Method for determining the most economic dispatcher
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for determining the cheapest carrier in a franking system characterized by the steps:Initialization of the franking system with preselection of a group of carriers, from which the desired carrier can subsequently be selected,Processing input on service requirements to the carrier and automatic selection of those carriers of the aforementioned group to carriers that meet the service requirements set,Calculation of the postage due to the weight of the mail or letter and due to current tariffs for selected services,Carrying out comparisons of the postage fee to optimize costs for the narrower automatic selection of the cheapest carrier as wellSettlement of the determined postage fee in the fee memory of the selected carrier.

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| Document | Relation | Office | Category | Cited during | Relevant claims |
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| EP0543395A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | YA | Search report | 1,3,4 |
| EP0649119A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | YA | Search report | 1,3,4 |
| DE3808178A1 | Cites | Germany | AD | Search report | 1-33 |
| US4511793A | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 1-33 |
| US4800506A | Cites | United States of America | AD | Search report | 1-33 |
| US5419440A | Cites | United States of America | A | Search report | 1-33 |
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Priority claims4
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
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| 19617557 | Germany | A | |
| 19617557 | Germany | – | |
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| DE1996117557 | – | – | – |
Members5
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| EP0805422A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| DE19617557A1 | Germany | A1 | |
| US6035291A | United States of America | A | |
| EP0805422A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| US6321214B1 | United States of America | B1 |
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| Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWNSTAA | STAA | |
| First examination report despatched17Q | 17Q | |
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| Designated contracting statesAK | AK | |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 0805422
- Publication, DOCDB
- 0805422
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP0805422
- Application
- 97250135
- Application, DOCDB
- 97250135
- Application, EPODOC
- EP19970250135
Titles3
- German
- Verfahren zur Ermittlung des günstigsten Beförderers
- English
- Method for determining the most economic dispatcher
- French
- Procédé pour déterminer le tranporteur le plus économique
Classification
- CPC, 6
- G07B17/0008
- G07B17/00024
- G07B2017/00032
- G07B2017/0012
- G07B2017/00379
- G07B2017/00491
- IPC, 1
- G07B17 00
Designated states1
- Contracting states, 1
- Liechtenstein