EP1804217A1 - Procédé et dispositif destinés au traitement de données relatives au tri d'envois postaux - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif destinés au traitement de données relatives au tri d'envois postaux Download PDF

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EP1804217A1
EP1804217A1 EP05026477A EP05026477A EP1804217A1 EP 1804217 A1 EP1804217 A1 EP 1804217A1 EP 05026477 A EP05026477 A EP 05026477A EP 05026477 A EP05026477 A EP 05026477A EP 1804217 A1 EP1804217 A1 EP 1804217A1
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Malte Girnus
Michael Harbaum
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    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
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  • the invention relates to a method for sorting mailpieces, in which data objects relevant for the sorting of the mailpieces are processed, wherein a result of the processing of a data object in a first data processing system is transmitted to a second data processing system for further processing.
  • the invention further relates to a device suitable for carrying out the method.
  • Mail sent in a particular region is usually collected in a mail center distribution center and distributed to the target regions as part of the sorting process.
  • a fine sorting takes place, in which the shipments are distributed to the Zustellstützand.
  • a sorting according to the course of the Zustell Vietnamese takes place on the basis of sorting data, which contain the assignment of mailpieces to the sorting compartments of a sorting machine.
  • the knowledge of the expected shipment quantities is required in view of the capacity of the existing sorting machines, which is usually determined on the basis of the amount of mail that has been generated in the case of preceding sorting.
  • the creation of the sorting data and the evaluation of the amount of mail resulting from the sorting is a very complex process in which a plurality of different data processing systems is usually used.
  • sorting destinations typically includes not only delivery addresses but also delivery districts in which the delivery points supplied by a single deliverer are combined, and further sorting-relevant groupings of delivery addresses and delivery districts.
  • the information on the existing sorting destinations is transmitted to systems which make the sorting data for the outgoing and incoming sorting taking into account the expected shipment quantity.
  • the sorting plans are then transferred to the relevant distribution centers where they are loaded into the sorting machines in the form of sorting programs.
  • sorting data are transmitted to data processing systems, which record and evaluate the amount of mail items resulting from sorting in order to be able to carry out production planning as a function of the mailing quantities that occur.
  • data processing systems which record and evaluate the amount of mail items resulting from sorting in order to be able to carry out production planning as a function of the mailing quantities that occur.
  • these systems generally also require the information about the existing sorting destinations on the basis of which the sorting plans are created.
  • this information is provided by the systems used to create and maintain this information about how to create the sorting plans provided data processing systems to the systems, which make the evaluation of the costs incurred in the sorting shipment quantities.
  • the information about the sorting destinations taken into account in the sorting data is only available in the systems processing the sorting data when the processing in the upstream system for producing the sorting data has been completed and the information has been transmitted.
  • this object is achieved by a method having the features of patent claim 1 and by a device having the features of patent claim 19.
  • a method of the type mentioned above is performed so that in the data processing systems, a definition list is available, which contains associations between the data objects and a unique identifier and in which attributes of the data objects are specified, wherein in the result of the processing the data object contains the unique identification code of the data object, wherein the second data processing system determines the attributes of the data object based on the definition list and carries out the further processing of the result of the processing of the data object in the first data processing system on the basis of the determined attributes.
  • the device for sorting mailpieces in which in a plurality of data processing systems for sorting mailpieces relevant data objects are processed, wherein a result of the processing of a data object in a first data processing system for further processing to a second data processing system can be transmitted, is characterized in that in the Data processing systems, a definition list is available, which contains associations between the data objects and a unique identifier and in which attributes of the data objects specified are, wherein in the result of the processing of the data object, the unique identifier of the data object is included and in the second data processing system, the attributes of the data object based on the definition list can be determined and the further processing of the result of the processing of the data object in the first data processing system based on the determined attributes is feasible ,
  • the invention thus includes the idea of assigning a data object a unique identification code and to deposit the association between the data object or its attributes and the identification code in a definition list.
  • a data object within a first data processing system, only the identification code is introduced into the processing result.
  • the attributes of the data object that are relevant for further processing are determined on the basis of the identification code from the definition list.
  • the definition list ensures a consistent dataset and prevents data inconsistencies due to the composition of data objects in the first data processing system and the transmission of that compilation to the second data processing system.
  • data processing system is to be understood in the context of the invention in its broadest meaning and includes in particular both data processing systems containing a single data processing system, as well as data processing systems having a plurality of data processing systems.
  • a data processing system is assigned a specific task, such as, for example, the creation of sorting lists for the sorting of mailpieces or the evaluation of the amount of mailing resulting from the sorting of the mailpieces.
  • each data object is assigned a data processing system with versioning sovereignty, in which the definition list is created with the association between the data object and the identification code.
  • a further preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention and the device according to the invention is characterized in that the data processing system with versioning sovereignty provides the definition list of further data processing systems.
  • An advantageous development of the method according to the invention and of the device according to the invention provides that the data processing system with versioning sovereignty creates a further definition list when changing the attributes of at least one data object and makes these available to other data processing systems.
  • a definition list adapted to the changes in the attributes of the data objects can be generated in this way and made available to the further data processing systems.
  • the definition list is provided with a unique version identifier assigned to it.
  • An advantageous development of the method according to the invention and of the device according to the invention is characterized in that the version identifier is contained in the result of the processing of the data object in the first data processing system.
  • an advantageous development of the method according to the invention and of the device according to the invention is characterized in that the second data processing system determines the definition list based on the version identifier from a plurality of definition lists.
  • the definition list is sent by the data processing system with the versioning sovereignty to the other data processing systems.
  • a likewise preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention and the device according to the invention is characterized in that the further data processing systems retrieve at least part of the definition list from the data processing system with the versioning sovereignty.
  • the second data processing system retrieves the attributes of the data object contained in the definition list from the data processing system with the versioning sovereignty, which results in the processing of the data object in the first data processing system ID sent to the data processing system with the versioning sovereignty.
  • the definition lists need not be stored in the data processing systems, but the attributes required for further processing a result of the processing of a data object can be retrieved from the data processing system with the versioning sovereignty stating the identification code contained in the result.
  • This embodiment has the advantage that the definition list can be retrieved from a data processing system if necessary, for example, when it receives the processing result of a data object from another data processing system for further processing.
  • each data object is assigned a data processing system with nourishing sovereignty, in which the data object and the identification of the data object is generated and in which the data attributes associated with the data object.
  • An advantageous development of the method and the device according to the invention provides that the data processing system with the caring sovereignty and the data processing system with the versioning sovereignty are identical.
  • the data processing system transmits the data objects together with the identification identifier assigned to them to the data processing system with the versioning sovereignty.
  • the data processing system with care sovereignty and the data processing system with versioning sovereignty are two different systems. This is especially advantageous when the data objects maintained in a data processing system are checked in another system.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of the method according to the invention and of the device according to the invention is therefore characterized in that the data processing system with the versioning sovereign makes an examination of the data object and that the definition list is created after successful examination of the data object.
  • a further advantageous development of the method according to the invention and the device according to the invention provides that in the second data processing system a number of shipments are determined which are supplied to the transport destination, wherein the second data processing system provides an indication of the number of shipments sorted into the sorting bin by the sorting machine and wherein the second data processing system determines the transport destination based on the information carrier data and the definition list.
  • the second data processing system determines the transport destination by using the definition list determines the transport destination, which is associated with the identification code contained in the information carrier data.
  • the sorting of mail items is usually carried out in the context of an at least two-stage process, which comprises the departure sorting in a distribution center of a postal company assigned to the originating region of the mail item and the incoming sorting in a distribution center assigned to the destination region of the mail item.
  • the disposal sorting the mailpieces received are distributed in particular to the target regions and, after completion of the disposal sorting, are sent to the distribution centers of the target regions. There, then, a fine sorting of the mailings takes place in which they are distributed among the delivery districts within the destination region and are usually also sorted according to the sequence of the delivery routes in the individual delivery districts.
  • a machine input comprises, for example, mail items for several delivery districts, which are sorted together in a sorting machine according to the sequence in which deliverers deliver them in the delivery districts.
  • the distribution centers usually have an encoding device in which the delivery address applied to a mail item or the information contained in the delivery address of the street, the house number and the postal code and the location are detected and converted into a numerical sorting code.
  • the detection is carried out initially automated in an OCR device (OCR: Optical Character Recognition) and - if the delivery address could not be detected here - in a video encoder in which a delivery address contained image of the broadcast surface of a video coding is displayed on a screen. This recognizes the delivery address and enters it in an input means, whereupon then the conversion of the address into the sorting code takes place.
  • OCR OCR: Optical Character Recognition
  • the sorting code applied to the mailpieces is first read in by means of a scanner. Then, using the sort list stored in the sorting machine, it is determined in which sorting bin the item is to be removed on the basis of its sorting code. Subsequently, the mail item is conveyed to the sorting compartment and discharged there.
  • the sort list contains the associations between the sort codes and the sort bins the sorting machine, in which mail items are incidentschleusen due to their associated sort code.
  • a so-called information carrier is printed out for each sorting compartment which, in addition to an indication of the distribution center in which the mailings have been sorted, contains an indication of the transport destination and to a destination Container is placed, in which the consignments are entered from a bin for further transport.
  • the distribution center of the destination region of the consignments, as well as the machine input for which the consignments are provided within this distribution center are indicated as the destination of consignments which have been sorted in the departure sorting.
  • Transport destinations of items of mail that have been processed in the incoming sorting are, for example, a specific delivery base or a large receiver for which the items are intended.
  • FIG. 1 shows, by way of example, various data processing systems which are provided for the administration of sorting destinations, for the creation of sorting lists and information carrier data and for the evaluation of the quantities of mail that are produced during sorting.
  • the system POINT shown in FIG. 1 is a central system, ie a system which manages data for all locations of the postal company.
  • POINT Postal data
  • These are in particular house and PO box addresses as well as large recipient addresses with the attributes assigned to them, which each represent a data object maintained in the system POINT.
  • the attributes associated with these data objects can in turn be data objects that are created and maintained in the area of the system POINT and to which additional attributes are assigned.
  • postal items can be addressed using so-called action postal codes.
  • a postal zip code is awarded by the postal company if a recipient receives a very large number of postal items within a limited period of time due to an action, such as a price puzzle.
  • the postal items addressed with an action postal code are assigned to the Receivers are delivered directly from a mail center distribution center.
  • an action postal code is assigned the name and the address of the recipient as attributes in particular.
  • various of the mentioned attributes of the described data objects in turn represent data objects that are created and maintained in the system POINT and are part of the postal routing data (PLD).
  • PLD postal routing data
  • the road section is such a data object to which in the system POINT the associated road, the associated location and the house number area which defines the road section are assigned as attributes. Furthermore, each road section is assigned a sorting code, which is used in the sorting of mailpieces.
  • a road for its part, represents a data object maintained in the system POINT. Attributes which are assigned to a road are, in particular, the street name and the location in which the road is located. Other attributes are different spellings for a road, which are assigned to this, in order to encode the road even in different spellings for the sorting of the mail can.
  • the postal code is a five-digit number in the Applicant's area associated with a delivery area group described below. It also represents a data object maintained in the system POINT, which in particular has a postal code type as well as the distribution center, in which the input sorting is the one with the postal code addressed broadcasts, are assigned as attributes. Based on the postal code type, a distinction is made as to whether the postal code is an action postal code, a major recipient postal code, an postal delivery code, a postal code postal code or a combined postal code. Under a Zustellpostleitress several house addresses are summarized, which are supplied by a deliverer with mail. A combined postcode is a postal code that has both house addresses and multiple mailboxes.
  • the postal guide data (PLD) maintained in the system POINT are transmitted to the system CWMS, which is provided for the creation of coded dictionaries.
  • the transmission preferably takes place at regular intervals in the form of database views, which are initially stored in the system CWMS.
  • the postal code data (PLD) is first processed using a relational database model. Subsequently, the received postal code data (PLD) are checked and filtered, whereby data records which correspond to non-predefined conventions are rejected and not considered further. On the basis of the checked and filtered Postleit flowers (PLD) then the creation of the Codierwörterbuchs, based on the coding of the delivery addresses in the coding of the distribution centers is carried out in a manner known to those skilled in the art.
  • the IBIS system illustrated in FIG. 1 is responsible for creating and maintaining delivery area data (ZBEZ).
  • ZBEZ delivery area data
  • the assignment of delivery addresses to various administrative or organizational units of the postal company that are relevant for the delivery of mailpieces is carried out in the system IBIS. These units represent the data objects maintained within the IBIS system.
  • a house address corresponds to a route point of a delivery process.
  • a route position is assigned within the system IBIS a delivery section, which in turn is assigned to a delivery district.
  • the house addresses or delivery sections, which are summarized in a delivery district, are thereby supplied by a single deliverer with mail.
  • Each Zustellbezirk is assigned to a Zustellst Reifentician within the system IBIS, whereby the Zustellst Reifenkieen are usually branches of the postal company, in which the deliverers receive the mail to be delivered by them and prepare their delivery.
  • delivery bases are assigned within the system IBIS so-called delivery bases with management function, which are delivery bases from which mail items are distributed to their assigned additional delivery bases.
  • the delivery points with line function receive the mail items in turn from a distribution center of the postal company, with delivery points with line function within the system IBIS are each assigned to a distribution center.
  • the system MOVE shown in FIG. 1 is the system which is provided for the creation of the previously explained sorting lists and the information carrier data.
  • the basis for the creation of the sort lists are the adjusted postal code data, which is provided to the system MOVE by the system CWMS, as well as the delivery district data, which the system MOVE receives from the system IBIS.
  • gear sequence association data GV
  • the course sequence association data are either generated and maintained within the system MOVE, or passed to the system MOVE by another not shown in Figure 1 further system.
  • the system MOVE is a central system, but which provides application programs for the creation of sorting lists, which can be controlled from the distribution centers and are preferably designed as so-called web services.
  • the sort lists and information carrier data are created in the following way:
  • the in-sort sorting lists within the mail center's distribution centers are created using the application programs designed as web services, or existing sort lists are adjusted. These sort lists are transferred to the central system. If this has been done, in the area of the central system the Sorting plans for the sorting of outgoing goods in the individual distribution centers, whereby the sorting destinations to be taken into account for the sorting of outgoing goods, in particular, result from the machine inputs intended for inward sorting.
  • the information carrier data is then generated or existing information carrier data is adapted to changed sort lists.
  • PLS schedule collections
  • plan collections are transmitted by the system MOVE to the system PPS, which in particular requires the information carrier data.
  • the PPS system is divided into a central component and several decentralized components, each located in a distribution center of the postal company.
  • the decentralized components of the system PPS in each case record quantities of mail that are produced during the sorting of the mailpieces of the sorting machines for the existing traffic streams.
  • a traffic flow in this case comprises the items of mail which are forwarded from a distribution center to a specific sorting destination, such as for example a further distribution center, a delivery base or one or more delivery districts, whereby mailings for a sorting destination are discharged into one or more compartments of a sorting machine, such that each one or more sorting compartments are assigned to a traffic flow.
  • the resulting in the traffic flows shipment quantities are based on of machine telegrams that are transmitted after performing a sorting pass from a sorting machine to the distributed component of the system PPS within the corresponding distribution center.
  • the machine telegrams contain information about the consignment quantities which have been discharged into the various sorting compartments of the sorting machine.
  • the determination of the traffic flows themselves, as well as the assignment of the sorting compartments to the traffic streams, takes place within the system PPS, in particular on the basis of the information carrier data received from the system MOVE, in which the allocations between the sorting compartments and the sorting or transport destinations are indicated.
  • the system VMIZ shown in FIG. 1 is provided, to which the plan collections (PLS) or the information carrier data are also transmitted by the system MOVE.
  • PLS plan collections
  • the system MOVE the plan collections
  • an evaluation of the resulting shipment quantities takes place with regard to the traffic volumes that occur in the delivery. In particular, it is intended to determine the number of each discharged by the deliverers mail.
  • On the basis of an evaluation delivery districts can then be changed in order to achieve a uniform as possible utilization of the deliverer.
  • the evaluation existing delivery districts are divided into several new delivery districts or combined to form a new delivery district, if it is determined that the corresponding deliverers a particularly large or a particularly small amount of mail is delivered.
  • the data objects processed in the various illustrated systems are each provided with a unique identification code, which is referred to below as RIO-ID.
  • RIO-ID a unique identification code
  • an association between the RIO IDs, the names of the data object and their attributes is stored and made available to the systems that process the data objects.
  • the transfer of results of the processing of a data object from a first system to a second system is carried out according to the invention only by specifying the RIO-ID of the processed data objects within the processing result.
  • the attributes associated with the data object are determined by the system receiving the processing result from the definition list.
  • the RIO-ID is a unique identifier of the data objects, at least over a very long period of time, ie. a so-called UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) or a GUID (Globally Unique Identifier). Typically, this ensures that such an identification tag uniquely identifies the associated data object over a period of approximately 1500 years.
  • the RIO-ID is formed as a 16-byte (32-character) code, which consists of an identifier of the data processing system which generates the data object or the RIO-ID, as well as an identifier of the generating data processing process composed.
  • Functions for generating such identification identifiers are known to the person skilled in the art and are generally provided by conventional database systems.
  • the RIO-ID is C0DA5AC564535BEFE034080020E1D96B.
  • each data object is assigned to exactly one data processing system 21, which has the nourishing sovereignty for this data object.
  • this system 21 which is also referred to below as the maintenance system, is the creation and deletion of a data object and the associated RIO-ID as well as the maintenance of data, i. in particular the adaptation of attributes of the data object.
  • definition lists are generated, which contain an association between the RIO-IDs and their associated data objects and their attributes.
  • This process is also referred to as versioning and performed in a data processing system 22, which has the versioning sovereignty for the data objects and is also referred to below as the versioning system.
  • Each data object is associated with exactly one versioning system 22. It may be provided that the nursing system 21 also has the versioning sovereignty over the owns data objects maintained by him. Likewise, however, it may also be provided that another data processing system 22 has the versioning sovereignty over the data, as shown in FIG. For versioning, this system is provided with the data of the nursing system 21, as illustrated in FIG. 2 with reference to the black-filled arrow.
  • versioning takes place in one embodiment of the invention when it is required due to changes in the data stock of the system 21 with the caring sovereignty. This may be the case, for example, if the changes exceed a predetermined number and / or have a predefined relevance. Furthermore, the versioning can also take place at regular intervals. The period of time from the creation of a definition list to the generation of an updated definition list is referred to as the versioning cycle.
  • each definition list is provided with a version number.
  • an older definition list can be used to specify the attributes of data objects within a versioning cycle.
  • the versioning can be carried out or initiated manually within the scope of the invention, with an operator of the system 21, 22 deciding on the time of creation of a definition list with the caring or versioning sovereignty. Likewise, the versioning can be initiated automatically.
  • the entire current database of the nursing system or the database in which a change has been made is transmitted at regular intervals from the nursing system 21 to the versioning system 22 and that in the area of the versioning system 22 is determined depending on the number or relevance of changes made in the dataset, whether a new definition list is created or the existing definition list is maintained.
  • a transfer of the entire current data of the nursing system 21 or the data of this system, in which a change has been made, depending on the number or relevance of the changes is made and that respectively Upon receipt of the data in the versioning system 22 in the context of a versioning a new definition list is created.
  • the provision of the definition lists for the data processing systems 23 is preferably carried out by the versioning system 22. It may be provided that the versioning system 22 definition lists at each versioning in the context of a push-oriented transmission method transmitted to the data processing systems 23 or that the definition lists or a part of the definition lists are retrieved by the data processing systems 23.
  • FIG. 2 shows the transmission of the definition list from the versioning system 22 to the data-processing systems 23 using unfilled arrows.
  • the exchange of information between the data-processing systems 23 takes place on the basis of the RIO-IDs of the data objects and on the basis of the version number of the relevant definition list.
  • a result of the processing of a data object which is generated in a first data processing system 23 and is provided for further processing in a second data processing system 23, thereby specifying its RIO ID and the version number of the relevant definition list from the first data processing system 23 to the second data processing system 23 transmitted.
  • the attributes of the data object required for further processing of the processing result within the second data-processing system 23 are then determined within the second data-processing system 23 on the basis of the definition list with the specified version number.
  • the second data-processing system 23 only retrieves a relevant part of the definition list from the versioning system 22.
  • the second data-processing system only retrieves the attributes of the relevant data object for further processing from the versioning system, for which there is a corresponding query indicating the RIO-ID of the data object and the version number the relevant definition list to the versioning system 22 transmitted.
  • a message containing the attributes is then sent from the versioning system to the second data processing system 23.
  • the system POINT is the nourishing system for the previously described postal code data (PLD).
  • PLD postal code data
  • each data object which is part of the postal routing data (PLD) is assigned an RIO-ID within the system POINT.
  • the RIO-ID is generated during the creation of a data object. When changing the attributes of data objects, the RIO ID remains. If the associated data object is deleted, the RIO ID is also deleted.
  • the postal code data are transmitted to the system CWMS, which, as already explained above, first performs a checking and filtering of the data and creates coded dictionaries from the checked and filtered postal code data.
  • the versioning of the post-routing data is also performed, whereby a PLD definition list is generated which contains an association between the data objects comprised by the post-routing data (PLD) and the RIO-IDs containing the Data objects are assigned.
  • the PLD definition list is then sent to the systems in one embodiment of the invention MOVE, PPS and VMIZ transmitted, which process the Postal Data (PLD).
  • PLD Postal Data
  • the IBIS system is provided as the nursing system for the delivery area data (ZBEZ).
  • each data object included in the delivery area data is assigned an RIO ID.
  • the RIO-ID is preferably generated during the generation of a data object and, in turn, is not changed when the attributes of the data object are changed. However, if a data object encompassed by the delivery area data (ZBEZ) is deleted, the associated RIO-ID is also deleted.
  • the delivery area data (ZBEZ) are transmitted by the system IBIS at regular intervals to the system MOVE, which in the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 3 is the versioning system for the delivery area data (ZBEZ).
  • the versioning of the ZBEZ is carried out in the MOVE system, whereby a ZBEZ definition list is created, in which the association between the data objects comprised by the delivery area data (ZBEZ) or their attributes and the RIO IDs is stored, which have been assigned to the data objects by the system IBIS.
  • the ZBEZ definition list is then transferred to the systems PPS and VMIZ, or the systems PPS and VMIZ retrieve the ZBEZ definition list from the system MOVE.
  • the MOVE system is provided as a versioning system for the sequence information (GV), which is either created and maintained in the MOVE system itself or This be transmitted from a nursing system, not shown in Figure 3.
  • the GV definition lists for the gear sequence association data generated in the MOVE system are likewise transmitted to the systems PPS and VMIZ.
  • the sorting lists and information carrier data for the sorting of mailpieces in the distribution centers are created on the basis of the delivery area data (ZBEZ), the postal code data (PLD) and the sequence of service data (GV).
  • ZBEZ delivery area data
  • PLD postal code data
  • GV sequence of service data
  • infobasket data includes the RIO IDs of the transport destinations and the RIO IDs of the sorting destinations for which mailpieces are to be ejected into the sorting bins.
  • the corresponding information carrier data will contain the RIO ID of the delivery center, which represents the transport destination, and the RIO IDs of the delivery districts. which represent the sorting destinations for which consignments are rejected in the sorting bin.
  • the map collection (PLS) created in the MOVE system which comprises the sort lists and the information carrier data, is then transmitted to the systems PPS and IBIS.
  • the attributes of the data objects considered in the sorting plans and information carrier data do not have to be transmitted to the systems PPS and IBIS here.
  • the Posting Data (PLD), Delivery Area Data (ZBEZ), and Route Sequence Data (GV) definition lists are available immediately after the versioning of this data before a plan collection is received. This makes it possible to integrate the transport and sorting destinations included in the plan collection into the PPS and VMIZ systems before the plan collection is received.
  • the allocation provided between the transport and sorting destinations and the sorting compartments of the sorting machines is then stored on the basis of the information carrier data in order to be able to determine the traffic flows in the manner described above.

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EP20050026477 2005-12-05 2005-12-05 Procédé et dispositif destinés au traitement de données relatives au tri d'envois postaux Not-in-force EP1804217B1 (fr)

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PCT/EP2006/011593 WO2007065616A1 (fr) 2005-12-05 2006-12-04 Procede et dispositif pour traiter des donnes importantes pour le tri d'envois postaux
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