WO2007088416A1

WO2007088416A1 - Automatic registered mail service for the “automatic po box system”

Info

Publication number: WO2007088416A1
Application number: PCT/IB2006/001188
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jenaibi Abdulla Hamad Saeed Naser Al
Original assignee: Al Jenaibi Abdulla Hamad Saeed
Priority date: 2006-02-03
Filing date: 2006-02-03
Publication date: 2007-08-09

Abstract

A fully automatic registered mail service prodided for subscribers of a mailpiece processing system includes the sending operation by the sender, the processing operations at both the receiving and sending ends and the retrieval operation by the addressee, thus allowing a subscriber of said system to send and receive registered mail without any assistance from the personnel of the post office. Registered mail is automatically addressed, registered, stamped, gathered and then forwarded in the conventional manner. At the receiving end, the addressee, being a subscriber of said mailpiece processing system, will retrieve his registered mail automatically using his registered mail password. The password will be taken for the addressee's identification and recorded as his signature. In addition, any customer of the post office can send registered mail through said system automaticall too.

Description

Automatic Registered Mail Service

For the "Automatic PO Box System"

Description

The present patent application is complementary to the patent application submitted with "Automatic PO Box System" as the title.

One of the conventional and oldest postal services is "Registered Mail". In the course of the conventional execution of this service the sender of a registered letter goes to the post office with his mail in hand. At the post office he fills a form and submits it to the teller, along with his letter. The teller affixes the same number to the letter and the form stamps them, registers the mail in his records and delivers the stamped form to the sender. The sender pays the service and the operation is completed.

The key issues here are:

The sender must keep official proof of having sent the registered letter.

The sending post office must keep written track of the outgoing registered mail.

The receiving post office must keep written track of the incoming registered mail.

The sender must pay this service.

Outside cases of force majeure, the registered mail must not be lost.

Within legal limits, the subject or contents of registered mail is not under postal responsibility.

At the destination:

The addressee receives a registered mail delivery notification, takes it to the post office and submits it to the teller who locates the mail in his storage system. The addressee shows some identification, the teller verifies it and delivers the registered mail. The addressee signs the delivery register.

The key issues here are: ATPOBOX 3

The key issues here are:

The receiving post office must send a written notification to the addressee.

The addressee must submit proof of notification to the teller.

The addressee must provide proof of his identity.

The delivery operation must be recorded.

The service offered here consists in sending processing and receiving registered mail automatically while taking advantage of the safeguards and security measures already available on the "Automatic PO Box" system. These operations will be monitored and controlled by the central PC of the "Automatic PO Box" system.

Incoming registered mail to the post office will be processed in the same manner as ordinary mail; however it will be stored in specific boxes specially reserved for registered mail.

In the course of their subscription to the "Automatic PO Box" system, the subscribers are submitted with a secret "Registered mail password". This password will be used for the identification of the subscriber when he requests his registered mail. It will also be taken for his signature.

Description of the procedures of the service:

Sending Registered mail:

The sender takes his letter to the AT PO Box Machine and selects "Sending a registered letter". After selecting the size of the envelope which suites his letter, the sender enters his name and address as well as those of the addressee. A preprinted envelope is delivered to the sender who puts his mail in it, seals it and slides it back into the proper slot. A registration number is printed on the envelope. The envelope falls into a box from where it will be collected as outgoing registered mail. All information concerning the operation including name and address of the sender and the addressee as well as the registration number is recorded. After payment of the due amount at the same Automatic PO Box machine the sender is delivered an official receipt. All these operations are not any more complicated than those usually conducted at the Automatic PO Box machine for ordinary mail.

Receiving registered mail: ATPOBOX 3

The addressee receives a notification of incoming registered mail through his AT PO Box. At the AT PO Box Machine the user selects "receiving registered mail". Then he enters the number of the incoming registered mail as printed on the notification. He is then asked to enter his "registered mail password". The registered mail is then delivered by the Automatic PO Box Machine after identification of the password. The operation is recorded and saved by the system.

This procedure allows fully automatic registered mail operations to be conducted automatically without any intervention from the personnel of the post office and in full compliance with conventional postal procedures and regulations.

Claims

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Automatic Registered Mail Service

For the "Automatic PO Box System"

The claim of the present patent application is: A fully automatic registered mail service, for "Automatic PO Box" Subscribers, through the "Automatic PO Box" System, including sending, processing and receiving registered mail, in full compliance with conventional postal procedures and regulations.