Global Patent Index - EP 1495428 A2

EP 1495428 A2 20050112 - METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING BULK MAILINGS

Title (en)

METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING BULK MAILINGS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUM VERTEILEN VON MASSENSENDUNGEN

Title (fr)

PROCEDE POUR DISTRIBUER DES ENVOIS EN NOMBRE

Publication

EP 1495428 A2 20050112 (DE)

Application

EP 03722217 A 20030317

Priority

  • DE 0300852 W 20030317
  • DE 10216336 A 20020413

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO03088073A2] The invention relates to a method for distributing bulk mailings involving the use of postal article processing machines inside of which the postal articles are separated at the beginning of the processing. The inventive method comprises the following steps: supplying the bulk mailing, whereby the individual postal articles (2) are unaddressed, and electronically transmitting the associated destination address data (12) from the sender (1) to the delivery service; comparing the transmitted destination address data (12) with the entries of an updated address database (13) of the delivery service and in the event of a discrepancy, correcting the relevant transmitted destination address data (12), and; associating the transmitted and optionally corrected destination address data to the individual postal articles (2) of this bulk mailing and accordingly applying the corresponding destination addresses, which are provided in a form that can read by the individual, to the postal articles (2) and using the postal article processing machine (6) to process the postal articles in accordance with the destination address data associated with each postal article (2).

IPC 1-7

G06F 17/60

IPC 8 full level

B07C 3/10 (2006.01); B07C 3/18 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B07C 3/10 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 03088073A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 03088073 A2 20031023; WO 03088073 A3 20040212; DE 10216336 A1 20031106; EP 1495428 A2 20050112; JP 2005527355 A 20050915

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 0300852 W 20030317; DE 10216336 A 20020413; EP 03722217 A 20030317; JP 2003584941 A 20030317