KR20100064732A - Apparatus and method for providing postal service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mail service providing device and a method thereof are provided to realize the standardization of address database by storing generated delivery point code in address DB of a customer. CONSTITUTION: An address information extractor unit(110) extracts the routing address information from the address DB(200) of a customer. A hierarchical unit(120) classifies the routing address information according to elements. A delivery point code generator unit(130) gives correspondent codes to elements and generates the delivery point code of the routing address information. The delivery point code generator unit stores the delivery point code in the address database.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing postal service {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING POSTAL SERVICE}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing a postal service.

The present invention is derived from the research conducted as part of the postal technology development project of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and the Ministry of Information and Communication Research and Development. [Task management number: 2006-X-001-03, Task name: Real-time postal logistics element technology development].

With the introduction of a new address marking method, road name address and the development of automatic mail sorting technology, the necessity of managing the address database is increasing.

In general, the user manages his own address database because the user has his own address database. As a result, the mail address notation input at the time of mail reception has been diversified, and automatic mail processing is inefficient.

In order to solve this problem, attempts have been made to standardize the address database managed by each user. In order to standardize the address database, verification of the address database has to be carried out. However, such verification is performed by own manual or individual outsourcing. As it is, it is not done properly.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for providing a postal service capable of realizing standardization of a postal address.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of providing a postal service for standardizing a customer's address database is provided. According to the postal service providing method, extracting shipping address information from the address database of the customer, classifying the extracted shipping address information according to a component, and corresponding to each of the components classifying the shipping address information. Assigning a code to generate a delivery point code for the shipping address information, and storing the generated delivery point code in the address database.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for providing a postal service for standardizing a customer's address database is provided. The postal service providing apparatus includes an address information extracting unit, a layering unit, and a delivery point code generating unit. The address information extracting unit extracts shipping address information from the customer's address database, the layering unit classifies the extracted shipping address information according to a component, and a delivery point code generating unit corresponding to each of the components classifying the shipping address information. The code is assigned to generate a delivery point code for the shipping address information, and the generated delivery point code is stored in the address database.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, even if different users can manage their own standardized address database. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently handle business processes such as service development and automatic mail processing through an address database.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification and claims, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, the terms “… unit”, “… unit”, “module”, “block”, etc. described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. It can be implemented as.

An apparatus and method for providing a postal service according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a postal service providing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a delivery point code of a postal service providing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 3A is a diagram illustrating an example of an item of a component according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of classifying shipping address information according to an element according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a delivery point code corresponding to shipping address information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a postal service providing apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include an address information extractor 110, a layering unit 120, a delivery point code generator 130, and a delivery point barcode output unit 140. It includes.

2, the address information extracting unit 110 extracts the mailing address information of the mail from the customer's address database 200 for sending the mail (S210).

The layering unit 120 classifies and expresses the extracted mailing address information according to the components (S220). The items listed in the components basically follow the configuration scheme used for the standardized notation of the road name address or the street address, and the components used for the standardized notation are as shown in FIG. 3A. "Gun.-gu", "Eup.myeon-dong", "Road-name", "Address", "Building number", "Building characteristics" and "East. Lake" and the like. At this time, "zip code" and "recipient name" are items that can be selectively added to the item of the component by the customer. That is, the layering unit 120 may convert the extracted mailing address information into a form of a street address / road name address and express it in the form of a component. For example, the delivery address information of arbitrary mail may be classified and expressed as shown in FIG. 3B.

The delivery point code generator 130 includes an encoding table 132 in which code information corresponding to each piece of information of a component is stored in a table form. Therefore, the delivery point code generation unit 130 generates a delivery point code for the mailing address information of the mail by assigning a corresponding code according to the components of the mailing address information of the mail classified using the encoding table 132 (S230). ), It is stored in the customer's address database 200 (S240). These delivery point codes are represented by numbers.

At this time, the code corresponding to the administrative area can be generated through the existing statutory building code or the first three digits of the postal code, such as a dispatch number, and the code corresponding to the road name is a road name code system to be presented by the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs or the whole country. Road names can be generated through a system of encoding numerical information according to certain rules. In addition, the code corresponding to the address may be generated through a system of inputting address information or converting into numerical information according to a predetermined rule, and may be generated according to characteristics of major and minor numbers. The code corresponding to the property of the building reflects the building type of the mailing address information of the mail, and the number of the building address of the mailing address information of the mail is assigned to a unique building, such as a single building, an apartment building, or other unique type of residence. As a result, a code corresponding to a building characteristic may be generated. In this case, in the case of a collective building, information about the east and the lake, which is the most detailed address information of the payee, may be represented by a code. For example, the delivery point code corresponding to the mailing address information of the mail expressed as shown in FIG. 3B may appear as shown in FIG. 3C.

In this way, the address database 200 of each customer can be standardized, and thus, a company providing a postal service can improve the efficiency of automatic mail processing through standardization of the address database 200.

In addition, the customer may be provided with a calibration service from a standard delivery point code management company certified to a delivery point code stored in the address database 200 from a postal service provider or an authorized address related agency. That is, the customer having the address database 200 can increase the completeness of the address database 200 by validating the generated delivery point code from a standard delivery point code management company.

In addition, when a part of the address is changed in the address database 200, the customer may change and manage a delivery point code corresponding to the changed address information. Then, not only the new address information but also the validity of the delivery point code can be provided, and the service can be provided so that the mail is generated to the address of the addressee changed by a separate contract with the postal service provider.

2, the delivery point barcode output unit 140 generates and outputs a delivery point barcode corresponding to the delivery point code generated at the request of the customer (S250). At this time, a delivery point barcode for the entire delivery point code may be output, and for example, a delivery point barcode for a postal code may be output. Then, the level of reduction is determined in the mailing process according to the level of the delivery point barcode outputted as described above, so that the mail can be accepted.

An embodiment of the present invention is not implemented only through the above-described apparatus and / or method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing a function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded. Such an implementation can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains based on the description of the above-described embodiments.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for providing a postal service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating a delivery point code of a postal service providing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3A is a view showing an example of an item of a component according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3B is a diagram illustrating an example in which shipping address information is classified according to components according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3C is a diagram illustrating an example of a delivery point code corresponding to shipping address information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (7)

A method of providing a postal service to standardize a customer's address database, Extracting shipping address information from the address database of the customer; Classifying the extracted shipping address information according to a component; Generating a delivery point code for the shipment address information by assigning codes corresponding to the components that classify the shipment address information; and Storing the generated delivery point code in the address database Mail service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, Outputting the delivery point code generated at the request of the customer as a barcode Postal service providing method further comprising. The method of claim 1, And the delivery point code comprises a number. A postal service providing apparatus for standardizing a customer's address database, An address information extraction unit for extracting shipping address information from the address database of the customer; A layering unit for classifying the extracted shipping address information according to a component; and A delivery point code generation unit for generating a delivery point code for the shipment address information by assigning codes corresponding to the components that classify the shipment address information, and storing the generated delivery point code in the address database; Mail service providing apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein The delivery point code generation unit, And a encoding table in which a code according to each piece of information of the component is stored. The method of claim 4, wherein Delivery point barcode output unit for outputting the generated delivery point code in a bar code at the request of the customer Mail service providing apparatus further comprising a. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 6, The component is a postal service providing apparatus including a plurality of items used in the standardized notation of the street name address or street address address and the item representing the building characteristics.

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