.
  • the invention further relates to a device arrangement for the digital franking of mailpieces, which has a computer means in which a digital postage indicium can be generated and which has a processing means which is designed such that it applies a digital franking mark to a mailpiece.
  • the postage indicia typically comprise encrypted information which, as far as possible, individualises the franking mark for a payment assurance.
  • the encrypted information can be applied for example in the form of a bar code or a matrix code.
  • Another area of computerized packaging is provided by application programs that are installed on a customer's computer.
  • the customer can use the computer to import program-specific data from various sources into the application program and to generate digital franking marks, which are printed directly on a program.
  • the franking can be printed, for example, on an address label or directly in the address field of a letterhead.
  • the application programs used for this type of computer-aided design typically have various additional functions, such as postage optimization, the creation and evaluation of mailing lists and / or the administration of address lists.
  • the billing of the printed franking marks at a delivery service such as a postal company, can be done in advance or after the delivery of prepaid shipments to the delivery service.
  • the international patent application WO 98/57302 A1 describes, for example, a system for generating postage indicia for mailpieces, wherein the postage indicia may be requested from a plurality of local PCs at a central data center.
  • the connection of the PCs with the data center can for example be made via the Internet and it is thus a kind of online franking machine.
  • a customer identifies himself via a local PC at the data center and transmits postal information about one or more shipments to the data center.
  • the data center generates encrypted data for postage indicia and transmits it to the customer at his local PC.
  • the franking mark itself is generated on the customer's PC and can be printed from there on a connected printer. Each data set belonging to a franking mark and thus to a consignment is deposited in the data center and can be used for a fee verification.
  • the international patent application WO 99/39278 A1 further discloses a system for producing postage indicia that is particularly suitable for use in private households or very small businesses.
  • a set-top box is used for a television or an interface for Internet television.
  • the respective component comprises a printer with which a franking mark can be printed on a label.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method for the digital franking of mail items, which enable a more flexible handling by the customer with respect to the known embodiment of the franking via an installed application program at a customer. Furthermore, the procedure should facilitate a fee review.
  • the first computer means is connected to the second computer means via the Internet.
  • postage optimization is preferably carried out in the processing of the mailing-specific data in the second computer means.
  • a sorting of the data can be carried out according to determinable sorting criteria. The sorting can take place via postal codes or via lead regions or lead zones.
  • the invention further comprises a device arrangement for the digital franking of mailpieces, which has a computer means in which a digital postage indicium can be generated and which has a processing means which is designed such that it applies a digital franking mark to a mailpiece.
  • the device arrangement in this case comprises a first computer means at a customer for generating transmission-specific data for one or more mailpieces to be generated and Means for communicating the data from the first computer means to a remote second computer means at a service provider.
  • the arrangement furthermore has means for access control of the first computer means to the second computer means, wherein the second computer means is designed for processing of shipment-specific data, in which data for a digital postage indicium are generated for each mailpiece.
  • the billing of services rendered in the field of digital franking and various additional functions at the customer is done via a billing component.
  • means are further provided for transmitting processed data with information for a digital indicium for a respective mail item from the second computer means to the first computer means and processing means in connection with the first computer means for printing and enveloping the printed mailpieces.
  • the means for transmitting transmission-specific data between the computer means is the Internet.
  • the second computer means preferably comprises an Internet application.
  • the method according to the invention and the associated alignment arrangement bring various advantages in the digital franking of mailpieces. Firstly, it is no longer necessary for a customer to install an application program on his computer system. but the necessary functions are available to him without special adaptation of his system. This includes, in particular, the fact that the effort to be paid by a customer is very low and that, for example, he does not need any updates.
  • the system has the advantage for the customer of being highly flexible in choosing a location for generating and processing shipment data. So he does not have to install and maintain an application program at all sites, but with the inventive arrangement of each site from access to the Internet application of the new DV-franking.
  • a delivery service such as a postal company
  • a delivery service can offer a service in connection with various other additional functions through the implementation of the DV franking according to the invention.
  • This also includes a shift of computerized franking into the area of a delivery service, which may lead to a simplification of the billing and payment assurance processes.
  • FIG. 1 shows Fig. 1 a particularly preferred embodiment of the device arrangement according to the invention with a schematic representation of the data streams.
  • the associated system includes first Computer means 10, which are located in the area of a customer system in which content for mailpieces 30 are generated and sent.
  • the customers are preferably users who regularly generate a large number of mailpieces. This is the case, for example, for companies that regularly send invoices, information letters or advertising material.
  • shipment-specific data 50 are generated for one or more mailpieces.
  • the mail items are generated with information from various sources such as databases for addresses, text documents and financial data.
  • a processing means 60 for printing data and inserting printed documents in envelopes.
  • the printing of data can be done via conventional printer systems, which are preferably adapted to a high print volume.
  • Known inserter systems perform the folding and placing of documents in envelopes.
  • the first computer means 10 comprises means for the digital franking of mailpieces and for immediate printing in a processing means 60.
  • An essential feature of the method according to the invention for the digital franking of mailpieces is that the process of generating digital postage indicia in connection with other functions in one remote from the first computer means arranged second computer means 20 takes place. Unprocessed broadcast-specific data 50 are thus transmitted to the second computer means and processed therein.
  • the second computer means is located in the area of a service provider, which offers digital franking with various additional functions.
  • the second computer means 20 is preferably connected to the first computer means 10 via the Internet and the data is provided to the second computer means from the various customer systems in XML format.
  • various methods can be used.
  • the data can be integrated via a method encapsulation and reused directly. So the business logic of the customer system can be adopted.
  • the integration takes place via a common database.
  • this case has specific disadvantages as the business logic of the customer has to be redeveloped.
  • Fig. 1 the integration of the customer data in the second computer means 20 via an adapter 11, which can also be referred to as a wrapper.
  • An existing business logic of the customer can thus be integrated with the help of the adapter, which is able to adapt a technically non-compliant interface to the new requirements of the second computer means 20.
  • the access of the first computer means to the functions of the second computer means is carried out in a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention via an Internet application, which the customer can call.
  • the customer is preferably registered in the system of the second computer means and stored together with specific data.
  • the registration involves the allocation of an authorization which is expediently a password.
  • a contract is a contract between the service provider for digital franking (DV franking) and a customer. According to the contract, the invoicing of the carried out DP franking takes place with the customer.
  • a contract preferably receives a contract number and a subscription number for a consignment center for the shipments under this contract.
  • the delivery center can be defined, for example, via a postal code or an indication of the lead region. For example, a 2-digit number for specifying a lead region may specify a particular delivery center.
  • a contract can be supplemented by further information such as a defined pick-up trip at the customer of a depot.
  • a login screen of the application is presented to the user.
  • the user can enter his username and password.
  • a multi-digit customer ID can be specified.
  • an authentication is over Registration medium (i..dR a database) performed.
  • the user arrives at a personal start page of the application with a personalized menu composed, for example, according to the user's rights of the customer.
  • the customer can call different profiles under which he wants to act in the application.
  • the profiles named "Clients" in this description can be created, changed and selected by the customer.
  • the advantage of using different client profiles is that a company can create different profiles for different locations or company groups.
  • the access to the second computer means of a service provider can be done from the various locations, each site can generate different mailings, for example, each with its own sender address and process.
  • the customer For acting within the Internet application, the customer preferably also specifies the contract according to which data supplied is to be processed. Thereby, the processed data is associated with at least one subscription number of a delivery center 80 in which shipments under this contract are accepted. Processing data generated during processing may be communicated to the respective delivery center to reconcile the data.
  • the access to the data storage of the customer is realized with the help of a class.
  • This interpreter controls the database functions to be called with an XML description and handles the management of the database connection.
  • the architecture of the Internet application can be realized in various ways. For example, a 2-tier architecture with a Tomcat web and application server comes into question. Furthermore, a 3-tier architecture can be used with an enterprise web and application server such as Bea Weblogic.
  • the 2-tier variant can combine frontend, business logic and data access modules of the application on one machine.
  • the data management is preferably realized with proprietary JDBC accesses to an Oracle database or can occasionally be encapsulated in stored procedures.
  • a clustering of the application can be realized with the aid of a hardware load balancer and an upstream Apache web server.
  • frontend and business logic components can be installed on two separate machines. Access to the database and transaction management are governed by the application server and are preferably done using Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs). Clustering can be done for both web components and application components, enabling higher overall performance compared to the 2-tier variant.
  • the 2-tier variant can be connected to the DV-franking backend where all shipment files are processed.
  • the 3-tier architecture is included on each application server IT franking backend, so that shipment files can be processed in the sense of load distribution by different computers. Both variants are expediently secured by the WorldwideWeb with a firewall. In the case of the 3-tier variant, if required, the application layer could also be secured with a firewall.
  • the structure of the second computer means 20 can be subdivided in a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention into three different horizontal layers. These arise primarily due to their different tasks or responsibilities and are preferably determined only secondarily by differentiable physical components.
  • the first layer which is referred to below as the Presentation Layer (Web Layer) , contains all components necessary for the representation and interaction control of the application. First and foremost, this is a controller servlet that initiates a business process. This business process can be spread over several technically related individual actions, which in turn are mapped in JSP pages . So that the business object (eg the transaction semantics, the sequence of the individual actions, etc.) remains consistent at all times, the individual business steps are connected by means of the controller servlet.
  • Web Layer Presentation Layer
  • a session tracking is used. This is part of the session management that both cookies and alternatively (eg if the user does not accept cookies and has disabled them on the client or web browser) use URL rewriting as mechanisms for recognition.
  • validations and plausibility checks are integrated into the web layer based on the JFormular form framework. Each user-initiated action related to business logic is mapped using event components that simultaneously represent the interface to the business logic layer.
  • a second layer Business Logic Layer contains all application components that directly execute business processes or work with business objects. They are preferably supplemented or controlled by another component that deals with the functionality of authorizing and authenticating users and application areas.
  • the emphasis of the processing of the broadcast specific data in the second computer means 20 is the generation of a digital indicium for several broadcasts of a customer.
  • These are preferably encrypted information which can be displayed graphically.
  • bar codes or matrix codes can be used as the representation.
  • the content of the encrypted information may include various levels, as is known for conventional encryption methods in digital franking.
  • the encryption may process random numbers, fixed or variable keys, dates, and / or sender or recipient data.
  • the information generated by the encryption for a franking mark are each assigned to a shipment and transmitted to the first computer means.
  • the information for franking marks can be supplemented by further information such as customer-specific advertising imprints or data of the service provider.
  • the first computer means 10 may store the processed data upon receipt and, if appropriate, process it further or pass it directly to a processing means 60 which prints out the mailpieces together with the digital franking marks. This can be done in a known manner by printing a digital franking mark in the address field of a mailing. If the consignment is placed in an envelope, the franking mark is visible and detectable through the transparent foil of the address field. In a further embodiment of the invention, the franking mark is printed on a label which can be applied to a mailpiece.
  • the franked shipments 30 are transported to a defined by the associated contract Ein Austinstechnik 80 and passed in this to a delivery service. It has proved to be expedient that the operator of the delivery service for an information exchange in connection with the service provider for digital franking.
  • processing data is transmitted from the second computer means 20 to a delivery center 80 in order to be able to carry out a comparison with recorded and stored data.
  • various stages of a payment assurance can be carried out. For example, a random comparison of delivered shipments with shipment information such as lists can be made.
  • shipment information such as lists
  • the franking mark of each delivered mail item can be recorded and its validity can be checked on the basis of the encrypted information.
  • the processing of broadcast-specific data in second computer means 20 may include, in addition to the generation of digital indicia 40 for each broadcast, additional features.
  • the delivered data can be sorted according to specifiable criteria.
  • the sorting of the data using an associated postal code has proven to be particularly advantageous. With this sorting, the customer has the option of sorting out and inserting the data processed by the service provider. This results in bundles of franked and already sorted mail items, which can be delivered to a delivery center, for example, in containers.
  • a discount for inputs is granted only when the items are sorted according to further criteria such as a lead region or a lead zone.
  • the customer can choose what degree of sorting he would like to have used in sorting.
  • the billing of the services of the second computer means via a billing component in connection with the computer means may also allow conventional additional functions such as the storage of payroll or mailing lists.

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