JPH1035832A - Mail dispatching/arrival information processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To collectively manage the information related to the dispatching/ arrival of mail so as to remarkably reduce the burden of worker by specifying the transportation service on the basis of the office specifying information and the office arrival time of mail when the transportation information, which includes the post office specifying information, is received from a center. SOLUTION: A route specifying unit 32 specifies the transportation route of mail on the basis of the retrieval condition data and the transportation route information of a route specified data base 33. A delivery side mail specifying unit 35 specifies post office deadline time and delivery starting time of each office from an office time information table 36a and specifies any one of mail from a route and delivery corresponding table 36b on the basis of the necessary information such as the specified transportation route, mail number or office name and receive time of receiver office, mail number or name of delivery office. Time to be required for transportation of mail, which is obtained by a unit 38 for computing these specified transportation route, time, mail and delivery time, is sent to a transportation route table forming unit 40 by a delivery information transmission control unit 39.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail delivery information processing apparatus for accurately judging the delivery date and time of postcards, envelopes, parcels, and other mails.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, when a user submits a postal matter to a post office or before submitting a postal matter to a post office, there are many cases where the user inquires of a telephone or directly at a counter of the office about the delivery date and time of the postal matter.

[0003] Conventionally, when an inquiry about the delivery date and time of a mail is received from a user in this way, the post office replies while referring to a delivery days table and a transportation route table.

[0004] The delivery timetable is a printed list of the approximate number of days of delivery between the post office for delivering mail and the delivery office for delivering the mail, while the transportation route table is a standard mailing service. 3 is a list in which the transportation routes and the regular departure and arrival times of truck flights are printed.

[0005] Therefore, a post office contact person can grasp the approximate number of days of delivery of the mail from the delivery time table, and the mail arrives at the delivery office at any time using any truck service from the transportation route table. You can almost grasp. Therefore, the contact person can reply to the user from the delivery date table and the transportation route table as to in what morning the mail can be delivered or in what afternoon the mail can be delivered.

[0006]

However, the following problems have been pointed out in the method for obtaining mail delivery information as described above. First, since both the delivery days table and the transportation route table are paper-based, especially in the case of the delivery days table, the number of papers becomes considerably large, which causes problems not only in storage and management but also in mail. It takes a considerable amount of time to understand the approximate number of days for delivery. Further, it is necessary to renew the information several times a year in accordance with the expansion or change of the distribution, but the renewal work is difficult. In addition, although the approximate number of days for delivery of mail can be determined, there is a problem in terms of accuracy and reliability.

[0007] Although the transport route table describes standard transport routes for mail items, in recent years it has been considered that the transport route may be changed in accordance with the maintenance and expansion of the transportation network. Combined with truck service, airplane service, ship,
Train services are also used, and there are express services and limited express services among the train services, and there are various means for selecting transportation services. However, from such a transportation route table, it is only necessary to define a standard transportation route of mail, and it is not possible to select other transportation flights, and thus detailed and accurate delivery information cannot be obtained. There's a problem.

The invention of claims 1 to 4 has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and makes it possible to centrally manage and easily update information relating to delivery of mail, and
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mail delivery information processing apparatus capable of quickly specifying a mail route and a mail.

[0009] The invention of claim 5 makes it possible to centrally manage information relating to delivery of postal matter and easily update the information.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mail delivery information processing apparatus capable of quickly specifying a mail transportation route and a mail, and obtaining a highly accurate date and time required for delivery of a mail.

[0010] The present invention of claim 6 provides mail delivery information which enables prompt and accurate output of the delivery date and time of a mail and a transportation route table in response to a user's inquiry request for mail delivery information. An object of the present invention is to provide a processing device.

Further, according to the invention of claim 7, it is possible to investigate the condition of the transportation service by appropriately changing the binding time of each station, and to greatly reduce the load on the postal schedule and to support the mail transportation business. An information processing device is provided. It is still another object of the present invention to provide a mail delivery information processing apparatus for appropriately specifying one transport service from a plurality of types of transport services.

[0012]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention corresponding to claim 1 is directed to an underwriting station, an underwriting section station, a delivery section station, and a delivery station to a destination via a transport route. In a mail delivery information processing apparatus for processing mail delivery information in the process of delivering a mail, station identification information of an underwriting station / delivery station in a nationwide region and a route relationship between the underwriting division station and the delivery side division station are determined in advance. The prescribed route information and the route information defining the route relationship between the underwriting division station and the delivery division station are stored, and the underwriting date and time or the sending date and time of the mail containing the station identification information from the underwriting station or other stations are stored. When received,
A center device for specifying a transport route from the underwriting station to the delivery station based on the route information using the station specifying information as a key, and a lower station including the plurality of sorting stations existing in a predetermined area are managed. Station time information and route / flight correspondence information of each station to be stored are stored, and upon receiving the transportation route information including the station identification information from the center, based on the station identification information and the arrival time of the postal matter. A postal delivery information processing apparatus provided with each postal bureau data processing device for specifying a transportation service.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a high-level device having a processing function corresponding to the center device is arranged for each postal bureau data processing device, and these high-level devices can be shared among the plurality of local devices. Of the underwriting station / delivery station, the route information defining the route relation between the underwriting division station and the delivery division station, and the route information defining the route relationship between the underwriting division station and the delivery division station. In this configuration, each of the higher-level devices specifies a transportation route using the route information stored in the shared storage unit. Others have substantially the same configuration as the invention corresponding to claim 1.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the postal bureau data processing devices can be shared among each other. A shared storage unit for storing route information defining the relationship and route information defining the route relationship between the underwriting section station and the delivery section station; each postal bureau data processing device stores the route information stored in the shared storage section; In addition to having the same processing function as that of the center device and the higher-level device that specifies a transportation route by using, the transportation service is performed on the basis of the station identification information, the identified transportation route information, the arrival time of the mail, and the like. This is the configuration to be specified.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an underwriting station / distribution station in a nationwide region, and route information defining the route relationship between the underwriting / delivery section station and the underwriting / delivering station. Route information that defines the route relationship of the delivery division station is stored, and when receiving the delivery date / time or the delivery date / time of the mail including the station identification information from the underwriting station or another station, the station identification information is used as a key. Route specifying means for specifying a transport route from the underwriting station to the delivery station based on the route information; and station time information of each station for managing a lower station including the plurality of division stations existing in a predetermined area. And route / flight correspondence information are stored, and when receiving the transport route information including the station specifying information from the route specifying means, a transport service is determined based on the station specifying information and the station arrival time of the postal matter. Identify A postal matter delivery information processing apparatus provided with the identification means.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the constituent elements of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the mail receiving date or the sending date and time of the underwriting station obtained by the route specifying means and the mail receiving date and time are obtained by the flight specifying means. And a delivery day calculating means for obtaining a delivery date and time of the postal matter from the delivery time of the postal matter delivered by the delivery service of the delivery station.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the constituent elements of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the mail receiving date or the sending date and time of the underwriting station obtained by the route specifying means and the mail receiving date and time are obtained by the flight specifying means. The number of delivery days calculating means for obtaining the required date and time of mail delivery from the mail delivery delivery time by the delivery service of the delivery station, the transport route information specified by the route specifying means, At least station arrival time, departure time, transportation service,
Further, a transportation route table creation / output unit that creates and outputs a transportation route table using the required delivery date and time obtained by the delivery days calculation unit is added.

[0018] The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that the station identification information of the underwriting station / delivery station in the whole country, the route information defining the route relationship between the underwriting section / delivery section, and the underwriting section. Route information that defines the route relationship between the branch office and the delivery division station is stored, and when receiving the delivery date / time or the delivery date / time of the mail including the station identification information from the underwriting station or other office, the station identification information is stored. Route specifying means for specifying a transport route from the underwriting station to the delivery station based on the route information as a key, and a station of each station managing a lower station including the plurality of sorting stations existing in a predetermined area Station time information and route / flight correspondence information having an arrival time and a binding time are stored, and when receiving the transport route information including the station specifying information from the route specifying means, while varying the binding time, A flight specifying means for specifying a transport service using the variable binding time, the station specifying information, and the time at which the mail arrives at the station; Means for calculating the number of days required for the delivery of mail from the delivery time of mail delivery by means of a transportation service, transportation route information identified by the route identification means, a station arrival time obtained by a process of the flight identification means, This is a mail delivery information processing apparatus that includes a transportation route table creation and output unit that creates and outputs a transportation route table using a departure time, a transport flight, and the required delivery date and time, and performs a simulation related to delivery of mail.

According to the invention corresponding to claim 8, as means for specifying a flight between the underwriting section and the delivery section, a plurality of types of flights are provided between the underwriting section and the delivery section. When these multiple types of transport flights exist and overlap in time, priorities are set in advance for the multiple types of transport flights, and when they overlap in time, the types of transport flights are specified according to the priority order. In the invention corresponding to claim 9, the means for specifying a transport flight between the underwriting division station and the delivery division station also includes a plurality of types of means between the underwriting division station and the delivery division station. In this configuration, when there are transportation services, the transportation facilities are specified in consideration of the weight of the mail.

[0020]

Therefore, according to the invention corresponding to claim 1, by taking the above means, when receiving the search condition data of the underwriting date and time of the postal matter including the station identification information from the underwriting station or another station, In the center equipment, the station specifying information is used as a key, and the station specifying information of the underwriting station / delivery station in the whole country and the route information for defining the route relationship between the underwriting section / delivery section, the underwriting section / delivery side. After specifying the transport route from the underwriting station to the delivery station based on the route information that defines the route relationship of the sorting stations, the data processing equipment of the postal bureau that manages the underwriting station / delivery station specifies the transport service. Instruct.

In this case, the postal bureau data processing device transmits the information from the underwriting station based on the station time information and the route / flight correspondence information of each station managing the lower station including the plurality of division stations existing in the predetermined area. Identify the delivery office and even the transportation service from the delivery office to the delivery service, so that the information on the delivery of mail can be properly managed, the information on these delivery can be easily updated, and inquiries from users Can quickly identify and respond to mail routes and flights,
It can greatly contribute to reducing the burden on window staff.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, each postal bureau data processing device is associated with a higher-level device in a one-to-one relationship, and each higher-level device is configured to transmit a postal matter including station identification information from an underwriting station or another station. When the search condition data of the underwriting date and time is received,
Station identification information of underwriting stations / delivery stations in the nationwide area stored in the shared storage unit, and path information which defines the path relation between the underwriting division stations and the delivery division stations, and the paths of the underwriting division stations and the delivery division stations. The route from the underwriting station to the delivery station is specified in advance using the route information that defines the relationship, and the corresponding postal service data processing equipment is instructed to specify the transportation service.

This postal bureau data processing device uses station time information and route / flight correspondence information of each station which manages a lower station including the plurality of division stations which exist in a predetermined area which the post office owns. Thus, since the transportation service on the specified route is specified, the same operation as the invention corresponding to claim 1 is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail storage device which has a shared storage unit which can be shared and used between each postal bureau data processing device, and wherein each postal bureau data processing device sends mail containing station identification information from an underwriting station or another station. When receiving the search condition data of the underwriting date and time, while specifying the route from the underwriting station to the delivery station based on the route information stored in the shared storage unit,
Since the transportation service is specified using the station time information and the route / flight correspondence information of each station that manages the lower station including the plurality of division stations existing in the predetermined area, it does not go through the center device or the upper device. The transportation service on the route specified in (1) can be specified, and has the same operation as the invention according to claim 1.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when the underwriting station or another station receives an underwriting date and time or a sending and receiving date and time of the postal matter including the station specifying information, the route specifying means uses the underwriting station based on the route information. From the delivery route to the delivery station is specified, and in the flight specifying means, station time information and route / flight correspondence information of each station that manages lower stations including the plurality of division stations existing in a predetermined area. Since the transportation service is specified from the above, it has the same effect as the invention corresponding to claim 1.

The invention corresponding to claim 5 has the same operation as the invention corresponding to claim 4, and additionally, the mail delivery date and time or the delivery date and time of the underwriting station and the transportation service of the delivery office specified by the service specifying means. Since the required delivery date and time of the postal matter are obtained from the delivery time of the postal matter and the required delivery date and time of the postal matter can be quickly obtained with high accuracy.

The invention corresponding to claim 6 is capable of promptly and accurately outputting a required date and time of delivery of a mail and a transportation route table in response to a request for inquiry of delivery information of a mail by a user. Feeling can be greatly improved.

The invention corresponding to claim 7 can investigate the status of the transportation service while appropriately changing the binding time of each station, and can greatly contribute to the reduction of the load on the postal schedule and the support of the postal transportation business.

Further, according to the invention corresponding to claim 8, by determining the priority of a plurality of types of transport flights, it is possible to specify an optimum one of the multiple types of transport flights. Further, according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, when a mail is mounted on an airplane, the mail can be mounted up to a specified mounting weight, and the transportation cost can be reduced.

[0030]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a mail delivery information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system diagram for explaining a role relationship between stations for realizing the apparatus of the present invention. When the mail delivery information processing apparatus according to the present invention is realized, a mail transport route (solid line in the drawing) and information for absorbing and managing various related information from a lower office in order to construct mail delivery information. Absorption path (dashed-dotted line shown)
And an information providing route (dotted line in the figure) of mail delivery information in response to an inquiry from a user.

First, prior to describing each of the routes, the relationship between the stations will be described. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, which handles postal matters, has Dozens of Post Offices A,... In more than a dozen locations nationwide, and each Post Office A has a plurality of regional division stations B,. , And a number of delivery stations D,... Which collect and deliver mail. Since the underwriting station C and the delivery station D simultaneously receive and deliver mail, they can both be the underwriting stations and the delivery stations. However, for convenience of explanation, the underwriting station C and the delivery station D are hereinafter referred to as the underwriting station C and the delivery station D. It will be described separately. Further, under the control of each underwriting station C, a number of posts E,... And a non-collection / delivery station F which does not categorize mail items by destination are arranged. Then, the user sends the mail to the post E, the non-collection / delivery station F, or the underwriting station C.

Therefore, among the various routes, as shown by the solid line in the drawing, the postal transport route of the postal matter is such that the postal worker of the underwriting station C periodically traverses each post E by truck or motorcycle to collect the postal matter. It collects, and if necessary, stops at the no-collection / delivery station F, collects mails in the same manner, and brings it to the underwriting station C. In addition, the non-collection and delivery station F itself periodically transports mails received from users and brings them to the underwriting station C. In the underwriting station C, the postal items by patrol, the postal items from the non-collection / delivery station F, and the postal items received directly from the user at the office counter are classified according to their destinations. To the regional division station B via

In the underwriting area division station B, the mails collected from the underwriting stations C,... Are considered for each destination, and any one of airplane, truck, train, etc. is selected, and the destination is selected. Is transported to the delivery-side area division station B that manages the area within the area. When the delivered regional division B transports the received mail to the delivery office D directly or via the originating office G, the delivery office D periodically delivers the mail to each home or company H by truck or motorcycle. The delivery route.

Next, as shown by a dashed line in the figure, the information absorption path for absorbing various related information is required in addition to the regional division station B which manages a number of underwriting stations C,. .., Each delivery station D,..., Etc., the relevant information relating to the regular departure time, route, transportation service, etc. of the mail is sent to the post office A through the regional division office B. . The postal bureau A tabulates information necessary for managing a plurality of regional bureaus B,..., A large number of underwriting bureaus C, delivery bureaus D, and the like, such as station time information and transport flight information.
Other information related to, for example, a nationwide route is transferred to Center I.
To be transmitted. The center I exists, for example, only one in the whole country, and has a function of using a host computer or the like to perform necessary information processing, for example, to specify a transportation route or to obtain a delivery date and time of mail.

Next, as shown by the dotted line in the drawing, the information provision route of the mail delivery information in response to the user's inquiry is the station receiving the inquiry about the mail delivery information from the user, for example, the underwriting station C and the delivery office D. The inquiry request information is transmitted to the center I when it is determined that each station is arbitrarily necessary, regardless of whether or not there is any inquiry from the non-collection / delivery station F, the regional division station B, or the user. In this center I, the route of the mail is specified from the information on hand, and the specified transportation route information and other necessary information are transmitted to the postal administration A of the underwriting side and the postal administration A of the delivery side of the postal matter. Instruct the identification of transport flights. The postal bureau A specifies the mail transport service while searching for the station time information of each station and the service information for the route, and transmits the service to the center I. The center I calculates the required date and time of delivery of the postal matter from the obtained information, and transmits the delivery information such as the transportation route, the transportation service, and the number of days of delivery of the postal matter to the inquiry office. The inquiry office edits the received delivery information as appropriate, creates a transport route table, displays it on the display unit, or prints out from a printer, and provides a route for providing mail delivery information to users. I have.

Next, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a processing apparatus which presupposes the transfer route of mail and the exchange of information shown in FIG. In this processing apparatus, there is an underwriting station C which accepts mails as a station closest to the user, and in addition to these underwriting stations C, the postal information terminal equipment 1 is installed in a regional division station B, a delivery station D, and the like. It is designed to receive inquiries about mail delivery information from users. In this postal information terminal device 1, in response to a user's inquiry request, search condition data input by an operator's operation is transmitted to the host computer 2 of the center I, and sent from the host computer 2 as a response to the inquiry request. It has a function of appropriately editing and processing the delivery information such as the incoming transport route, transport flights and delivery days to create a transport route table, displaying it on a display unit, or printing it out from a printer.

On the other hand, the center I specifies the transport route of the mail according to the search condition data from the underwriting station C, specifies the transport if necessary, and further determines the required date and time of delivery of the mail. 11 and an intra-regional transportation route table 12b storing route information for specifying a route managed by the regional division station and an inter-regional transportation route table 12b storing route information for specifying a route between the regional division stations. A database 12 and a processing result data memory 13 for storing processing result data such as transportation route, transportation service, time information, and delivery information such as required delivery date and time are provided.

The underwriting post office A and the delivery post office A
Is required to receive the station identification information and the route information of which station is from the host computer 2 and to specify the transportation service including the time on the route, and to specify the transportation service on the center I side. The local computer 21 for transmitting important information to the center I side, and stores time information of each station, for example, arrival time (predicted time), station window deadline time, flight departure time, or arrival time (predicted time), binding time, etc. A service identification database 22 having a station time information table 22a for storing information on transport flights corresponding to the route and a route / flight correspondence table 22b, and a processing result data memory 23 for storing processing result data are provided. I have.

Therefore, in the mail delivery information processing apparatus viewed from the correspondence between the stations as described above, the following role operations are performed. That is, when the search condition data is received from the postal information terminal device 1 of the underwriting station C or the regional division station B in response to the inquiry request for the delivery information from the user, the host computer 11 on the center I side reads the search condition data. The predetermined information, for example, the postal code or the station name, which is the station identification information, is used as a key, and the intra-region transportation route information table 12 is used.
Based on the route information specified in a, the intra-region route between the underwriting station C and the underwriting area division station B and the delivery area division station B-
An intra-area route between the delivery stations D is specified, and a transport route between the two regional division stations BB is specified from the route information defined in the inter-area transport route table 12b.

When the host computer 11 specifies the transportation route, the host computer 11 reads out the specified transportation route information, the station identification information, and other necessary information, and transmits the information to the underwriting local computer 21 and the delivery local computer 21 to transmit the route. Instruct the identification of the transportation service corresponding to. Here, each local computer 21 checks the time relationship of the stations from the station time information table 22a, and specifies which flight specified in the route / flight correspondence table 22b is to be used based on the checked time. The information and the information on the transportation service are transmitted to the host computer 11.

After specifying the transportation route, the host computer 11 may acquire information for specifying the transportation route corresponding to the transportation route from the local computer 21 and specify the transportation route corresponding to the transportation route by itself. .

After that, the host computer 11 specifies the transportation service for the specified route, and then, based on the date of acceptance of the mail or the date of delivery of the mail, and the delivery date and time of delivery from the delivery office to the user, delivery of the mail. While obtaining the required date and time, the delivery information such as the transportation route, transportation service, time information, and the required date and time of mail delivery is transmitted to the postal information terminal device 1 of the underwriting station C or the regional division station B. This postal information terminal device 1
A transportation route table is created and output based on the delivery information from the host computer 11.

FIG. 2 shows one host computer 1.
1 is the local computer 21 of all post offices A,.
.. Are managed while the host computer 11 corresponding to the host computer 11 is provided for each local computer 21 of each postal bureau, as shown in FIG.
1A,..., And the host computers 11A,.
The configuration may be such that a processing function similar to that of the host computer 11 is performed while using (shared memory) in common, or each of the host computers 11A may have its own route specifying database 12.

As shown in FIG. 4, for example, a computer 24 having both the processing functions of the host computer 11 and the local computer 21 on each postal bureau A,.
And a station time information table 22a storing time information of each station, for example, arrival time (predicted time), station window deadline time, flight departure time, or arrival time (predicted time), binding time, etc.
And a flight specification database 22 having a route / flight correspondence table 22b for storing information on transportation flights corresponding to the routes.
And a processing result data memory 23 for storing processing result data, and the computers 24 may each be provided with a route specifying database 12 that can be shared and used via a bus line 25.

According to the configuration shown in FIG. 4, for example, the underwriting station C that has received the inquiry request from the user transmits the search condition data to the post office A instead of the center I. The computer 24 of the postal bureau A receiving the search condition data specifies the intra-region route and the route between the regional bureaus under the control of the regional bureau by using the route specifying database 12 similarly to the center I. Flight identification database 2
The transport time on the route is specified using the station time information table 22a and the route / flight correspondence table 22b, and the delivery date and time of the postal matter are calculated after specifying the transport flight. Since the delivery information such as the route, the transportation service, the time information, and the required date and time of delivery of the mail is returned to the underwriting station C, the center I can be omitted.

FIG. 5 is a functional configuration diagram in the case where the processing of FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 is premised, and the inquiry request from the user is exclusively processed electrically. Therefore, in the following description, the configuration, operation, and the like will be described based on the functional configuration diagram of FIG.

In the drawing, reference numeral 31 denotes a search condition data input unit which is one of the functions of the postal information terminal device 1 installed in the underwriting station C or the regional division station B, and this is a search condition data input section. The operator has a function of transmitting search condition data by manual operation input in response to an inquiry request. This search condition data is based on the post office that accepted the mail,
For example, the postal code or station name (office specific information) specifying the underwriting station C, the postal code or station name (office specific information) specifying the delivery station D that delivers the mail, the underwriting date and time of the postal matter, the postal matter This is data for discriminating whether the vehicle has been accepted at the underwriting window or collected by truck or motorcycle, and other necessary data. This is because the delivery time of the mail differs depending on whether the underwriting station C accepts the ticket at the counter or the collection flight, even if the underwriting date is the same.

Reference numeral 32 denotes the host computer 1 of the center I.
1, a route specifying unit having a function corresponding to the host computer 11A and the computer 24, which has a function of specifying the transport route of the mail based on the search condition data and the transport route information of the route specifying database 33. .

The route specifying database 33 includes an intra-regional transportation route table 33a for defining a transportation route under the control of the regional division station B and an inter-regional transportation route table 33b for defining a route between the regional division stations BB. It consists of The intra-region transportation route table 33a includes, for example, as shown in FIG.
And the relations between the postal code of the delivery office, the originating office G, and the delivery area division office B are defined. In addition, underwriting station C
If the starting station G does not exist between the delivery station D and the sorting station B, the starting station G is omitted from the intra-region transportation route table 33a. Also, the postal code is specified, but a name specifying a station name or other route may be used instead of the postal code.
On the other hand, the inter-region transportation route table 33b includes, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, an underwriting local division office, a delivery local division office indicating the destination area of mail, and, if necessary, an underwriting division office and a delivery division office. There are at least one or more relay stations between them, and other names necessary for specifying the inter-region route are specified.

The intra-region transportation route table 33
a and the information related to the transportation route stored in the inter-region transportation route table 33b are mainly created by a scheduler (transportation flight, time) of the postal bureau. Information related to the transportation route required for the scheduling is drawn from the branching station B, the underwriting station C, the delivery station D, and the like. It goes without saying that the information related to these transport routes can be changed at any time. A processing result data memory 34 stores processing result data, for example, transportation route information specified for each station.

Numeral 35 designates an underwriting and delivery service specifying unit having a function corresponding to the local computer 21 of the underwriting post office A and the delivery post office A, and these are the specified transportation route, underwriting postcode or office. Name, underwriting date and time,
Based on the postal code or the name of the delivery office or other necessary information, the office time information table 36a uses the office window deadline time and flight departure time, and the route / flight correspondence table 36b uses the desired transportation service such as airplane, truck, or the like. It has a function to specify any one of trains and the like.

The flight specifying database 36 mainly includes a station time information table 36a for storing station time information such as an arrival time (expected arrival time of a regular flight), a station window deadline time, a station departure time, etc .; A route / flight correspondence table 36b for selecting any one of a plurality of flights for the route, for example, an air flight, a truck flight, a train flight, and the like. In the station time information table 36a, specifically, in the case of the underwriting station C, as shown in FIG. 8A, the mail collection time of post A, post B,.
The arrival time of the collected flight, the closing time of the underwriting station, the departure time of the underwriting station, and the like are stored. In the case of a station other than the underwriting station C, the arrival time of the flight and the closing time of the office window as shown in FIG. , Station departure time, etc. are stored.

In the station time information table 36a, for example, an arrival time and a binding time may be set as shown in FIG. Here, the binding time is a work time such as sorting mail items from the arrival time to the station departure time. Since this binding time varies depending on the work circumstances of each station, the time is arbitrarily changed, for example, at the postal bureau, etc., assuming a certain delivery office from a certain underwriting office, and various situations related to the delivery of mail, such as mail. This is effective in so-called simulation work for searching for the required delivery date and time.

On the other hand, the route / flight correspondence table 36b lists a list of flight candidates such as airplane flights, truck flights, and train flights in the order of postal codes or station names of adjacent stations in order. The information of the departure time is stored. From the route / flight correspondence table 36b, for example, if the user departs at the departure time xxx using the airplane flight from the station xxxA, it is easy to know when to arrive at the station xxxD. Of course, from station XXXA, we also know about station XXXB,
Further, the relationship of the station xxxD can be easily understood from the station xxxB.

It should be noted that the information relating to the specification of the flight stored in the time table 36a and the route / flight correspondence table 36b is mainly created by a scheduler (transportation flight, time) organization of the Post Office. In the creation process, information relating to the route required for the timetable composition is created from each of the regional division stations B, the underwriting station C, the delivery station D, and the like, and the information relating to these transportation routes can be changed at any time. 3
7 is processing result data such as arrival time of each station on the route,
The processing result data memory stores information such as a departure time and a specified flight.

Reference numeral 38 denotes a delivery days calculation unit for calculating the required date and time of mail delivery from the date and time when the underwriting station has taken over after specifying the transportation route and the delivery time to the general home or company by the delivery service of the terminal delivery station. is there. The specified transportation route, the specified time, the transportation service, and the required mail delivery date and time obtained by the delivery days calculation unit 38 are transmitted by the delivery information transmission control unit 39 as functions of the postal information terminal device 1. It is sent to the table creation unit 40.

The transport route table creator 40 performs an editing process using the delivery information transmitted from the delivery information transmission controller 39 in accordance with a predetermined editing process program to create a transport route table, and a transport route output unit. For example, it has a function of outputting from the CRT 41a or the printer 41b.

Next, an example of receiving the search condition data input from the postal information terminal device 1 of the underwriting station C (or the delivery station D or the regional division station B) and specifying the transport route and transport service of the postal matter will be described. This will be described in detail with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG.

Now, the post office C or the like has the post office postal code (or office name), delivery office postal code (or office name), underwriting date and time, and the type of underwriting (office counter undertaking or collection flight). When the search condition data is received, the intra-region route specifying means 32A in the route specifying unit 32 uses the postal code of the underwriting station and the postal code of the delivery station as keys and selects from the route information in the intra-region transport route table 33a shown in FIG. The route between the underwriting station C and the underwriting area division station B as shown in FIG. 11A and the path between the delivery area division station B and the delivery station D, that is, the transportation route within the area are specified. Then, the specified intra-region route information is stored in the processing result data memory 34. That is, FIG.
As shown in (a), the zip code of the underwriting office and the zip code of the delivery office are received (S1), the underwriting transport route is specified from the zip code of the underwriting office (S2), and the delivery transport route is determined from the zip code of the delivery office. Is specified (S3).

When the transportation route under the management of the regional division station is specified in this way, the route information and other necessary information such as the post office postal code, underwriting date and time, and underwriting type discrimination information are transmitted to the underwriting side flight specifying unit. The information is sent to the underwriting local area flight specifying means 35A in 35, and instructs the specification of the transportation flight related to the underwriting transportation route. Here, the underwriting local area flight specifying means 35
In FIG. 8A, when the underwriting station zip code (or office name), underwriting date and time (sending time) and underwriting form are received as search condition data, the mail is read from the time table 36a shown in FIG. Since the arrival time of the goods is known, the departure time of the underwriting station is obtained from the relationship of the window closing time corresponding to the arrival time, and the postal code (or the name of the office) and the departure flight time of the underwriting station are used as keys. From the route / flight correspondence table 36b shown in FIG.
In the case of the originating station, for example, XXD, from xxA, the earliest departure flight is selected from the truck service or the train service, so that the departure time of the underwriting station and the arrival time of the underwriting starting station can be obtained. When specifying a flight, the operation status of the flight due to a difference between a day of the week, a holiday, a day after a holiday, or the like is considered depending on the underwriting date and time. As a result, as shown in FIG. 11B, the transportation service between the underwriting station C and the originating station G can be specified.

That is, means 35A for specifying the local flights in the underwriting area.
Is, as shown in FIG.
When the data such as the postal code (or name) and the date and time of the underwriting office is received from A (S11), the closing time of the underwriting office window is extracted from the office time information table 36a (S12).
The office window acceptance time or arrival time is compared with the office window deadline time (S13). If the office window acceptance time or arrival time is within the office window deadline time, the underwriting station departure flight time corresponding to the window deadline time. (S14), the departure flight is specified from the route / flight correspondence table 36b, and the originating station G
Know the time of arrival to. If the postage acceptance time or arrival time is not in time for the office counter departure time, transfer to the next station departure flight time, compare the underwriting time with the office window departure time, and key the departure office departure time. The departure flight is specified from the route / flight correspondence table 36b.

Subsequently, the means 35A for specifying the local flights on the underwriting side
Is a route / flight correspondence table 3 as shown in FIG.
6b is received (S2).
1) Which of the arrival time of the originating station and the closing time of the office counter in the office time information table 36a shown in FIG. 8 (b) is larger (S23), that is, If it is in time, the starting station departure flight time corresponding to the office window deadline time is taken out (S24), the starting station departure flight is specified from the route / flight correspondence table 36b, and the arrival time at the regional division station B is obtained. (S25).
As a result, as shown in FIG. 11 (c), the transportation service between the originating station and the underwriting area division station B can be specified, and the departure flight time of the underwriting side originating station and the arrival of the underwriting area division station B can be specified. You can ask for time.

Similarly, when specifying a flight, the operation status of the flight due to a difference between a day of the week, a holiday, and a day after a holiday is considered based on the date and time of acceptance. Next, after the flight from the underwriting station C to the regional division station B is specified as described above, the inter-region route specifying means 32B in the route specifying unit 32 is subsequently executed. This inter-region route specifying means 32B is configured as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the underwriting area division station B and the delivery area division station B specified by the intra-area route specifying means 32A.
(S31), and using both of these division stations B, B as a key, as shown in FIG. 11 (d), from the inter-area transportation route table 33b (see FIG. 7), as shown in FIG. (S32). At this time, whether there is a relay station between the two division stations BB, and if there are a plurality of relay stations, which relay station should be used to transport the mail to the delivery area division station B? Consider the route.

Therefore, these local route specifying means 32A
By executing the inter-region route specifying means 32B, it is possible to specify all the routes from the post office of mail to the delivery office, and create one continuous route. Information on these paths is stored in the processing result data memory 34 (see d in FIG. 11).

Next, when the route between the underwriting area division station B and the delivery area division station B is specified as described above,
Subsequently, using the inter-region route specifying means 35B in FIG.
As shown in (b), the transportation service between the two division stations is specified. That is, since the arrival time of the underwriting area division station is obtained from the route / flight correspondence table 36b in the intra-area flight specifying means 35A, the arrival time of this division station is received (S4).
1) In addition, the section station window deadline time is read from the station time information table 36a of FIG. 8B (S42), and which of the section station arrival time and the section station window deadline time is larger (S43), that is, If the section station arrival time is within the section station window cut-off time, a flight departing after the section station window cut-off time is specified from the route / flight correspondence table 36b, and the departure flight time is specified (S44). The arrival time of the branch office b can be obtained (S45). That is, FIG.
As shown in (e), the transportation service between the two division stations is specified.

By the way, since the distance between the underwriting area division station B and the delivery area division station B is expected to be very long, various transportation services such as airplane service, truck service, train service and other various services are available. Although flights are arranged, the following three flight identification methods are conceivable for specifying one flight from these multiple types of flights. (1) In the first inter-regional flight specifying method, the arrival time and departure flight time of the underwriting-side regional division station are obtained by the above-described underwriting-side local flight specifying means 35A, and as shown in FIG. If a plurality of types of flights, such as one flight by air flight, one flight by truck flight, one flight by train flight, ... do not overlap in time, the arrival time and departure flight time of the underwriting regional division office are By using the key as a key, the earliest departure flight or the flight number can be automatically selected and specified from the route / flight correspondence table 36b, and the arrival time of the delivery-side area division station can be obtained. (2) In the second inter-regional flight specifying method, for example, as shown in FIG. 15, air flights A, truck flights B, train flights C,... In such a case, for example, an airmail b, a truck flight b, a train flight c, ...
When two or more flights overlap, the type of flight is specified according to a predetermined priority, and when the flight is full, the next priority flight is specified. Is the way. (3) The third method for specifying inter-regional flights is to load a mail equivalent to a predetermined weight based on the transportation cost when specifying an airplane flight, regardless of whether there is priority or not. If there is a surplus, it is a method of mounting it on a duplicate flight of another priority, and when sufficient mail can be loaded by airplane flight, stopping other types of duplicate flights.

When the service between the underwriting area division station B and the delivery area division station B is specified, the underwriting area local flight identification means 3 is used by using the delivery area area specification means 35C.
1C according to the same operation as that of FIG. 5C (see FIGS. 13B to 13D).
The flights are sequentially specified in the order of (f) to (h), and the delivery delivery time for delivery to each home or company by the delivery service from the delivery office can be relatively accurately obtained.

When the specification of the flight is completed according to the transportation route specified as described above, the required delivery date and time of the mail is calculated by the delivery days calculation unit 38 shown in FIG. That is, since the delivery date calculation unit 38 knows the postal delivery time or post delivery date and time by the underwriting station and clarifies the delivery delivery time of the user by the delivery station, the delivery date and time or the delivery The delivery date and time can be easily obtained from the date and time and the delivery date and time.

Further, the host computer 1 of the center I
1, the host computer 11A and the computer 24 are provided with a delivery information transmission control unit 39 in addition to the route identification unit 32 and the delivery days calculation unit 38. The delivery information transmission control unit 39 reads delivery information such as a transportation route in a process from the underwriting station to the delivery station, arrival time and departure time of each station, and required delivery date and time from each processing result data memory, and inquires about delivery information. The received information is transmitted to, for example, the underwriting station C.

The postal information terminal device 1 of the underwriting station C includes:
In addition to the above-described search condition data input unit 31, a transport route table creating unit 40 and a transport route table output unit such as a CRT display unit 41a and a printer 41b are provided.

The transportation route table creating section 40 includes, for example, an editing program memory for storing an editing program, a table image data memory for storing tabular image data in a predetermined format, a processing data memory for storing transportation route table creation data, There is provided an image display memory for storing the transportation route table creation data after the processing is completed, and an editing processing unit such as a CPU for performing an editing process based on an editing program.

The CPU constituting the editing processing section determines whether or not the delivery information has been received from the center I as shown in FIG. 16 (S71). After storing in an appropriate buffer or the processing data memory, the table image data is read from the table image data memory and stored in the processing data memory (S7).
2). Thereafter, a necessary part of the table image data in the processing data memory, that is, a necessary part from a predetermined direction is specified according to the editing program, and necessary information is read out from the delivery information and written into the relevant part (S73). . Then, it is determined whether or not the necessary items have been written in all the locations (S74). When it is determined that the necessary items have been written in all the portions of the table image data and the transportation route table data is completed, the transportation of the processing data memory is performed. The route table data is transferred to the image display memory (S75), and displayed or printed out on the transport route table output unit such as the CRT display unit 41a and the printer 41b (S76).

FIG. 17 is a view showing a transportation route table displayed on the CRT display section 41a, in which station names from the underwriting station to the delivery station, the station arrival time and the station departure flight time are displayed, and furthermore, the mail is displayed. The delivery date and time of the goods are displayed. In this case, only the time is displayed because the required date and time of delivery of the mail does not satisfy one day. In addition, although information is displayed from the underwriting station to the delivery office, it is needless to say that the flight number and mail delivery delivery time from this delivery office can also be easily displayed.

Therefore, according to the configuration of the embodiment described above, the postal information terminal device 1 of the station that has received the user's inquiry request
When the predetermined search condition data is input from the host computer, the host computer 11 and the host computer 11A of the center I and the local computer 21 of the post office cooperate with each other.
The route information, station time information and route
Based on the flight information, the route from the underwriting station to the delivery station, the transportation service, and the date and time required for delivery of the postal matter are obtained and returned to the postal information terminal device 1, so that prompt delivery information is answered to the user's inquiry. It can greatly contribute to reducing the burden on station staff. Also, the route information, station time information and route / flight information already constructed can be updated as appropriate.
It can be easily updated when the traffic network expands or changes, contributing to the reduction of update work. In addition, the operator of the postal information terminal device 1 simply inputs the postal code of the underwriting office or the postal code of the delivery office without being aware of the database.
Information on the delivery of mail to the whole country can be quickly acquired.

The center equipment owns the route information, and the postal bureau data processing equipment owns the station time information and the route / flight information. Since the postal bureau data processing equipment is arranged below the center equipment, a centralized management system for the information is established. This makes it possible to reduce the burden of the operation of transport schedule formation, and it is possible to take out nationwide delivery information from stations all over the country and provide it to users.

Further, in addition to specifying the route of the mail and the transportation service, the required delivery date and time is calculated from the underwriting date and time and the delivery and delivery date and time, and the transportation route table is output, so that highly accurate delivery information can be provided. The required delivery date and time can be determined in consideration of the mailing day of the mail and the form of the collection flight, and this is useful for improving the accuracy of the delivery information.

Further, after appropriately changing the binding time in consideration of the work time for sorting mails after the station arrival time at each station and then inputting predetermined search condition data from the postal information terminal device 1, the change can be made. It is possible to specify the route and the transportation service and to determine the required date and time of delivery based on the associated uniting time, thereby comprehensively supporting the postal transportation business.

In the above embodiment, the name of the station, the route, the information on the transportation service, etc. are transmitted as they are, but may be encoded or simplified according to a predetermined rule before being transmitted. . For example, in the case of the Post Office and other stations, the symbols of A, B,...
If the arrangement is made as in b, c,..., The receiving side of the information of “A i” can recognize the station and the transportation service from the code.

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As described above, according to the present invention, the following various effects can be obtained. Claims 1 to 4
In the invention of (1), information relating to the delivery of mail can be centrally managed, transportation schedules and other changes in the situation can be easily updated, the burden on workers can be greatly reduced, and mail It is possible to quickly identify the transportation route and transportation service.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, information relating to delivery of mail can be centrally managed, transportation schedules and other changes in status can be easily updated, and the burden on the operator can be greatly reduced. In addition, it is possible to quickly identify a mail route and a mail, and to obtain a highly accurate postal delivery date and time.

Further, according to the invention of claim 6, in response to a request for inquiry of postal delivery information by a user, the required date and time of delivery of the postal matter and the transportation route table can be output quickly and accurately, and the The sense of trust can be greatly improved.

Further, according to the invention of claim 7, it is possible to investigate the condition of the transportation service while appropriately changing the binding time of each station, which greatly contributes to the reduction of the load on the postal schedule and the support of the postal transportation business. Furthermore, according to the inventions of claims 8 and 9, one transport flight can be appropriately specified from a plurality of types of transport flights.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram for explaining a role relationship between stations for realizing a mail delivery information processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the apparatus of the present invention in which the role of each station is taken into consideration while assuming the transfer route and information of the mail shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a part of the apparatus of the present invention in which role relations between stations are considered.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of the apparatus of the present invention in consideration of the role relationship between stations.

FIG. 5 is a functional configuration diagram in the case where information is electrically processed exclusively in response to an inquiry request from a user while assuming the configurations of FIGS. 1 to 4;

FIG. 6 shows a route identification database shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an arrangement of route information stored in a regional transport route table.

FIG. 7 shows a route identification database shown in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an arrangement of route information stored in an inter-region transport route table.

8 is a diagram showing an example of an arrangement of station time information stored in a station time information table in the service specifying database shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a layout example diagram of route / flight correspondence information stored in a route / flight correspondence table in the flight identification database shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram for specifying a route and a transportation service.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a process of specifying a route from an underwriting station to a delivery station and a transportation service.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for specifying a route and a transportation service.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for specifying a route and a transportation service.

FIG. 14 is a view for explaining a specifying method when a plurality of types of flights exist.

FIG. 15 is a view for explaining a specifying method when a plurality of types of flights exist.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a series of operation procedures for creating and outputting a transportation route table.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a display example of a created transport route table.

[Explanation of symbols]

A: Post Office, B: Regional Office, C: Underwriting Office, D: Delivery Office, I: Center, 1: Postal Information Terminal Equipment, 11: Host Computer, 11A: Host Computer, 12, 33
... Database for route identification, 21 ... Local computer, 22, 36 ... Database for flight identification, 24 ... Computer, 31 ... Search condition data input unit, 32 ... Route identification unit, 35 ... Service identification unit, 38 ... Delivery days calculation unit , 40 ... Transportation route table creation unit.

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. Underwriting station-Underwriting section station-Delivery side section station-
A postal delivery information processing apparatus for processing postal delivery information in the process of delivering postal matter to a destination through a transport route of a delivery office, comprising: The route information defining the route relationship between the sorting station and the delivery-side sorting station and the route information defining the route relationship between the underwriting sorting station and the delivery-side sorting station are stored, and the station identification information is transmitted from the underwriting station or another station. A center device that specifies a transportation route from the underwriting station to the delivery station based on the route information using the station identification information as a key when receiving a delivery date and time or a delivery date and time of a mail including The station time information and the route / flight correspondence information of each station that manages the lower station including the plurality of division stations existing in are stored, and the transport route information including the station identification information is received from the center. Each postal bureau data processing device for specifying a transportation service based on the bureau specifying information and the arriving time of the postal matter, wherein the underwriting station or another bureau receives a request for postal delivery information. When the center device returns, the center device and the postal bureau data processing device return delivery information relating to the delivery of the mail based on the data of the processing result of the postal bureau data processing device. 2. Underwriting station-Underwriting section station-Delivery section station-
A postal delivery information processing apparatus for processing postal delivery information in the process of delivering postal matter to a destination through a transport route of a delivery office, comprising: A shared storage unit that stores route information that defines the route relationship between the sorting station and the delivery-side sorting station, and route information that defines the route relationship between the underwriting sorting station and the delivery-side sorting station; When receiving the delivery date and time or the delivery date and time of the mail including the station identification information, the transportation route from the underwriting station to the delivery station is identified based on the route information in the shared storage unit using the station identification information as a key. Higher-level equipment corresponding to the postal bureau, station time information and route / flight correspondence information of each station that manages lower stations including the plurality of divisional stations existing in a predetermined area are stored, and from the corresponding higher-level equipment, Each postal bureau data processing device for identifying a transportation service based on the station identification information and the arrival time of the postal matter when receiving the transportation route information including the office identification information, the underwriting station or When there is a request for postal delivery information from another station, the center device returns the postal delivery information based on the processing result data of the center device and the postal bureau data processing device. Mail delivery information processing device. 3. Underwriting station-Underwriting section station-Delivery side section station-
A postal delivery information processing apparatus for processing postal delivery information in the process of delivering postal matter to a destination through a transport route of a delivery office, comprising: A shared storage unit for storing route information defining the route relationship between the sorting station and the delivery-side sorting station, and route information defining the route relationship between the underwriting sorting station and the delivery-side sorting station; The station time information and the route / flight correspondence information of each station that manages the lower station including the plurality of division stations are stored, and the underwriting date or the sending date and time of the mail containing the station identification information from the underwriting station or another station is stored. Receiving the information, specifies the transport route from the underwriting station to the delivery station based on the route information of the shared storage unit using the station specifying information as a key, and the station specifying information and the specified transport route information. And Each postal bureau data processing equipment for specifying a transportation service based on the arrival time of the postal matter, and when the underwriting station or another station requests mail delivery information, the center equipment is configured to A mail delivery information processing apparatus for returning delivery information on delivery of a mail based on data of processing results of a center device and the postal bureau data processing device. 4. Underwriting station-underwriting division station-delivery division station-
A postal delivery information processing apparatus for processing postal delivery information in the process of delivering postal matter to a destination through a transport route of a delivery office, comprising: The route information defining the route relationship between the sorting station and the delivery-side sorting station and the route information defining the route relationship between the underwriting sorting station and the delivery-side sorting station are stored, and the station identification information is transmitted from the underwriting station or another station. Route specifying means for specifying a transport route from the underwriting station to the delivery station based on the route information using the station specifying information as a key when receiving the delivery date and time or the delivery date and time of the mail including The station time information and the route / flight correspondence information of each station that manages the lower station including the plurality of division stations existing in the area are stored, and the transportation route information including the station identification information from the route identification unit. When received, the postal matter delivery information processing apparatus being characterized in that and a stool specifying means for specifying a transport service on the basis of the station arrival time of the station identification information and the mail piece. 5. The postal delivery information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the postal delivery date and time or the delivery date and time of the underwriting station and the time of delivery of the postal matter by the transportation service of the delivery office specified by the service specifying means. A mail delivery information processing apparatus characterized by adding a number-of-delivery-days calculating means for obtaining a required delivery date of a mail from the following. 6. The postal delivery information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the postal delivery date and time or the delivery date and time of the underwriting station and the delivery time of the postal matter by the delivery service of the delivery station specified by the service specifying means. Means for calculating the number of days required for delivery of mail from the service, transportation route information specified by the route specifying means, station arrival time, departure time, transportation service, and delivery service obtained in the process of the service specifying means A mail delivery information processing apparatus characterized by adding a transportation route table creation output means for creating and outputting a transportation route table using required date and time. 7. Underwriting station-Underwriting section station-Delivery side section station-
A postal delivery information processing apparatus for processing postal delivery information in the process of delivering postal matter to a destination through a transport route of a delivery office, comprising: The route information that defines the route relationship between the sorting station and the delivery-side sorting station, and the route information that defines the route relationship between the underwriting sorting station and the delivery-side sorting station are stored. A route specifying means for specifying a transport route from the underwriting station to the delivery station based on the route information using the station specifying information as a key when receiving the delivery date and time or the delivery date and time of the mail including the predetermined area; The station time information having the station arrival time and the binding time of each station managing the lower station including the plurality of division stations existing in the station and the route / flight correspondence information are stored, and the station identification is performed by the route identification means. Flight specifying means for specifying a transport service using the variable binding time, the station specifying information and the station arrival time of the postal matter while varying the binding time when receiving the transport route information including the report. Means for calculating the number of days required for delivery of mail from the mail acceptance date and time or the sending date and time and the delivery time of mail delivery by the delivery service specified by the service specifying means; and the route specifying means Transport route table creation and output means for creating and outputting a transport route table using the obtained transport route information, the station arrival time, departure time, transport flight, and the required delivery date and time obtained by the process of the flight specifying means; A mail delivery information processing apparatus comprising: 8. A means for specifying a flight between the underwriting division station and the delivery division station, wherein a plurality of types of transport flights exist between the underwriting division station and the delivery division station, and When a plurality of types of transport flights overlap in time, priorities are set in advance for a plurality of types of transport flights, and when the time overlaps, the type of the transport flights is specified according to the priority order. A mail delivery information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7. 9. A means for specifying a transportation service between an underwriting division station and a delivery division station, the method comprising: when a plurality of types of transportation services exist between the underwriting division station and the delivery division station, The mail delivery information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the transportation service is specified in consideration of a load weight of the article.