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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112792 | Network node and method for providing internet services on internet marketplaces A network node provides an Internet service executed in a server for Internet marketplace users. An outer connector receives a request initiated in a user computer, and transmits to the user computer a result from the provider server. The service is requested via an... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110768 | Method for sorting postal items and data structure for a sorting plan There is provided a method and system for sorting mailpieces in which a mailpiece is diverted into a sorting compartment of a sorting machine as a function of a sorting code associated with the mailpiece, where several sorting code ranges are each associated with a ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8073781 | Method and device for franking postal deliveries A method and device for franking mailpieces. An operating unit, which is separated from a franking unit, transmits a transaction request to an authorization unit. The authorization unit ascertains an authorization of a user of the operating unit on the basis of an a... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8032530 | Method and device for processing relevant data for sorting postal items There is provided a method and system for sorting mailpieces in which data objects that are relevant for the sorting of the mailpieces are processed, and a result of the processing of a data object in a first data processing system is transmitted to a second data pr... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019634 | Method for transporting physical objects, transportation system and transportation means The invention relates to a method for transporting physical objects, wherein at least one physical object is transported from a sending station to a receiving station, wherein the transport occurs through at least one physical router, wherein the physical router exe... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011706 | Suction gripper There is provided a suction gripper. An exemplary suction gripper comprises at least one needle adapted to grip an object. Also provided is a method of gripping an object. An exemplary method of gripping an object comprises gripping the object with a suction gripper... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7960668 | Method and device for sorting postal items A method and device for sorting postal items according to formats, wherein postal items having at least two formats are fed by first conveyor to a sorting location; postal items of a first format are removed from the first conveyor in the area of the sorting locatio... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7913898 | Collecting container, in particular for collecting packages There is provided a collecting container. An exemplary collecting container comprises an insertion opening on the front of the collecting container that is adapted to receive objects. The exemplary collecting container additionally comprises a receiving device arran... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7885903 | Method and device for generation and sale of frankings for sending mail Method for generation and sale of frankings, which can be used for sending mail from a customer to a receiver. The frankings are thus preferably produced on an electronic mailbox, whereby the generation and the printing out can be carried out in a highly personalize... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7813524 | Method for processing mailings comprising wrong recipient addresses A method for processing mailings comprising wrong recipient addresses, according to which the wrong recipient address is determined from a detected copy of a mailing surface. The inventive method is characterized in that a) a code containing data on instructions giv... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7646885 | Method for monitoring prepaid postage indicia on mail The inventive method is characterized in that the prepaid postage indicia are checked to see if they contain a predefined security feature. If they do not, at least one selected read area of the mail is checked to determine whether it contains a predefined graphic r... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7580529 | Method for verifying digital franking notes Digital franking notes generated in customer systems and comprise cryptographic information that is used for verifying the postage indicia in local payment assurance systems. A data key used for generating the postage indicia is generated in a value transfer center ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7529386 | Method and device for monitoring stamps on mail The invention relates to a method for monitoring postage indicia on mail items. According to the invention, graphic information is captured in at least one selected read area of the mail, whereupon the stored graphic information is compared to the graphic representa... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7518509 | Method and device for securing objects A method and a device for securing objects that are present in protected spatial areas, whereby the objects to be secured are provided with an identifier or linked with an identifier and said identifier is detected by a receiving unit when the object to be secured i... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7477132 | Electronic device for packet boxes and related operating method An electronic device for packet boxes includes a processor programmed to assign users to groups of users and a control system capable of managing the possibilities of access to functions of the device on the basis of the user's membership to the user groups. ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7476433 | Docking buffer The invention relates to a docking buffer for attaching to ramps, comprising an elastic damping element (3) that is situated between two U-shaped sections (1; 2) consisting of a hard, shock-proof material. The limbs (4; 5) and (6; 7) of s... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7469789 | Method and device for separating letters Method and device for separating letters by transporting a pile of non-separated and unordered letters by a conveyor band in a continuous flow of essentially non-superposed letters which are largely distributed on said conveyor band. At least one retention plate whi... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7442896 | Method for processing mail A method for processing mail, wherein a plurality of mailing items inserted into insertion places are collected and subsequently transported in a container to postal centers where they are sorted in sorting devices according to postal categories. The invention is ch... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7409062 | Method and device for the generation of checkable forgery-proof documents The invention relates to a method and a device for the generation of checkable forgery-proof documents with an externally supplied cryptographic module, whereby the checking of authenticity of the document is carried out without using key information belonging to th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7348874 | Packet box electronic device and logistic system A device and system include a plurality of electronic boxes for packets, several electronic boxes being assigned to a control unit and a central control unit for monitoring the control units. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7319969 | Method for depositing mail in an electronic locker system and electronic locker system A method for depositing mail by a deliverer of mail in an electronic locker system provided with several lockable compartments. The method is characterized in that a controller of the locker system causes one or several compartments to open in order to deposit mail ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310569 | Method for controlling electronic parcel compartment systems Disclosed herein are a method for controlling electronic parcel compartment systems and an interface for carrying out the method. According to the disclosed method, data for controlling the electronic parcel compartment systems are stored on a server and are convert... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7190256 | Security method for gaining access, access verification device, and elevator The disclosure relates to a security method for gaining access, which allows authorized persons to gain access to a protected area and prevents access by unauthorized persons. The method is characterized in that a number of persons in a verification area are determi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172109 | Shipping box for objects The disclosure relates to a shipping box for objects that makes it possible, as desired, to separate objects to be mailed inside the shipping box without having to turn to additional external separation means. For this purpose, the shipping box includes four side wa... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7151434 | Method and system for data transmission between a package mailbox and at least one central data processing unit in a logistic system A method and system for data transmission between a package mailbox and at least one central data processing unit in a logistic system for the operation of one or more package mailboxes. Events at a package mailbox are evaluated by means of a communication device, w... | 12/19/2006 |
