JP2011126665A - Delivery system, delivery method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make an exact notification of the reach time of a delivery object with a simple system using a terminal held by a receiver; and to change reception time if the delivery object is impossible to receive within a notified time. <P>SOLUTION: A terminal of a deliverer transmits a delivery status to a delivery server. The delivery server calculates delivery time from a received delivery status and a delivery route of the delivery object, and the calculated delivery time is distributed to the receiver through a mail. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a delivery system, a delivery method, and a program for delivering a delivery to a recipient, and more particularly, to a delivery system, a delivery method, and a program for notifying a recipient of an accurate delivery time.

  In the case of individual delivery of parcels such as courier, for example, at a predetermined location such as a delivery company's sales office, agency, etc., a request for delivery of the parcel is received from the delivery requester, and the requested parcel is sent to the predetermined delivery route. To the requested delivery destination. In this case, there are many delivery companies that undertake delivery. The client selects one delivery company from the delivery companies and entrusts delivery.

  However, in the conventional individual delivery of parcels, since the delivery is requested to one trader, the delivery route is determined by the trader. As a result, various conditions relating to delivery, such as the arrival time of the package, delivery means, and cost, are determined by the convenience of the contractor. In other words, the delivery requester's hope for delivery conditions can only be selected for some conditions such as a range of options prepared by the supplier, such as delivery time zone designation, low temperature delivery, and the like. In response to such problems, a package delivery system has been proposed in which a delivery requester can determine a delivery route that satisfies a condition (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, in order to enable delivery to a delivery destination in a specific area more efficiently than before, delivery data indicating a delivery destination of the package is stored in the delivery information management server, and a delivery information database is stored. And a receiver location data acquisition unit for acquiring receiver current location data indicating the current location of the portable device of the package recipient, and whether the package recipient is at the delivery destination or not. And a technique for transmitting responsible delivery data including a determination result of whether or not the recipient of the parcel is at the delivery destination, based on the recipient current location data of the recipient's portable terminal device (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).

JP 2005-289554 A JP 2009-20608 A

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, although the delivery route can be instructed from the recipient, the exact arrival time of the delivery is not known until the delivery actually arrives. There was a problem of restraining the recipient's behavior.

  Moreover, although the technique described in Patent Document 2 can accurately grasp whether or not the recipient is at home, there is a problem that a special terminal is required and the system becomes complicated.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and accurately notifies the arrival time of a delivery and is notified under a simple system using a terminal owned by a recipient. It is an object of the present invention to provide a distribution system, a distribution method, and a program that can change the reception time when a delivery cannot be received at the specified time.

  The present invention proposes the following matters in order to solve the above problems. In addition, in order to make an understanding easy, although the code | symbol corresponding to embodiment of this invention is attached | subjected and demonstrated, it is not limited to this.

  (1) The present invention is a delivery system for delivering a delivery to a recipient, the recipient terminal possessed by the recipient who receives the delivery (for example, equivalent to the recipient terminal 100 of FIG. 1), the delivery A delivery person terminal (for example, equivalent to the delivery person terminal 200 in FIG. 1) possessed by the delivery person delivering the product, and a delivery server (for example, equivalent to the delivery server 300 in FIG. 1) that manages delivery information. A delivery status transmission means (for example, corresponding to the transmission unit 205 in FIG. 3) in which the delivery terminal transmits a delivery status to the delivery server, a delivery status received by the delivery server, and a delivery route of the delivery And a distribution means for distributing the calculated delivery time to the recipient by e-mail (for example, to the transmission section 306 in FIG. 4). Equivalent) It has proposed a delivery system according to claim.

  According to this invention, the delivery status transmission means of the delivery person terminal transmits the delivery status to the delivery server. The calculation means of the delivery server calculates the delivery time from the received delivery status and the delivery route of the delivery. The distribution means distributes the calculated delivery time to the recipient by mail. Therefore, the arrival time of the delivery is accurately notified in the system using the terminal possessed by the recipient.

  (2) The present invention relates to the delivery system of (1), in which the delivery person and the delivery server share a delivery list of delivery items determined in advance, and the delivery terminal information relating to delivery items to be delivered next From the delivery list (for example, equivalent to the delivery list reading unit 204 in FIG. 3) and position information acquisition means for obtaining the current position information (eg, equivalent to the current position information obtaining unit 203 in FIG. 3) The delivery system is characterized in that the delivery status transmission means transmits the delivery status information and current location information as the delivery status to the delivery server.

  According to this invention, the delivery person and the delivery server share a delivery list of predetermined delivery items, and the reading means of the delivery person terminal reads information on the delivery item to be delivered next from the delivery list. The position information acquisition unit acquires current position information. Then, the delivery status transmission means transmits information on the delivery item and the current position information as the delivery status to the delivery server. Therefore, the delivery server can accurately calculate the delivery time using the information on the delivery item and the current position information.

  (3) The present invention proposes a delivery system in which the delivery means delivers the mail at a predetermined time interval with respect to the delivery system of (1).

  According to this invention, the distribution means distributes mail at a predetermined time interval. Therefore, the recipient can be surely notified of the delivery time of the delivery.

  (4) The delivery system of (3) proposes a delivery system in which the delivery means delivers the mail at a predetermined number of delivery times.

  According to this invention, the distribution means distributes the mail with a predetermined number of distributions. Therefore, the recipient can be surely notified of the delivery time of the delivery.

  (5) In the delivery system according to (3), the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail, and the recipient terminal accesses the URL to instruct the change of the predetermined time interval. We propose a delivery system characterized by

  According to this invention, the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail, and the recipient terminal accesses the URL and instructs to change the predetermined time interval. Therefore, the recipient can freely specify the time interval for mail transmission.

  (6) The present invention relates to the delivery system of (5), wherein the delivery server changes the predetermined time interval according to an instruction from the recipient terminal (for example, the time interval of FIG. 4). A delivery system characterized by having a change unit 309) is proposed.

  According to this invention, the time interval changing means of the delivery server changes the predetermined time interval according to an instruction from the recipient terminal. Therefore, the time interval of mail transmission can be changed according to the recipient's instruction.

  (7) In the delivery system according to (4), the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail, and the recipient terminal accesses the URL to instruct the change of the predetermined delivery count. We propose a delivery system characterized by

  According to the present invention, the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail, and the recipient terminal accesses the URL and instructs to change the predetermined number of distributions. Therefore, the recipient can freely instruct the number of times of mail delivery.

  (8) In the delivery system according to (7), the delivery server changes the delivery count changing means (for example, the delivery count of FIG. 4) by which the delivery server changes the predetermined delivery count according to an instruction from the recipient terminal. It proposes a delivery system characterized in that it includes a change unit 310.

  According to this invention, the delivery frequency changing means of the delivery server changes the predetermined delivery frequency according to an instruction from the recipient terminal. Therefore, the number of mail distributions can be changed according to the recipient's instruction.

  (9) The present invention relates to the delivery system of (1), when the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail, and the recipient terminal cannot receive the delivery at the delivery time. A delivery system is proposed in which the URL is accessed to change the delivery time.

  According to the present invention, when the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail and the delivery item cannot be received at the time when the recipient terminal is delivered, the URL is accessed to change the delivery time. Accordingly, if the delivery cannot be received at the notified delivery time, the delivery time can be changed to a receivable delivery time, so that the delivery efficiency can be improved for the delivery company.

  (10) The present invention comprises a recipient terminal possessed by a recipient who receives a delivery item, a delivery person terminal possessed by a deliverer who delivers the delivery item, and a delivery server that manages delivery information. A delivery method in a delivery system for delivering to a recipient, wherein the delivery terminal transmits a delivery status to the delivery server (for example, corresponding to step S101 in FIG. 5), and the delivery server A second step of calculating a delivery time from the received delivery status and a delivery route of the delivery (for example, corresponding to step S102 in FIG. 5), and the delivery server sends the calculated delivery time by email A delivery method characterized by comprising a third step (for example, corresponding to step S103 in FIG. 5) for delivering to a recipient is proposed.

  According to this invention, the delivery person terminal transmits the delivery status to the delivery server. The delivery server calculates a delivery time from the received delivery status and the delivery route of the delivery, and delivers the calculated delivery time to the recipient by mail. Therefore, the arrival time of the delivery is accurately notified in the system using the terminal possessed by the recipient.

  (11) The present invention comprises a recipient terminal possessed by a recipient who receives a delivery item, a delivery person terminal possessed by a deliverer delivering the delivery item, and a delivery server that manages delivery information. A delivery method in a delivery system for delivering to a recipient, wherein the delivery terminal transmits a delivery status to the delivery server (for example, corresponding to step S201 in FIG. 6), and the delivery server A second step (for example, corresponding to step S202 in FIG. 6) for calculating a delivery time from the received delivery status and a delivery route of the delivery item, and the delivery server sending the calculated delivery time by email A third step (for example, corresponding to step S203 of FIG. 6) for delivering to the recipient, the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail, and the recipient terminal at the time of delivery. And a fourth step (for example, corresponding to step S204 in FIG. 6) of accessing the URL and changing the delivery time when the delivery cannot be received. Proposed delivery method.

  According to this invention, the delivery person terminal transmits the delivery status to the delivery server. The delivery server calculates a delivery time from the received delivery status and the delivery route of the delivery, and delivers the calculated delivery time to the recipient by mail. When the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail and the delivery item cannot be received at the time when the recipient terminal is delivered, the URL is accessed to change the delivery time. Accordingly, if the delivery cannot be received at the notified delivery time, the delivery time can be changed to a receivable delivery time, so that the delivery efficiency can be improved for the delivery company.

  (12) The present invention comprises a recipient terminal possessed by a recipient who receives a delivery, a delivery person terminal possessed by a deliverer who delivers the delivery, and a delivery server that manages delivery information. A program for causing a computer to execute a delivery method in a delivery system for delivering to a recipient, wherein the deliverer terminal transmits a delivery status to the delivery server (for example, in step S101 of FIG. 5) A second step (for example, corresponding to step S102 of FIG. 5) in which the delivery server calculates a delivery time from the received delivery status and the delivery route of the delivery, and the delivery server A program for causing a computer to execute a third step (for example, corresponding to step S103 in FIG. 5) for delivering the calculated delivery time to the recipient by e-mail. It has proposed.

  According to this invention, the delivery person terminal transmits the delivery status to the delivery server. The delivery server calculates a delivery time from the received delivery status and the delivery route of the delivery, and delivers the calculated delivery time to the recipient by mail. Therefore, the arrival time of the delivery is accurately notified in the system using the terminal possessed by the recipient.

  (13) The present invention comprises a recipient terminal possessed by a recipient who receives a delivery, a delivery terminal possessed by a delivery person who delivers the delivery, and a delivery server that manages delivery information. A delivery method in a delivery system for delivery to a recipient. A program for causing a computer to execute the program, wherein the delivery person terminal transmits a delivery status to the delivery server (for example, corresponding to step S201 in FIG. 6). ), A second step (for example, corresponding to step S202 of FIG. 6) in which the delivery server calculates a delivery time from the received delivery status and the delivery route of the delivery, and the delivery server A third step (for example, corresponding to step S203 of FIG. 6) for delivering the delivery time to the recipient by e-mail, and the URL of the delivery server is described in the e-mail. When the recipient terminal cannot receive the delivery at the delivered time, a fourth step of accessing the URL and changing the delivery time (for example, in step S204 in FIG. 6). And a program for causing a computer to execute the program.

  According to this invention, the delivery person terminal transmits the delivery status to the delivery server. The delivery server calculates a delivery time from the received delivery status and the delivery route of the delivery, and delivers the calculated delivery time to the recipient by mail. When the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail and the delivery item cannot be received at the time when the recipient terminal is delivered, the URL is accessed to change the delivery time. Accordingly, if the delivery cannot be received at the notified delivery time, the delivery time can be changed to a receivable delivery time, so that the delivery efficiency can be improved for the delivery company.

  According to the present invention, since the recipient can acquire the delivery information in real time, there is an effect that the binding time for the recipient to receive the delivery can be shortened. In addition, when the recipient cannot receive the delivery, the re-delivery process can be performed before the delivery arrives, so that it is possible to reduce the absence probability of the recipient at the time of delivery.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the delivery system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the recipient terminal which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the delivery person terminal which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the delivery server which concerns on this embodiment. It is a processing flow of the delivery system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a processing flow of the delivery system which concerns on this embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
Note that the constituent elements in the present embodiment can be appropriately replaced with existing constituent elements and the like, and various variations including combinations with other existing constituent elements are possible. Therefore, the description of the present embodiment does not limit the contents of the invention described in the claims.

<Configuration of delivery system>
The configuration of the delivery system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the delivery system according to this embodiment includes a recipient terminal 100, a deliverer terminal 200, and a delivery server 300, which are connected via a network 400. As a precondition for this system, it is assumed that the mail address of the recipient is set in the delivery server 300 in advance. As a setting method, for example, a recipient may access a delivery company's Web page and set necessary information such as an e-mail address.

  The recipient terminal 100 is a terminal possessed by the recipient, and receives an email in which the arrival time of the delivery is described. If the delivery cannot be received at the delivery time, the URL of the Web page of the delivery server 300 is accessed to change the delivery time.

  The delivery person terminal 200 transmits the delivery status and the current position information to the delivery server 300. When the recipient changes the delivery time, the delivery time after the change is received from the delivery server 300.

  The delivery server 300 calculates a delivery time based on the delivery status received from the deliverer terminal 200 and the current position information, and transmits a mail describing the calculated delivery time to the recipient terminal 100. Further, when the recipient requests to change the delivery time, the delivery time after the change is delivered to the delivery person terminal 200.

<Recipient terminal configuration>
The configuration of the recipient terminal 100 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the recipient terminal 100 includes a mail receiving unit 101, a display unit 102, a Web access unit 103, and an information input unit 104. In the present embodiment, a mobile phone is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other devices may be used as long as the above functions are provided.

  The mail receiving unit 101 receives a mail describing the delivery time from the delivery server 300 via the network 400. The display unit 102 displays the description content of the mail received by the mail receiving unit 101.

  The web access unit 103 accesses the URL of the web page of the delivery server 300. The information input unit 104 inputs new information using a key or the like when changing the contents of the Web page.

<Configuration of delivery terminal>
The configuration of the deliverer terminal 200 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the deliverer terminal 200 includes a receiving unit 201, a display unit 202, a current position information acquisition unit 203, a delivery list reading unit 204, and a transmission unit 205. In the present embodiment, a mobile phone is described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other devices may be used as long as the above functions are provided.

  When the recipient changes the delivery time or the like, the receiving unit 201 receives the changed information from the delivery server 300. The display unit 202 displays information received by the receiving unit 201. The current position information acquisition unit 203 is a GPS system, for example, and acquires current position information in real time.

  The delivery list reading unit 204 reads data of a delivery item to be delivered next from a delivery list shared with the delivery server 300 in advance. The transmission unit 205 transmits the data read by the distribution list reading unit 204 to the distribution server 300 as distribution status information.

<Configuration of delivery server>
The configuration of the delivery server 300 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the delivery server 300 includes a delivery status reception unit 301, a delivery time calculation unit 302, a delivery list storage unit 303, a mail creation unit 304, a delivery condition storage unit 305, and a transmission unit 306. The access receiving unit 307, the Web page 308, the time interval changing unit 309, the delivery number changing unit 310, and the delivery time changing unit 311 are configured.

  The delivery status receiving unit 301 receives the current location information from the deliverer terminal 200 and the delivery data read from the delivery list as delivery status information. The delivery time calculation unit 302 calculates the arrival time of the delivery to be delivered based on the received current position information and the delivery data read from the delivery list. As a result, the delivery time can be accurately calculated using the information on the delivery item and the current position information.

  The delivery list storage unit 303 stores a delivery list shared with the delivery person. The mail creation unit 304 creates a mail describing the delivery time calculated by the delivery time calculation unit 302. The distribution condition storage unit 305 stores a mail distribution time interval and the number of distributions. The transmission unit 306 transmits the mail to the recipient terminal 100 based on the mail delivery time interval and the number of times of delivery stored in the delivery condition storage unit 305.

  The access receiving unit 307 receives an access request to the web page 308 of the delivery server 300 from the recipient terminal 100. The Web page 308 is a page for registering information such as a recipient's e-mail address, a page for setting an e-mail delivery time interval and the number of times of delivery, and a delivery time when a delivery cannot be received at the notified delivery time. It consists of pages that can be changed.

  The time interval changing unit 309 changes the mail delivery time interval according to the recipient's instruction. As a result, the recipient can freely instruct the time interval of mail transmission. Distribution number changing section 310 changes the number of mail distributions according to the recipient's instruction. As a result, the recipient can freely instruct the number of mail transmissions. The delivery time changing unit 311 changes the delivery time of the delivery according to the recipient's instruction when the delivery cannot be received at the notified delivery time. As a result, if the delivery cannot be received at the notified delivery time, the delivery time can be changed to a receivable delivery time, so that the delivery efficiency can be improved for the delivery company.

<Processing of delivery system>
Processing of the delivery system according to the present embodiment will be described using FIG.
The delivery person terminal transmits the delivery status to the delivery server (step S101). The delivery server calculates the delivery time from the received delivery status and the delivery route of the delivery (step S102). Then, the delivery server delivers the calculated delivery time to the recipient by mail (step S103).

  Therefore, in the system using the terminal possessed by the recipient, the arrival time of the delivery can be accurately notified to the recipient.

<Processing when the recipient cannot receive the delivery at the notified delivery time>
With reference to FIG. 6, a description will be given of processing when a delivery cannot be received at the delivery time notified by the recipient.
First, the delivery person terminal transmits the delivery status to the delivery server (step S201). The delivery server calculates a delivery time from the received delivery status and the delivery route of the delivery (step S202). Then, the delivery server delivers the calculated delivery time to the recipient by mail (step S203). When the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail and the delivery item cannot be received at the time when the recipient terminal is delivered, the URL is accessed and the delivery time is changed (step S204).

  Accordingly, if the delivery cannot be received at the notified delivery time, the delivery time can be changed to a receivable delivery time, so that the delivery efficiency can be improved for the delivery company.

  The processing of the delivery system is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read by a recipient terminal, a delivery person terminal, and a delivery server and executed, thereby executing the delivery system of the present invention. Can be realized. The computer system here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

  Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW (World Wide Web) system is used. The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.

  The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the embodiments, and includes designs and the like that do not depart from the gist of the present invention.

100; recipient terminal 101; mail receiving unit 102; display unit 103; web access unit 104; information input unit 200; deliverer terminal 201; receiving unit 202; display unit 203; current position information acquisition unit 204; 205; Transmission unit 300; Delivery server 301; Delivery status reception unit 302; Delivery time calculation unit 303; Delivery list storage unit 304; Mail creation unit 305; Delivery condition storage unit 306; Transmission unit 307; 309; time interval changing unit 310; delivery number changing unit 311; delivery time changing unit 400; network

Claims (13)

A delivery system for delivering a delivery to a recipient,
A recipient's terminal possessed by the recipient who receives the delivery;
A shipper terminal owned by the shipper who delivers the deliverable;
A delivery server for managing delivery information;
Consists of
The delivery terminal is
A delivery status sending means for sending a delivery status to the delivery server;
The delivery server is
Calculating means for calculating a delivery time from the received delivery status and the delivery route of the delivery;
Delivery means for delivering the calculated delivery time to the recipient by email;
A delivery system characterized by comprising: The delivery person and the delivery server share a delivery list of predetermined delivery items,
The delivery terminal is
Reading means for reading information on a delivery to be delivered next from the delivery list;
Position information acquisition means for acquiring current position information;
With
The delivery system according to claim 1, wherein the delivery status transmission unit transmits information on the delivery and current position information as the delivery status to the delivery server.   The delivery system according to claim 1, wherein the delivery means delivers the mail at a predetermined time interval.   The delivery system according to claim 3, wherein the delivery means delivers the mail at a predetermined number of delivery times.   4. The delivery system according to claim 3, wherein a URL of the delivery server is described in the mail, and the recipient terminal accesses the URL and instructs the change of the predetermined time interval.   6. The delivery system according to claim 5, further comprising a time interval changing unit that changes the predetermined time interval according to an instruction from the recipient terminal.   5. The delivery system according to claim 4, wherein a URL of the delivery server is described in the mail, and the recipient terminal accesses the URL and instructs to change the predetermined number of delivery times.   8. The delivery system according to claim 7, further comprising: a delivery frequency changing unit that changes the predetermined delivery frequency according to an instruction from the recipient terminal.   When the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail and the recipient terminal cannot receive the delivery at the delivery time, the URL is accessed to change the delivery time. The delivery system according to claim 1, wherein: A delivery system for delivering a delivery to the recipient, comprising a recipient terminal possessed by the recipient who receives the delivery, a delivery terminal owned by the delivery person delivering the delivery, and a delivery server that manages delivery information. Delivery method in which
A first step in which the deliverer terminal transmits a delivery status to the delivery server;
A second step in which the delivery server calculates a delivery time from the received delivery status and a delivery route of the delivery;
A third step in which the delivery server delivers the calculated delivery time to the recipient by email;
A delivery method characterized by comprising: A delivery system for delivering a delivery to the recipient, comprising a recipient terminal possessed by the recipient who receives the delivery, a delivery terminal owned by the delivery person delivering the delivery, and a delivery server that manages delivery information. Delivery method in which
A first step in which the deliverer terminal transmits a delivery status to the delivery server;
A second step in which the delivery server calculates a delivery time from the received delivery status and a delivery route of the delivery;
A third step in which the delivery server delivers the calculated delivery time to the recipient by email;
When the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail and the recipient terminal cannot receive the delivery at the delivery time, the URL is accessed to change the delivery time. And the steps
A delivery method characterized by comprising: A delivery system for delivering a delivery to the recipient, comprising a recipient terminal possessed by the recipient who receives the delivery, a delivery terminal owned by the delivery person delivering the delivery, and a delivery server that manages delivery information. A program for causing a computer to execute the delivery method in
A first step in which the deliverer terminal transmits a delivery status to the delivery server;
A second step in which the delivery server calculates a delivery time from the received delivery status and a delivery route of the delivery;
A third step in which the delivery server delivers the calculated delivery time to the recipient by email;
A program that causes a computer to execute. A delivery system for delivering a delivery to the recipient, comprising a recipient terminal possessed by the recipient who receives the delivery, a delivery terminal owned by the delivery person delivering the delivery, and a delivery server that manages delivery information. A program for causing a computer to execute the distribution method according to claim 1,
A first step in which the deliverer terminal transmits a delivery status to the delivery server;
A second step in which the delivery server calculates a delivery time from the received delivery status and a delivery route of the delivery;
A third step in which the delivery server delivers the calculated delivery time to the recipient by email;
When the URL of the delivery server is described in the mail and the recipient terminal cannot receive the delivery at the delivery time, the URL is accessed to change the delivery time. And the steps
A program that causes a computer to execute.

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