Global Patent Index - EP 2039437 B1

EP 2039437 B1 20091223 - Method of sorting postal dispatches with RFID envelope

Title (en)

Method of sorting postal dispatches with RFID envelope

Title (de)

Verfahren zur Sortierung von Postsendungen mit RFID-Umschlag

Title (fr)

Procédé de tri d'envois postaux à enveloppe RFID

Publication

EP 2039437 B1 20091223 (FR)

Application

EP 08164668 A 20080919

Priority

FR 0757699 A 20070920

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2039437A1] The method involves mixing special postal items with standard postal items at an inlet (2) of a sorting machine (1), where each special item has a special radio frequency identification (RFID) tag with a unique RFID code (IDc). Each item is displaced before an RFID code detector (4) in the sorting machine. Data indicating a passage date of the item in the machine is stored in an information base (7) of a server (8) in correspondence with the respective code after detecting the code on the item.

IPC 8 full level

B07C 3/18 (2006.01); B65D 27/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B07C 3/18 (2013.01); B65D 27/00 (2013.01); B65D 2203/10 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2039437 A1 20090325; EP 2039437 B1 20091223; AT E452712 T1 20100115; DE 602008000444 D1 20100204; ES 2335824 T3 20100405; FR 2921280 A1 20090327; FR 2921280 B1 20110422

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 08164668 A 20080919; AT 08164668 T 20080919; DE 602008000444 T 20080919; ES 08164668 T 20080919; FR 0757699 A 20070920