JP2006305950A - Absence communication slip for delivered parcel, creation unit therefor, and redelivery information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a receiver of a delivered parcel, who receives an absence communication slip, to establish connection with a redelivery reception Web through a simple operation and input information associated with redelivery, by using a cellular phone with a camera having a two-dimensional recognition processing function. <P>SOLUTION: Respective data, that is, a URL of the redelivery reception Web, a check number of the delivered parcel, and delivery-person identification information are edited into an integral data row where the URL of the Web is located in a leading position; and the absence communication slip is constituted in such a manner that an indication area of a two-dimensional code acquired by encoding the data row is arranged on a front side. The receiver takes a photograph of the two-dimensional code by using the cellular phone with the camera, and connects the cellular phone to the redelivery reception Web, so as to input the information associated with the redelivery. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an absence notification slip used by a delivery company, such as by placing it in a newspaper receiver at the recipient's house in order to notify that there is a delivery package when the delivery package recipient is absent. The present invention relates to a system for processing information relating to redelivery, such as a desired redelivery date and time notified to a delivery company by a receiver who has received a vote.

Fig. 7 shows the absence notification slip that is left at the recipient's home to notify the recipient that the delivery company has the delivery baggage when the recipient is absent when delivering mailed parcels or parcels. The thing of the structure which is comprised is known (for example, refer patent document 1).
As shown in the figure, in the absence report, the contact information such as the telephone number of the delivery company and the URL of the website opened by the delivery company on the Internet are displayed, and the recipient who has received the absence report form When requesting redelivery of a package, call the displayed contact and verbally tell the desired delivery date, or send a personal computer or a mobile phone that can send and receive e-mail and browse the web By connecting to a site and inputting redelivery information on the Web, the delivery company is notified of information relating to redelivery.

JP 2002-264567 A

When the recipient uses a mobile phone to notify the delivery company of the desired delivery date and time, the URL of the mobile phone website entered in the absence notification slip is entered by key operation and connected to the site. This is performed by inputting necessary items by key operations in accordance with the processing screen of the redelivery acceptance Web displayed on the display unit.
Specifically, FIG. 8 shows an example of a display screen when a mobile phone is connected to the redelivery acceptance Web. As shown in the figure, the redelivery acceptance processing is performed in advance in the customer database of the delivery company. Recipient authentication processing screen for permitting only registered persons to perform input processing on the Web (FIG. (1)), delivery target specifying screen for specifying redelivery packages and delivery personnel (FIG. 5) (2)), a delivery date / time input screen for inputting the desired date / time for redelivery ((3) in the figure), a registered content confirmation screen for confirming the input contents ((4) in the figure), and redelivery information The reception completion screen ((5) in the same figure) is displayed through the data input processing in each screen, and the receiver displays the mobile phone on each display screen displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone. Use the keys to enter information about the redelivery Was bought if it Kere.

Recently, using the image reading function of a mobile phone with a camera, the display information of a two-dimensional code obtained by converting and printing the URL data of the Web site is taken into the mobile phone, and the target Web can be obtained without inputting the URL by key operation. It is also possible to connect mobile phones to the site. If this is applied to the absence report, and a two-dimensional code obtained by converting the URL data of the redelivery acceptance web is printed on the absence report, the recipient using the camera-equipped mobile phone uses the URL of the web as a key. It is possible to save time and effort to input.
However, even if the display information of the two-dimensional code is taken into the mobile phone and can be connected to the redelivery acceptance Web with a single touch, the various items displayed on the absence notification slip on the delivery target specifying display screen of the redelivery acceptance process are displayed. Information such as 12-digit slip number of delivery package, 11-digit mobile phone number of delivery person, 6-digit area code and center code must be entered by the recipient himself / herself by operating keys. In other words, the complexity of the data input operation cannot be eliminated.

  Accordingly, in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, the present invention allows a recipient of a delivery package that has received an absence report to use a camera-equipped mobile phone having a two-dimensional code recognition processing function for simple operation. It is an object of the present invention to connect to the redelivery acceptance Web and to input information regarding redelivery.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the absence notification slip of the present invention has a display area of a two-dimensional code that encodes each data of the URL of the redelivery acceptance Web, the slip number of the delivery parcel, and the delivery person specifying information on the surface. It is characterized by being configured.
The two-dimensional code may be configured by encoding data obtained by editing each data of a Web URL, a delivery package slip number, and delivery person specifying information into an integrated data string starting from the Web URL. it can.

According to this, the recipient of the delivery package uses the mobile phone with a camera having a 2D code recognition processing function to photograph the 2D code arranged on the surface of the received absence notification slip with the mobile phone, By performing code conversion processing of the captured image data, the data of the redelivery acceptance Web URL, the delivery package slip number and the delivery person identification information displayed in a two-dimensional code are sequentially input by key operation. And can be loaded into a mobile phone in a batch.
Then, if a mobile phone is connected to the URL of the redelivery acceptance web, the redelivery acceptance processing screen is displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone, and input processing of information necessary for redelivery can be performed. At this time, the slip number of the delivery parcel and the data of the person in charge of delivery delivered to the mobile phone are linked with the Web URL, and are transmitted to the Web server when connected to the Web and input to the server. The process of inputting the data sequentially by the receiver operating the keys of the mobile phone can be omitted, and the input of information necessary for re-delivery can be performed by a simple operation without making an input error. It can be done in time.

The two-dimensional code placed on the absence contact slip may be printed directly on the absence contact slip, or may be printed on a label with the back surface as an adhesive surface and pasted on the absence contact slip.
The two-dimensional code is printed on the label by means of receiving and storing the URL of the redelivery acceptance Web and delivery person specifying information, means for inputting the slip number of the package, the URL of the Web and the person in charge of delivery Means for editing each data of the person identification information and the input slip number into an integral data string starting from the Web URL, and means for converting the edited data string into a two-dimensional code and printing it on a label This can be done using an absent contact form creation device equipped with

The means for inputting the URL of the re-delivery acceptance Web, the delivery person specifying information and the slip number is appropriately input capable of inputting data, such as a means for directly inputting by operating the input key or a data reading means such as a scanner. Various means can be used. The URL of the re-delivery acceptance web and delivery person identification information are stored in advance as master data in the device, and the delivery person goes to the delivery package recipient's home and pastes it on the package when the recipient is absent. The attached slip number is input to the device, and the input data together with the stored data is edited into an integrated data string arranged in a predetermined order, converted into a two-dimensional code, and set in the device. It is possible to print on the label, attach the label to a predetermined place on the surface of the absence report, and leave it at the recipient's house.
The absence report creation apparatus may be configured integrally with a terminal (PP) for processing delivery information, which is carried by a delivery person by a delivery company, or may be configured integrally with the terminal. It is good.

  In addition, the redelivery information processing system for a delivery package using the absence contact slip of the present invention transmits a mobile phone Web information to a delivery company's Web server to which the mobile phone is connected via the Internet. Means for receiving a URL of the redelivery acceptance web to be transmitted and displaying a screen for inputting information necessary for accepting redelivery on the display unit of the mobile phone; and a predetermined integral with the received web URL Identifies the presence or absence of a long data string, and if there is such a data string, means for extracting the slip number and delivery person identification information data from the data string, and the extracted slip number and delivery person identification information data Means for displaying the redelivery information input screen together with the display unit of the mobile phone and the input confirmation data transmitted in response to the key operation of the mobile phone, It can be constructed by providing a means for registering each data number and the courier specific information in a database.

That is, a slip number is obtained from a data string in which a web URL, a slip number, and delivery person specifying information are integrated, which is transmitted from the mobile phone when a mobile phone incorporating the display information of the two-dimensional code is connected to the web. The data of the person in charge of delivery and the data of the person in charge of delivery are extracted, the data is taken into the system and the target package to be redelivered is specified, so that the recipient can obtain information such as the slip number from the mobile phone on the redelivery reception web. It is possible to omit the process of inputting by key operation. In addition, by importing the data displayed in the two-dimensional code into the system as it is, the input data and the registered data collation process, which were necessary when the receiver was inputting by key operation, are not required.
When the data transmitted from the mobile phone is only the URL of the redelivery acceptance Web, the receiver inputs the data by sequentially operating the keys and sequentially registering the redelivery information as shown in FIG. Processing is performed.

  In addition to the URL of the redelivery acceptance Web, the delivery package slip number, and the delivery person specifying information, appropriate data can be added to the data encoded into the two-dimensional code. Also in this case, it is edited into a two-dimensional code by editing it into an integral data string starting from the URL of the Web, and the redelivery information processing system uses the position and length of the data in the data string transmitted from the mobile phone, A process for identifying and extracting the added data is configured.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of an absence report of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the absence notification form 1 has a structure in which a label 11 printed with a two-dimensional code 11a is integrally attached to the back surface thereof.
Absence notification form 1 is issued when the delivery person visits the recipient's home to deliver the package, but the recipient is absent, and is printed out by operating the issuing device possessed by the delivery person. A label 11 with a two-dimensional code 11a is created by pasting it on the absence report 1, and inserted into a newspaper tray so that the recipient is placed at the absent recipient's house.

The two-dimensional code 11a printed on the label 11 is data including a URL of a redelivery acceptance Web in a website opened by the delivery company on the Internet, information for specifying a package to be delivered, and information for specifying a person in charge of delivery. This is encoded with a camera-equipped mobile phone having a two-dimensional code recognition processing function, and the display information is taken in, so that the mobile phone can be connected to the re-delivery reception web with a simple operation and re-delivery. The data of the desired date and time can be input.
Specifically, the two-dimensional code 11a includes data such as the URL of the re-delivery reception web, the date and time of issuing the absence report, the slip number attached to the package, the employee number of the delivery person, and the mobile phone number of the delivery person. As shown in FIG. 2, this includes (1) the URL of the redelivery acceptance Web, followed by (2) data such as a slip number specifying delivery packages (issue date and time of absence report, slip No., employee number of the person in charge of delivery) and (3) a mobile phone number of the person in charge of delivery are edited into a series of data strings, and this data string is encoded and displayed.

  The label 11 includes the two-dimensional code 11a, the date and time when the absence notice is issued (delivery date and time), the area code of the sales office to which the delivery person belongs, and the scheduled time for the delivery person to visit the recipient's home again (next time) Redelivery time), slip number, name of the person in charge of delivery, etc. are printed. On the other hand, in the absence report 1, the URL of the redelivery acceptance Web for personal computers and mobile phones is displayed together with the mobile phone number of the person in charge of delivery. Based on the information displayed on the label 11 and the absence report 1, the recipient can notify the delivery company of the desired delivery date and time by any method.

  The print output of the label 11 is, for example, a data input function, a storage function, a data edit function, and a two-dimensional code conversion to be printed on the label 11 on a delivery information processing terminal (PP) carried by a delivery person. It is only necessary to equip the terminal with the function and the print output function of the converted data, and thereby the information input processing for redelivery of the package and the label 11 are printed out and the absence report 1 is issued. Can be linked to the processing to be performed.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the redelivery information processing system of the present invention. As shown in the figure, this system is configured by a Web server 3 that transmits Web information to the Internet 2, and the Web server 3 is connected to the mobile phone 4 having the function of sending / receiving e-mails and Web browsing via the Internet 2. They can connect and send and receive data to and from each other. Note that, as described above, the mobile phone 4 is provided with a camera that captures and captures the two-dimensional code 11a placed on the absence report 1 as an image and a two-dimensional code recognition processing function.

  The Web server 3 has a function of transmitting Web information of a Web site established by a delivery company on the Internet, and through Webs such as a customer information registration Web, a package collection reception Web, and a redelivery reception Web that constitute the site. Accepts input of various data related to package delivery information transmitted from a terminal such as a customer's personal computer or mobile phone connected via the Internet 2, and the input data is sent to various database DBs such as a delivery information management database and a customer information database. Data processing is performed in conjunction with a host computer that processes delivery information (not shown). In addition, when registration of data input by the customer through each Web is completed, a process for notifying the customer terminal of completion of the registration process by e-mail is performed.

  The web transmitted from the web server 3 is also provided with a redelivery acceptance web for mobile phones, and the web server 3 is shown in FIG. 3 in order to process data input from the mobile phone 4 through the web. As described above, the input screen display means 31 for receiving the URL of the redelivery acceptance Web and displaying a screen for inputting information necessary for the redelivery on the display unit 41 of the mobile phone 4, a predetermined length integral with the received URL of the Web Data extraction means 32 for identifying the presence or absence of the data string and extracting the slip number and delivery person specifying information data from the data string when the data string has a predetermined length, the extracted slip number and the delivery person specifying information Data displayed on the display unit 41 of the mobile phone 4 together with the redelivery information input screen, and the input confirmation data transmitted in response to the key operation of the mobile phone 4 Receives, re-delivery information, the means of the means 34 for registering each data document numbers and courier specific information in the database DB is provided.

In the re-delivery information processing system having such a configuration, processing of information regarding the re-delivery of a package is performed as follows.
First, as shown in FIG. 4 (A), the recipient who has received the absence report 1 takes a picture of the two-dimensional code 11a of the label 11 attached to the absent report 1 with the mobile phone 4 and encodes it. The acquired data is taken into the mobile phone 4.
As shown in FIG. 5B, the fetched data is processed by the code recognition function of the mobile phone 4, starting with the URL of the redelivery acceptance Web, the slip number affixed to the package, and the mobile phone of the person in charge of delivery. It is converted into a series of text data strings including numbers and displayed on the display unit 41 of the mobile phone 4. When the URL displayed by the key of the mobile phone 4 is selected, the mobile phone 4 is connected to the redelivery acceptance Web via the Internet 3.

Here, when the Web server 3 receives a data string of a predetermined length following the URL of the redelivery acceptance Web transmitted from the mobile phone 4, the Web server 3 uses the data extraction means 33 to read the slip number and the delivery from the data string. The mobile phone number data of the person in charge is extracted, and the input screen display means 31 displays a redelivery acceptance operation selection screen including the mobile phone number of the person in charge of delivery as shown in FIG. Are displayed on the display unit 41.
This screen allows you to select one of the following three operations: 1. Direct driver contact, 2. Internet reception, 3. Missed mail notification service registration, and the recipient can request verbal redelivery via the telephone line. If you select “1. Direct driver in charge”, the mobile phone 4 automatically calls the delivery person's mobile phone to call the delivery person, and requests redelivery through the redelivery reception web. In this case, if “2. Internet reception” is selected, the screen is shifted to the redelivery information input processing screen shown in FIG. “3. Out of office mail notification service” is a service used when the recipient wants to know the scheduled delivery date and time of the package in advance.

When the recipient selects the “2. Internet reception”, the Web server 3 causes the input screen display means 31 to display the data input screen shown in FIG. While making transitions, information on re-delivery is input.
As shown in the figure, the redelivery acceptance process includes a receiver authentication process screen ((1) in the figure), a delivery date input screen for entering the date on which redelivery is desired ((2) in the figure), and redelivery. Delivery time input screen for entering the destination and time ((3) in the figure), registration content confirmation screen for confirming the entered contents ((4) in the figure), and reception for displaying completion of acceptance of redelivery information This is performed through the data input process in each screen of the completion screen ((5) in the figure). Data such as a delivery package slip number and a delivery person's mobile phone number, which had to be input on the conventional re-delivery reception web, is automatically taken into the web server 3 when the mobile phone 4 connects to the web. Therefore, it is not necessary for the receiver to input by operating the keys.

Specifically, in the authentication processing screen, data entry processing for accepting re-delivery is permitted only when the recipient of the package is a person registered in the customer database of the Web server 3. As shown, the registered telephone number and password of the recipient are entered from the mobile phone 4.
If the receiver's information is not registered, when “registration reception” on the same screen is selected, the Web server 3 displays the customer information registration reception Web shown in FIG. The information is displayed on the display unit 41, and information such as the name and address of the recipient is input and registered. As shown in the figure, the customer information registration acceptance process is a process for selecting information to be registered ((1) in the figure), inputting personal information such as the customer's name, telephone number, e-mail address, password, and postal code. Check the screen ((2) in the figure), the screen for entering the customer's address ((3) in the same figure), the screen for entering the details of the address ((4) in the same figure), and the contents of the entered information. The data entered by the recipient is carried when the “Confirm” button is selected on the registration content confirmation screen. The data transmitted from the telephone 4 to the Web server 3 and received by the Web server 3 is registered in the customer database.

  In FIG. 5, when the receiver inputs a registered telephone number and password in the authentication process and selects “OK” on the processing screen, the input data is transmitted to the Web server 3, and the Web server 3 receives the received registered telephone. Search and verify whether the number and password are registered in the customer database, and if it is specified that the customer is registered in the customer database, data for redelivery acceptance The delivery date input screen shown in FIG. 2B is displayed on the display unit 41 of the mobile phone 4. In the same screen, the name of the receiver registered in the input customer database of the Web server 3 is displayed, and the receiver inputs the desired redelivery date by operating the keys of the mobile phone 4.

When the desired redelivery date is entered, the display 41 of the mobile phone 4 displays the delivery time input screen shown in FIG. 3 (3). Specify the delivery time. Then, when “next” in the same screen is selected and operated, a registration content confirmation screen shown in FIG.
Here, as described above, the Web server 3 captures data such as the slip number transmitted along with the URL from the cellular phone 4 that has captured the display information of the two-dimensional code 11a and the cellular phone number of the person in charge of delivery. In addition, on the registration confirmation screen, data such as the slip number and the mobile phone number of the person in charge of delivery are displayed at the same time as the redelivery date and time data entered by the recipient.

  When the receiver confirms the contents displayed on the display unit 41 and requests redelivery of the package under the displayed conditions, the user can select the “confirm” on the display screen to select the same as the redelivery date and time data. The slip number displayed on the screen, the mobile phone number of the person in charge of delivery, etc. are transmitted to the Web server 3, and the Web server 3 associates the received data with the slip number and registers it in the delivery information management database. If the data is registered, the Web server 3 displays the reception completion display screen shown in FIG. 5 (5) on the display unit 41 of the mobile phone 4, thereby completing the reception processing for the information related to redelivery.

  Information on re-delivery registered in the delivery information management database is sent by e-mail from the host computer that processes the delivery information to the mobile phone held by the delivery person, and the delivery person who receives this is designated by the recipient. The delivery process ends when the package is re-delivered at the date and time.

  In addition, the form of the absence notification form and the configuration of the redelivery processing system shown in the figure are examples, and the present invention is not limited to these. In addition, instead of using a camera-equipped mobile phone with a two-dimensional code recognition processing function, a terminal that can be connected to the Internet with a similar function is used to read a code and send / receive data. Also good.

An example of the absence notification form of this invention is shown, (A) is an enlarged front view of a label on which a two-dimensional code is printed, and (B) is a back view of the absence notification form with a label attached thereto. It is a structure figure of the data displayed on the two-dimensional code. It is the figure which showed an example of the structure of the redelivery information processing system of this invention. (A)-(C) is a figure for demonstrating the process which connects a mobile telephone to redelivery receptionist Web using a two-dimensional code. It is the figure which showed the screen displayed on the display part of the mobile telephone connected to the redelivery reception web. It is the figure which showed the screen displayed on the display part of the mobile telephone connected to customer information registration reception Web. It is the front view and back view of the conventional absence report. It is the figure which showed the screen displayed on the display part of the mobile telephone connected to the redelivery reception web with the conventional processing system.

Explanation of symbols

1 Absence Notification Form, 11 Label, 11a 2D Code, 2 Internet, 3 Web Server, 4 Mobile Phone, 41 Display

Claims (4)

  Absence notification form for a delivery baggage on which a display area of a two-dimensional code obtained by encoding each data of a URL of a re-delivery reception web, a package slip number, and delivery person specifying information is arranged.   2. The two-dimensional code is obtained by encoding data obtained by editing each data of a Web URL, a package slip number, and delivery person specifying information into an integrated data string starting from the Web URL. Absence notification form for the listed delivery package. Means for receiving and storing the input of the URL of the redelivery reception web and the delivery person specifying information;
A means of entering the package slip number;
Means for editing each data of the Web URL, delivery person specifying information, and input slip number into an integrated data string starting from the Web URL;
Means for converting the edited data string into a two-dimensional code and printing it on a label;
Absence contact form creation device equipped with. In a system that processes redelivery information of deliveries by sending and receiving data to and from mobile phones connected via the Internet,
Means for receiving a URL of the redelivery acceptance web transmitted from the mobile phone and displaying a screen for inputting information necessary for accepting the redelivery on the display unit of the mobile phone;
Means for identifying the presence or absence of a data string of a predetermined length integral with the received Web URL, and extracting the slip number and delivery person specifying information data from the data string when the data string is present;
Means for displaying the data of the extracted slip number and delivery person specifying information together with the input screen of the redelivery information on the display unit of the mobile phone;
Means for receiving input confirmation data transmitted in response to a key operation of a mobile phone, and registering each data of inputted redelivery information, the slip number and delivery person specifying information in a database;
Re-delivery information processing system for delivery luggage.

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