Courier articles` e.g. postmarked object, electronic consolidation method for logistic system, involves sending file, consolidated with files for sending articles of senders, to postal administration server to remit articles at goods office

摘要

The method involves creating, for each sender, a file for sending courier articles, and sending it to a central server of a third party organization. The articles are delivered at the issue of a collecting order. The received files of all the senders are consolidated in a single consolidation file. The consolidation file is sent to a postal administration server and the articles are remitted at a goods office of the administration. The file for sending courier articles contains, for each courier article, a single identifying code and an address of a recipient of the article. The collecting order is sent to a courier articles collection service so that a collection agent collects the articles to dispatch near the various senders. Each article is printed with a bar code for facilitating later sorting by the postal administration. An independent claim is also included for a logistics system for transport and follow-up of courier articles between senders and a postal administration charged to deliver the articles to recipients.