EP1939815A1 - Procédé de préparation de tableaux de taxes portuaires par un centre de données pour leur transmission à un appareil de service, ainsi qu'agencement destiné à la réalisation du procédé - Google Patents

Procédé de préparation de tableaux de taxes portuaires par un centre de données pour leur transmission à un appareil de service, ainsi qu'agencement destiné à la réalisation du procédé Download PDF

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EP1939815A1
EP1939815A1 EP07024359A EP07024359A EP1939815A1 EP 1939815 A1 EP1939815 A1 EP 1939815A1 EP 07024359 A EP07024359 A EP 07024359A EP 07024359 A EP07024359 A EP 07024359A EP 1939815 A1 EP1939815 A1 EP 1939815A1
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Clemens Heinrich
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  • the invention relates to a method for providing postage fee tables by a data center for their transmission to a service device according to the features of claims 1 to 14 and an arrangement for carrying out the method according to claim 1 according to the features of claims 15 to 19.
  • Postage fee tables are required for calculating the postage value in service devices, in particular in a franking machine, postage calculating scales or in a mail processing system.
  • Postage fee tables provide data structures that link various information for the pricing or postage calculation of a shipping operation.
  • Postage fee tables include allocations between franking products such as letter products (maxi-letter, normal letter, etc.), shipping methods (registered mail) and their prices.
  • the fees for additional letter services and discounts of certain types of contract, for example between the customer and the postal authority, are provided for the calculation, as well as zone tables showing geographical postage regions and their prices.
  • At least one postage fee table is loaded into a service device that communicates with the data center.
  • Either a postage meter with a static scale or a postage-calculating scale is used to calculate the postage amount for sending a mailpiece.
  • a mail processing system with a dynamic scale and with a postage meter is already known, which communicates with a data center.
  • a single addressing of each service unit results in a non-simultaneous transmission of a postage fee table to all service devices.
  • the current postage fee table contains an incrementable change number of the revision data section.
  • the service provider's microprocessor verifies that a data block transmitted by a transmission station contains the corresponding incremented revision number of the revision data section.
  • incrementing of the change number occurs in the service device, ie in the postage meter itself. The process is time consuming and fails if the data center's intended connection is unsuccessful.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a method for providing postage fee tables by a data center for their transmission to a service device and an arrangement for carrying out the method.
  • a machine selection of postage tables from a database and transmission of the currently valid and the next postage fee table from the data center to the service device is to be made possible in dependence on the postage fee table already existing in the service device.
  • the method is characterized by data processing with automatic provision of multiple updated and corrected postage fee tables in a database, and by automated selection of postage fee tables from the database of a data center depending on the versions of postage charges present in the service device.
  • the service device establishes a communications link to the data center, automatic selection and timely transmission of tables is made possible to update multiple tables in the service device.
  • the method ensures the correct selection from a variety of postage fee tables stored in the data center and works with a central control of reloading based on machine parameters of the service devices (machine type, model, variant, version / revision of the hardware or operating software) or individually for individual Machines as well as from a respective postage account balance reported by the service device, which is reported, for example, during the reloading of a monetary credit.
  • machine parameters of the service devices machine type, model, variant, version / revision of the hardware or operating software
  • individually for individual Machines as well as from a respective postage account balance reported by the service device, which is reported, for example, during the reloading of a monetary credit.
  • a subsequent reorganization of the postage fee tables in the data center is possible, for example in the case of errors in the database, so that the next dialing of the service device causes an update of the table inventory.
  • An automatic revision of the postage fee table inventory in the server of a data center guarantees an up-to-date status of the database of postage fee tables in the database of the server during the reloading of the service device.
  • the storage of the first version number occurs at the port fee table prior to release of the newly entered postage fee table for download to a remote service device, if according to the first query no further of the further postage charge tables stored in the database is to be taken into account or if further inquiries are made as a result of the first query, further postage fee tables stored in the database have yet to be taken into account, whereby for each query there exists in each case
  • the version data comprises a number consisting of a main section number and subsection number stored in the database of the data center respectively associated with a postage fee table, wherein a new postage fee table has a main section number after a first postage fee table Allocation scheme is formed by the previous maximum main section number is incremented by a value 'one', if the following criteria are met, that further in the database stored postage fee tables are still to be considered, with a postage fee table exists with a maximum validity start date, as determined in the first query step and that the validity start date of the new postage fee table is greater than or equal to the maximum validity start date, which is determined in the second query step.
  • a new postage fee table is assigned a main section number and subsection number according to a second allocation scheme, the main section number associated with the new postage fee table being equal to the previous maximum main section number, and the subsection number being set to the value 'one', if following Criteria are met that, firstly, further postage fee tables stored in the database are still to be considered, which a postage fee table with a minimum validity start date exists and, second, the validity start date of the new postage fee table is greater than the minimum validity start date, which is the third Thirdly, starting from the postage fee table with a maximum validity start date progressively selected a next postage fee table lt is checked by means of which the validity start date of the new postage fee table is greater than or equal to the validity start date of the selected postage fee table, which is determined in the fourth query step of a subroutine.
  • a server includes a first module for version data processing and a second module for automatic postage table selection, wherein the version data processing of the first module enables automatic provision of a plurality of updated postage fee tables corrected in their version data in the database.
  • the server of the data center is programmed to correct the at least one postage fee table of the service device and controls a dynamic correction first in the data center. If the service device needs a corrected postage table, such as for errors, then a correction is achieved by deleting data and loading tables that are subsequently provided with a new version number. Each time a further postage fee table is set in the database, it is checked whether further postage fee tables need to be renamed.
  • the service of the server has been improved to provide several updated postage fee tables in the database.
  • the postage fee table selection is made according to the version number or its sequence and the beginning of the validity.
  • the selection of the postage fee table may also take into account an optional end of validity in order to prevent their delivery in the case of a late-loading request, ie after the end of the validity of a postage fee table.
  • An exchange of faulty postage tables is possible.
  • the correction process in the data center then backs up the updating of the version numbers of postage fee tables in the database of the server.
  • the server of the data center performs the selection on a customer-specific basis.
  • Either the control unit of the data center is designed as a postage table default server, or the entire data center can be configured as a server.
  • a transfer of postage tables in a service device from a data center is possible by means of modem or other conventional device for remote data transmission.
  • the Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a system with a server 20 and a service device 10.
  • An entire data center is realized as a server.
  • the server 20 has an input unit 21 operatively connected to a database 23 via a first version data processing module 22, the database 23 being operatively connected to an execution unit 24 via a second postage machine selection module 27.
  • the execution unit 24 is operatively connected on the one hand to a display unit 25 for status message and on the other hand to a communication unit 26.
  • the execution unit 24 has the second module 27 for machine postage table selection, access to database 23 of the data center.
  • the service device 10 has a read-only memory 11 for storing the operating software, a non-volatile memory means 12 for storing the automatically selected and transmitted postage fee tables, a communication unit 13 and an execution unit 14.
  • the operating software is a program package that defines or determines the function of the service device. It contains, for example, the program functionality of the services offered and commands for their execution.
  • the operating software accesses the postage table of the products and prices to calculate the postage value for a free stamping operation.
  • the Fig. 2 shows a block diagram of a system with a data center and a service device.
  • the data center 30 represents the provider or supplier of remote services for at least one service device 10.
  • the service device 10 is also constructed, as already based on the embodiment according to Fig.1 was explained.
  • a distributed task data center 30 includes, for example, a communications server 36 and a database server 33, both of which are operatively connected to a postage rate table default server 39.
  • the communication server 36 has a communication unit 26 and the database server 33 has a database 23.
  • the postage charge table default server 39 has an input unit 21 operatively connected to a first version data processing module 22.
  • the postage rate table default server 39 further includes a second postage meter selection module 27 which provides access to the database 23 and accesses the database of the data center for automatic selection of postage fee tables.
  • the second postage machine selection machine module 27 is operatively connected to an execution unit 24 and a display unit 25.
  • the process should be explained in the data center.
  • the parameters of the new or corrected postage fee table will be made available to the first module 22 for version data processing or correction processing.
  • the first module 22 accesses the inventory of postage fee tables in the database and reorganizes the inventory by assigning changed versioning information.
  • the method for providing a plurality of updated and corrected postage fee tables in a database includes automatic correction of postage fee tables in the database.
  • the automatic correction procedure allows the maintenance of the data in the data center after changes in postage tables already provided for service devices have become necessary FIG. 3 explained in more detail.
  • the Fig. 3 shows a flowchart of the method for automatically providing postage fee tables with version data.
  • an additionally stored version number is used.
  • the method of automatically providing 100 of a plurality of updated postage fee tables corrected in their version data is performed in a database by means of the first version data processing module 22.
  • the method includes data processing of each of the entered postage fee tables of a mail carrier at the data center with conversion 102 of each of the entered postage fee tables into a machine readable form and a storage 104 in a database 23 of the data center.
  • a first version number 106 is assigned and a 112 and release of a newly entered first postage fee table for download to a remote service device 10 "if only a single postage fee table is stored in the database 23 or no further postage fee tables are to be considered , Otherwise, if other postage due tables are stored in the database 23, this includes a third step 103 for determining postage table parameters of those postage fee tables that have been previously stored.
  • the aforementioned third step 103 is located between the second step 102 for conversion and the fourth step 104 for storage.
  • a first postage table parameter is the maximum validity start date GBEGIN max , which indicates the effective date of the port table which is furthest in the future.
  • a second postage table parameter is the maximum validity end date GENDE max , which indicates the date of expiration of the port table which is furthest in the future.
  • a third postage table parameter is the minimum validity start date G BEGIN min , which indicates the date of entry into effect of the port table which is furthest in the past.
  • the new postage fee table is stored and released in step 112 for the purpose of downloading the new postage fee table from the database 23 to a remote service device 10.
  • the above condition is retrieved in a third query step 109 following the second interrogation step 107. Then, it branches to subroutine 110 to individually call and rename the postage charge tables to be renamed. Subroutine 110 will be described with reference to FIG. 6 explained in more detail below.
  • the version number of the new or remaining postage fee tables is renamed, which as main section number H is the previous maximum value and as subsection number a 'one' or a number incremented by the value 'one' receive.
  • a second loop L2 is traversed, if there are still other postage fee tables in the database, which is queried in query step 111, then branches back to subroutine 110.
  • the order of the postage fee tables is again determined after the date of validity start, but this time the index i is incremented.
  • step 112 After changing the version number of the at least one new postage fee table during the running time of the subroutine 110 and the query in the retrieval step 111, a storage and release (in step 112) of the at least one new postage fee table corrected for its version data is performed and the completion of the data processing is in step 113 reached.
  • the correction of the postage table inventory is an independent process with regard to the dial-in of the service device and the reloading protocol. It changes the stock of postage tables in the database, especially with regard to their versioning information.
  • the service device establishes a connection to reload postage fee tables, for example by means of a modem, an ISDN or network card, to the data center.
  • the communication is linked to a connection protocol of the two parties.
  • the service device reports its status during the reload log by transferring the highest version number of the held postage tables to the data center.
  • the transmitted highest version number of the service device is transmitted by the execution unit 24 from the communication unit 26 into the postage table selection and processing module 27.
  • the postage fee table selection and processing module 27 in the automatic postage fee table selection, compares the displayed version number of the service device with the stock of the postage table in the database and determines by the method in the flow chart for automatically selecting the postage fee table ( Fig. 4 ), and if so, which postage fee table is being transferred to the service device for updating.
  • the automatic selection procedure is independent of whether the stock of postage fee tables corresponds to the original versioning / revisioning or has been corrected by later access. The following cases may occur:
  • the service unit does not contain a postage fee table
  • the service device does not contain a postage fee table at the time of reloading, the table valid at the time of reloading is loaded from the data center stock.
  • the service unit contains a postage fee table
  • the selection of postage tables is a process that is performed when a service device is dialed.
  • the service of the service is to provide several updated postage fee tables in the database.
  • the Fig. 4 shows a flowchart of the method for the automatic selection of a postage fee table.
  • the automated selection 200 of postage fee tables from the database of a data center is dependent upon the versions of postage fees present in the service device, including reporting 201 the version data V of a postage fee table stored in the service device as part of the transmission of the postage due to the service center to the data center, determining 202 the currently valid postage fee table and checking 203 its version data A for compliance with the reported version data V of the service device 10 in a second module 27 of the data center.
  • the automated selection 200 of postage fee tables from the database of a data center includes determining 204 the next version A + 1 of a future applicable postage fee table before loading it 205 into the service device 10 if in the second module 27 of the data center a match of the version data A of the currently valid postage fee table with the reported version data V current postage fee table of the service device 10 is detected.
  • the automated selection 200 of postage fee tables from the database of a data center includes determining 204 the currently current version A of a valid postage fee table before loading it 208 into the service device 10 if in the second module 27 of the data center a mismatch of the version data A of the current postage fee table the reported version data V current postage fee table of the service device 10 is determined and if the currently valid postage fee table has the higher rank.
  • the currently valid postage fee table has the higher rank if the version data A is higher than the version data V of the current postage fee table of the service device 10. For example, it is provided that the version data A in terms of their alphanumeric value are greater than the alphanumeric value of the version data V.
  • a correction process carried out in the data center either beforehand or during dialing ensures the updating of the Data on postage fee tables in the database of the server.
  • Correction processing is an automated administration or maintenance process of the data stock. Both operations are coupled in that the correction processing must comply with renaming / filing, etc. conforming to the later selection of a naming convention, versioning / revisioning, or filing in the database.
  • a first postage fee table starts at B1 at a first time t1 and ends at E1 at time t2.
  • the service device receives the first postage fee table PT1 and associated versioning information 1.0 early, at the latest at the initialization of the service device.
  • a second postage fee table PT2 and associated versioning information 2.0 becomes valid. Additional postage charge tables with a higher version number may be stored in a database of the data center, which will take effect in the future.
  • E i -1 of the previous postage fee table A i -1 is usually the beginning B i of the next postage fee table A i .
  • the previous postage fee table A i -1 is in the Fig. 5a
  • the third postage fee table PT3 and there is still no postage fee table whose validity start date Bm would be greater, ie at time t3 Bm is maximum.
  • the validity start date Bx of a new postage fee table PT4 begins at time t4 when the validity end date Em of the previously valid postage fee table PT 3 coincides with the validity start date Bx of the new postage fee table PT4.
  • the currently valid postage table is the second postage fee table PT2 in version 2.0 at reload time tj.
  • the service device communicates with the data center at the time tj.
  • the postage fee table PT1 and corresponding versioning information 1.0 stored in the service device from the first time t1 can be overwritten because the previously valid postage fee table is already invalid at time tj of reloading and a currently valid postage fee table exists and is loaded in the database at time tj of reloading can.
  • the current version of the second postage fee table PT2 is 2.0.
  • the service device already contains a currently valid postage fee table at the time of reloading, so a next table PT3 of version 3.0 valid in the future from a third point in time t3 is transmitted.
  • a fourth postage fee table PT4 valid from a fourth point in time t4 and associated versioning information 4.0 can already be stored in the database, it is not yet transmitted to the service device.
  • the valid third postage fee table PT3 is the maximum version and has a maximum validity start date GBEGIN max and a maximum validity end date GENDE max .
  • the first postage fee table PT1 has a minimum validity start date GBEGIN min .
  • Fig. 5b the table selection in case of error is shown as an exemplary embodiment.
  • the error case is clarified by a crossed out (old) version number.
  • Vergabeschema As shown by the Fig. 3 and 6 was presented. It will be in the Fig. 5b crossed out (old) replaced by a corrected version number.
  • the versioning information associated with the second postage fee table PT2 to be replaced is originally 2.0. At the beginning of its validity B 2 , the error was not yet known.
  • This version number change also extends to other postage fee tables, which will be valid at a later date, ie the previous third Postage Fee Table PT3 version 3.0 receives the version 4.2 in the data center and the previous fourth Postage Fee Table PT4 version 4.0 receives the version 4.3 in the data center.
  • a subroutine 110 is shown with an allocation scheme for version numbers of corrected postage fee tables. Starting from selection step 109 for correcting the version number of postage fee tables, subroutine 110 is reached. In a first step 110.1, an index i is set to the maximum value corresponding to the number of postage fee tables stored in the database, and in the second step 110.2, the corresponding postage fee table corresponding to the maximum index i and having a validity start date G BEGIN i is selected.
  • the criterion is queried as to whether the validity start date of a new postage fee table supplied for storage in the database is greater than or equal to the validity start date of the selected postage fee table, ie, if GBEGIN x ⁇ GBEGIN i . If this is not the case, then in the third step 110.3 the index i is decremented by the value 'one' and the third step 110.3 is used to branch back to the start of the second step 110.2 via a first loop L1.
  • the postage fee table A i selected by the decrementing in the first loop L1 is replaced by the more recent version of the new postage fee table Ax.
  • a previously valid postage fee table A i -1 is deleted from the database if the latter is currently no longer valid.
  • the query step 111 is then reached and a query is made as to whether further postage fee tables are present in the database.
  • the twelfth step 112 in the sequence after Fig. 3 branches to store the updated version numbers to the postage fee tables in the database.
  • the index i is incremented by the value 'one' and via a ninth step 110.9 is branched back to the beginning of the query step 111 via a second loop L2.
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