WO2012155495A1

WO2012155495A1 - Computer remotely-controlled parcel posting and delivering method and system

Info

Publication number: WO2012155495A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/083366
Authority: WO
Inventors: 黄能耿; 张炳良
Original assignee: Huang Nenggeng; Zhang Bingliang
Priority date: 2011-05-16
Filing date: 2011-12-02
Publication date: 2012-11-22
Also published as: CN102324115A

Abstract

A computer remotely-controlled parcel posting and delivering method and a system are used for establishing a nationally and globally-networked public service platform for posting, delivering and receiving the parcels. The method comprises steps of posting, delivering and receiving the parcels, and in the process of posting and delivering the parcel, verifying identity of senders and recipients, and receiving the parcels by the recipients, which include a set of object-posting address-naming method, a parcel object-posting label containing identity identification, an object-posting mailbox and an object-posting server, so that the shielding for the personal privacy information of the senders and the recipients is realized, and the generation of malicious parcels and garbage parcels can be avoided. The system is remotely controlled by a computer to carry out identity verification for users, parcels and mailboxes, and to monitor the whole process of posting, delivering and receiving, thereby the parcels are ensured to be accurately and efficiently delivered to the recipients.

Description

Postal mail delivery method and system remotely controlled by computer

The present invention relates to a method for mailing, delivering, and receiving a mail package remotely controlled by a computer. Specifically, the present invention relates to a specially designed mail address and mail label, which can shield the sender and the recipient's individual. Privacy, while avoiding the generation of malicious postal packets, garbage parcels, and a distributed mailbox system and distributed computer system for monitoring the entire process of sending, delivering, and receiving postal parcels.

Background technique

According to the "People's Republic of China Postal Standards Postal Service" (YZ/T 0129-2009), "People's Republic of China Post Industry Standard Express Service" (YZ/T 0128-2007), postal universal service and express delivery services mainly include receiving and receiving , delivery and other service links, which are divided into three methods: window receiving, mail box (box) receiving and door-to-door receiving; delivery methods are divided into address delivery, user collection and other methods of consultation with users. However, the above methods of receiving and delivering have the following deficiencies:

(1) Disclosure of the recipient's personal privacy data: The above-mentioned several delivery methods must provide the recipient's real address, name, phone number and other personal privacy information. This may result in the public disclosure of the recipient's personal privacy data. From the mailing of the mail package to the receipt of the recipient, the whole process is long, the links are numerous, and the personnel facing the complex are complicated, which brings great security risks to the recipient. In addition, the courier frequently visits the door, resulting in a complicated environment, which is easy for the illegal elements to take advantage of. In order to avoid the disclosure of personal privacy information and to block the real address, some customers rent postal mailboxes from postal enterprises.

(2) The identity verification of the sender and the recipient is not perfect: Regardless of the postal universal service or the courier service, the staff member has been asked to inquire and inspect the postal parcel delivered in the receiving and mailing service, but there is no mailing The identity of the person is verified, making it impossible to reverse trace the parcel. When the postal parcel is delivered by address, the courier asks the recipient to sign and receive, but since the conformance of the signer is not verified, the postal delivery error and the complaint of the handover link are caused.

(3) Receiving and receiving must be on duty: In addition to the mail box (box), the window receiving and door-to-door collection must be attended by someone. In most cases, it is not possible to receive the service 24 hours a day.

(4) Dispute of delivery handover, lack of basis for definition of responsibility: Postal universal service and courier service require the courier to send the parcel (excluding the ordinary letter) to the recipient, and ask the recipient to sign the receipt after the face-to-face acceptance; some communities or units, The courier is not allowed to enter and exit at will, and the courier can only send the parcel to the communication room or collect it by the security guard or the guard. Sometimes the recipient can't sign on-site, and after requesting communication with the recipient or sender, entrust others to collect it. The main problem of the above-mentioned delivery handover method is that the delivery person has not verified the identity of the recipient; the second is that the collection and delivery procedures are not perfect, and the responsibility is difficult to define; the third is that the postal enterprise (the express delivery service organization) only has the name and quantity of the internals or The weight is responsible, and the sender is not present at the time of acceptance. The lack of clear definition of responsibility is likely to cause disputes between the sender, the postal enterprise (the courier service organization) and the recipient.

(5) Low delivery efficiency: Postal postal delivery frequency, delivery depth, etc. are specified in the postal universal service and courier service standards. Commitment, but other parcels other than the usual letter need to be handed over in person, so when the recipient is absent, the courier needs to be delivered multiple times. If the recipient address is complicated or the sender fills in an inaccurate one, it is not easy for the courier to find the delivery address. These factors have led to poor delivery efficiency.

The National Standard Residential Letter Box of the People's Republic of China (GB/T 24295-2009) specifies the terms and definitions, classification, marking and structure, size, requirements, test methods, inspection rules, signs, packaging, transportation of residential letter boxes. , storage. The letter box installed in other places can be used for reference. However, the letter box has the following shortcomings:

(1) Limitations of receiving postal parcels: The letter box is mainly for letters, newspapers and prints, and cannot be delivered directly to large-sized parcels. The postal enterprise notifies the user to pick up the postal business premises by sending a parcel notice; the express delivery company directly looks for the person to hand over the parcel at the designated place.

(2) Exclusive design, low usage rate: The letter box is exclusive, and the property department sets a letter box for each user, so the letter box often occupies a large place, and the usage rate is very low.

(3) Anti-spam is not perfect: The delivery page of the ordinary letter box is completely open. Anyone can post letters, newspapers, prints and advertisements, and cannot prevent spam. Although the smart letter box has been improved in this respect, the opening permission of the delivery page door can be set to prevent spam delivery. However, the authority of such a letter box is limited to the letter box in the area, and the mailer to the letter box in another area has to regain the authority, which is not conducive to the delivery of the delivery.

At present, there are a variety of smart lockers on the market. These smart lockers provide network management functions, which can be remotely managed via RS485 or Ethernet and the Internet, including unpacking, remote viewing of unpacking records, and monitoring. . It can identify multiple smart cards, control the unpacking through smart card identification technology, and provide a variety of interfaces to communicate with the outside. However, smart lockers have the following disadvantages:

(1) The essence of the intelligent locker is not the letter box: the smart locker is a facility that provides customers with a temporary storage item, and cannot provide the function of sending, delivering, and receiving the parcel.

(2) Smart lockers are not public service facilities in general: smart lockers are usually open to internal employees or members, and at most open to some members of the public, such as bookstores and supermarkets, which only provide services to customers.

(3) Information cannot be shared, facilities cannot be universal: Information cannot be shared between smart lockers belonging to different organizations, and identity cards such as smart cards cannot be used universally. The lack of uniform standards and the lack of information sharing are important reasons for this phenomenon.

(4) The function of the intelligent locker is limited. It is designed for internal use. Therefore, when it is used inside the organization, its function is very rich, but from the perspective of meeting the needs of public services, its function is very Big limitations. Summary of the invention

Technical issues to be solved:

In order to overcome the shortcomings of the existing mail parcel delivery, delivery, receiving and letter box, the present invention adopts computer network technology and Internet of Things technology, and proposes a method for postal delivery by computer remote control, establishing a national, A globally connected delivery platform for postal delivery, delivery, and reception, enabling reliable and credible connections between senders, delivery agencies, and recipients. The invention creatively proposes the concept of the object-linked mail, proposes a set of mail address naming methods similar to the e-mail address, designs a postal label of the postal parcel containing the identification, thereby perfecting the postal delivery procedure and the definition of responsibility, shielding The personal privacy information of the recipient and the sender avoids the generation of malicious mail and spam, greatly improves the delivery efficiency, and provides a new delivery and delivery method for the postal universal service and the courier service.

The invention uses the method described to design a postal delivery system remotely controlled by a computer, and formulates a detailed implementation manner, including the definition of terminology, the design of the object mail structure, the design and implementation of the smart mailbox, and the remote The design and implementation of a central control system.

Technical solutions:

the term

General terms used in the present invention

Parcel: A tangible object of a certain weight and volume that is sent to the recipient by the sender and is a general term for the letter and package.

Mailbox (mai l box): A box with a certain volume for temporarily storing postal parcels. Similar to a residential letter box, but with a wider range of applications.

Mail (mai l): In the present invention, a mail is an abstract concept including contents such as a postal parcel, a mail box, a delivery process, and the like, and thus its meaning is somewhat different from the meaning of a normal mail. The mail of usual meaning is used in the present invention. The word postal packet is used to indicate.

Del ivery organization: For convenience, the present invention uses a delivery agency to represent a postal enterprise, various courier service organizations, and a logistics service organization.

Special terms defined by the present invention

ITS (things mai l, abbreviated as tmai l, referred to as postal mail): A postal delivery system remotely controlled by a computer based on the postal delivery and delivery service provided by the delivery agency. It is the Internet of Things. The application of technology in postal delivery is therefore called IOT mail.

"Things mai l system" (TMS): It is the extension of the concept of IOT mail, the delivery organization and its service personnel on which IOT mail depends, the users who use IOT mail, the management personnel of IOT mail, It consists of the equipment and facilities that make up the mail, and the software that implements the mail function of the Internet. The Internet mail system not only contains the technology related to the mail, but also the management, system and legal aspects related to the mail.

Tmai l address: The email address. The physical mail address is a globally unique logical string that identifies the user's identity. It also contains the user's authentication information, delivery address information, identity authentication information, and personal information. Tmai l server: The remote central control server is used to manage and control the mailing system. It communicates with the smart mailbox through the Internet and controls the opening of the mailbox door lock in the smart mailbox. It also provides a website interface. It allows users to manage and query information such as postal parcels, as well as to exchange information with other postal servers.

Tmai l box (abbreviated as tbox): smart mailbox. It is a physical container for temporary postal parcels, which is divided into three levels: logical post box, postal unit, and postal unit.

Tmai l case: referred to as the mail box. It is a box with a certain volume for temporary storage of postal parcels. Each mail box has an electric lock cabinet lock.

Tmai l unit: A collection of mail boxes or a plurality of physically connected or adjacent mail boxes. Each physical mail unit has a smart terminal connected to the physical mail server via the Internet, so each mail unit must have a fixed or dynamic IP address. The postal unit is the basic unit of postal management and control, reflecting the function of the smart mailbox.

Tmai l zone: A logical collection of postal units or multiple physical units with similar geographic locations (eg within 200 meters). The postal community has a block address that can be accurately located, geolocation, and a local name that is convenient for the recipient to use. The postal community is the basic unit for postal delivery.

Tmai l label (abbreviated as tlabel): The postal delivery label. The physical label is the identity of the parcel. It contains the identity information of the parcel, the delivery information of the parcel, the content information of the parcel, and the time information of the parcel. Posts with legal postage labels can be delivered through the IoT mail system. The postal label must be created and issued by the recipient to avoid the creation of malicious postal parcels and spam parcels.

Tmai l system: This is a relatively narrow concept, which refers to the system consisting of physical mail address, physical mail server, physical mail label, and physical mail mailbox.

The design of the postal address:

Definition of postal address

The physical mail address is a globally unique logical string that identifies the user's identity. It also contains the user's identity verification information, delivery address information, identity authentication information, and personal information.

The format and requirements of the postal address

The naming convention of the physical mail address refers to the naming convention of the email address, and the format is "user name #DNS domain name", where the user name is composed of letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores, and the total length is no more than 64 characters.

In the physical mail address, #读作 in, contains the meaning of "within".

The physical and postal address is based on the real name system, and the user must review the real name system when applying for the postal address. A user can apply for and have multiple email addresses, but usually a single email address will satisfy all needs.

Content of the postal address

The postal address contains four pieces of information: (1) Authentication information: Authentication is usually in the form of an account + password. In the IoT email, the account number and the physical mail address are equivalent.

Reference mail address (required): A globally unique string of the form "username #DNS domain name". The smart card, the mobile phone QR code, etc. can be used as a carrier when implemented, and are read in the smart terminal of the mail unit when in use.

Query password (required): The password used by the user to log in on the web and mobile website.

Access code (required): The password used by the user to log in on the smart terminal of the mail unit.

Fingerprint identification information (optional): If fingerprint recognition is used, fingerprint data needs to be collected and archived in advance.

(2) Delivery address information: This is the part that reflects the function of the physical mail address.

Participate in the postal mailing area (required): The code of the postal cell bound to the postal address. A physical mail address can be bound to one or more (the best maximum is 3). The physical mailing area has the same effect and equal status. The delivery staff can deliver the parcel to any of the physical mailing areas. Therefore they should be located near the recipient. When the usage rate of the postal mailbox is relatively high or particularly high, often causing delivery failure, setting a plurality of postal communities can improve delivery efficiency. If the delivery physical mailing area is not specified, the user may not issue the physical mailing label. The user can change the bound basic delivery physical mailing area when needed, thereby realizing the need to change the delivery destination when changing the address or traveling. Such examples include (1) original delivery to the postal area near the residential area, and later want to be delivered to the postal area near the workplace; (2) temporary or long-term delivery to other things due to business trips, going abroad, etc. The postal community, and entrust others to collect.

Refer to the forwarding address (optional): Forward all parcels to another e-mail address, which can be a different postal address of the same user, or a different user's postal address. In the latter case, The postal label is issued by the forwarded user. After forwarding, the postal packet will be delivered to the delivery destination of the forwarded recipient, and the delivery right of the parcel has been transferred, ie the original recipient is not entitled to receive the parcel, and only the forwarded recipient can receive the parcel, delivery The notification is only sent to the mobile number of the recipient being forwarded. When there is a forwarding physical mail address, the aforementioned delivery physical mail option will be overwritten.

Participate in the recipient (optional): The user can specify the address of one or more of the delegate recipients, and the recipient will pick it up. After setting the entrusted receipt, the parcel's receiving right remains with the original recipient. That is, the original recipient and all the delegated recipients can receive the parcel, and the delivery notification is only sent to the original recipient's mobile number.

(3) Identity authentication information: Since the physical mail address is a real name system, relatively complete identity authentication information is required. Refer to the real name (required): The user's real name.

Type of documents (required): ID cards, passports, military officers, etc., ID documents used in the real-name system review. When implementing, you need to specify the type of approved ID according to your needs.

ID number (required): The ID number corresponding to the above documents. When a user applies for a physical address, such certification information must be provided for review. Participate in the mobile phone number (required): Since the current mobile phone implements the real name system, the mobile phone number can be handled as identity authentication information. When the parcel post is delivered to the physical mailing area, the postal mail server will send a short message to the mobile phone number. This number is also required when applying for a postal address and when recovering the password. When an abnormal situation occurs, you need to contact the user through this route.

(4) Personal information: Generally used for contact, the following are examples of some personal information.

See email address (optional): Contact.

Refer to the alternate contact number (optional): Contact, usually a fixed telephone number. Used when the phone number contact fails.

Reference communication address (optional): For contact, when an abnormal situation occurs, you may need to contact the user through this route, either the user's address or the user's communication address.

Participate in other personal information.

The mapping between the physical mail address and the delivery physical mailing area proposed by the invention provides an implementation mechanism for the flexible and efficient delivery of the mail package. The forwarding address address and the proxy recipient set by the present invention provide the user with flexible routing of the postal packet. Provides a mechanism for implementation. This is one of the key technical features of the present invention.

The physical mail address proposed by the present invention will ensure that all of the above identity authentication information and personal information will not appear on the physical mail label (unless otherwise required by law), thereby fundamentally protecting the user's private information. This is also one of the key technical features of the present invention.

The role of the physical mail address

(1) Verify the identity of the user

A physical mail address is defined as a globally unique logical string that identifies a user's identity, so its role is to verify the identity of the user.

When the user requests authentication, the physical mail address needs to be presented, and the password is provided, and the identity server verifies the identity. Where authentication is required: Log in to the web or mobile website of the mail server, send or receive in front of the mail unit.

If the identity is verified when logging in to the website interface of the mail server, it is implemented by inputting the mail address, password, and verification code. If the identity is verified on the smart terminal of the mail unit, a machine-readable physical mail address (for example, a smart card, a mobile phone QR code, a printed barcode or a two-dimensional code as a carrier address), and a password are required. To achieve, optionally, an ID card or a fingerprint may also be required for identity verification, and the mail unit should be equipped with an ID card reader or a fingerprint reader.

(2) Identify the logical address of the recipient of the parcel post

Under normal circumstances, only the recipient's physical mail address is required, and the parcel post can be delivered to the delivery destination mailing area designated by the recipient, so the physical mail address identifies the recipient's logical address, and the receiving address is also blocked. Personal personal information. Since the recipient can easily change the delivery physical mailing area when needed, after the address of the recipient changes, there is no need to change or re-apply the physical mail address. Therefore, the physical mail address can be regarded as a permanent logical address. .

(3) Identify the logical address of the sender of the parcel post

For the same reason, the physical mail address can accurately identify the sender, and when it is necessary to return the mail package, the mail package can be delivered to the mailing area designated by the sender, and the source of the mail package can be traced when needed.

(4) Identify the identity of service personnel and management personnel such as delivery agencies and couriers

The present invention adopts a consistent manner to identify the identity of service personnel and management personnel such as delivery agencies and couriers, and verifies the identity of various institutions and personnel through consistent identity verification techniques and procedures.

Material label design

The meaning of the postal label

The physical label is the identity of the parcel, which contains the identity information of the parcel, the delivery information of the parcel, the content information of the parcel, and the time information of the parcel. A parcel with a legal postal label can be delivered via the IoT mail system. The postal label must be created and signed by the recipient to avoid malicious postal parcels and spam parcels.

Content of the postal label

The postal label contains four aspects:

(1) Identity information of the parcel: Identify the identity of the parcel and the legality of the parcel.

Reference Package ID: Each package must have a globally unique identifier, the UUID code.

Authorization ID: A unique ID created by the recipient and bound to the sender's postal address. The authorization ID reflects the recipient's consent to receive the sender's sent mail package. This is the number of times the authorization ID is available. Each use, the number of available times is reduced by 1. When the available number is equal to 0, the recipient is no longer Agree to receive the sender to send the parcel. The recipient can modify the number of available times at any time to enable or prohibit the sender from sending the parcel.

(2) Delivery information of postal parcels

The recipient's physical mail address: The recipient's physical mail address, because it was created by the recipient, it is not possible to be empty.

The sender's mail address: Can't be empty. When the sender cannot be identified, you can fill in the recipient's mail address, which means you send it to yourself.

Participating agency email address: It is used to designate the delivery agency. The email will be delivered by the designated delivery agency. The delivery agency can entrust other delivery agencies to deliver according to its own situation. The delivery agency can be specified by the recipient or by the sender. When it is empty, it means that the parcel will be delivered in the recipient's physical mailing area and then directly collected by the recipient without the participation of the delivery agency.

Refer to the basic delivery address: that is, the basic delivery physical mailing area bound by the recipient in its physical mail address, including the code and block address of the physical mailing area, which is used for identification when the delivery person delivers. The alternative delivery address: that is, the alternate delivery physical mailing area bound by the recipient in its physical mail address, including the code and block address of the physical mailing area, if present, can be selected from the basic and alternative when the delivery person delivers Choose one of the addresses for delivery.

Participation in the postal community: Set the postal address for the postal package separately

Refer to the forwarding address: Set the forwarding address of the forwarding recipient separately for the parcel. In this case, the forwarding label must be forwarded by the user.

Delegate Recipient: Specify the physical address of one or more delegate recipients separately for the parcel.

Participation inspection video file: The path and file name where the video file is saved.

(3) Content information of the parcel: This part is the same as or similar to the content of the regular label.

Reference: List of contents of the parcel.

Weight: Uniformly expressed in grams to avoid the use of decimal fields.

Reference size: length X width X height, expressed in millimeters.

• Type of bribe: A0, Al, A2, A3, A4, A5, etc.

Amount: The estimated amount of the contents of the parcel.

Amount of insured price: The amount the user insured for the parcel.

Participation in transportation requirements: fragile, expedited, etc.

Information to be added to the recipient: The recipient's notice to the sender or the delivery agency.

Information to be sent to the sender: The sender informs the recipient or the delivery agency of the precautions.

(4) Time information of postal parcel: The IOT mail system can accurately record the time when each event occurs.

Create time: The time the recipient created the postal label.

Print time: The time the sender printed the postal label.

Time of participation: The time the sender sent the parcel.

Time of receipt and delivery: The time when the courier receives the postal parcel at the receiving and receiving unit.

Participation time: The time when the delivery person delivers the parcel at the delivery unit.

Participation time: The time the recipient received the parcel out of the box.

The inspection start time: The time when the recipient starts inspection, and the camera starts.

End of inspection inspection time: The time when the recipient ends the inspection, and the camera ends.

Since the recipient can dynamically change the content of each information bound to the physical mail address, such as the basic delivery physical mailing area, all the information bound to the recipient's mail address means that the physical mail label is tied at the moment of printing. The data to be bound, the data bound before or after printing will be ignored.

The recipient can bind the basic or alternative delivery postal area on their physical mail address, set the forwarding, or On the postal label, specify the delivery of the postal area, set the forwarding. If multiple addresses are specified at the same time, their priorities are defined from high to low as follows.

The forwarding address set by the physical label

Delivery postal designated area

Forwarding address bound to the physical mail address

The basic and alternative delivery physical area designated by the physical mail address (same basic and alternate priority). The recipient can specify one or more delegate recipients on their physical mail address, or on the physical mail label. Specify one or more delegate recipients. If delegated recipients are specified on both the physical mailing address and the physical mailing label, their priorities are defined as follows (multiple delegate recipients on the same level have the same priority as the original recipient).

Delegate recipient specified by the physical label

Delegate recipient specified by the physical mail address

With the use of delegate recipients and designated delivery entities, there are a number of requirements that can be flexibly implemented:

(1) Delivery to the door: The user can entrust the mailbox caretaker (usually the community security, the property company representative, etc.) to collect and send it to the door of the house, and the person trusted by the recipient, instead of the delivery person, delivers it to the door of the house, which is safe. Sexual requirements meet the requirements of convenience.

(2) Gifts: Set up a postal parcel for a postal parcel, and then entrust the receipt to provide a gift.

The role of the postal label

(1) Identify the identity of the parcel

The parcel ID identifies the identity of the parcel, the authorization ID identifies the legitimacy of the parcel, and the authorization ID is used to prevent malicious parcels and spam parcels from being arbitrarily delivered to the recipient's mailbox.

(2) Marking delivery address: The parcel must have an accurate delivery address. This is generated by the physical mail server according to the information specified by the recipient when the physical mail label is printed, and the recipient's wishes are transmitted. Therefore, the parcel will not be returned because the address is unknown.

(3) Identification of the sender and the recipient: The sender and the recipient are identified by the physical mail address, which is accurate and traceable.

(4) Designated delivery agency: The user has the right to choose the delivery agency.

(5) Recording the information of the parcel: Record the contents, dimensions, weight, amount, time of each event, etc. of the parcel.

The form of the postal label

There are three forms as follows (1) Human readable form: Printed on paper or other media and then affixed to a parcel for identification by the sender, courier and recipient.

(2) Machine-readable form: It exists in the form of bar code, QR code or RFID, which can be recognized by the scanner on the intelligent terminal or by the scanner of the delivery mechanism.

(3) The form saved in the database: Some data exists only in the database, not printed, and does not exist in the machine-readable form, such as the time when various events occur.

Design of the postal mailbox

Email address

The address of the physical mail mailbox refers to the address of the physical mailing area. Since the physical mailing area is the basic delivery unit, it must have an address that can be accurately understood. There are three kinds of such addresses, as described below.

Address of the neighborhood: It is a traditional address, such as "South Gate of Golden Flower Garden, No. 168 Taihu Avenue, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province".

Geolocation: The latitude and longitude of the WGS84 Datum coordinate system is used. The examples are as follows:

31. 543764N120. 259399E, 6 digits after the decimal point, with such geographical coordinates, you can locate them on the electronic map or find them on the electronic map.

Local name: Each physical mailing area also has a local name that the locals are accustomed to. Usually it is unique within the same or adjacent postal code area, such as "Golden Garden South Gate".

The design of the postal mailbox code

The physical mail mailbox is divided into three levels: the physical mail box (mail box), the postal unit, and the postal unit. The coding design is as follows.

(1) Code of the physical and postal area

Each physical mailing area must have a unique code in the format @CCzzzzzz-ddd#tbox. example , which contains 5 parts of information: the symbol @ indicates the postal mailbox, the CC indicates the 2-letter country code, and the zzzzzz indicates the 3-6 digits. Zip code, ddd indicates a 2-5 digit serial number, and tbox. example indicates the domain name of the email mailbox owner. The maximum length is 60 bytes.

(2) Coding of the postal unit

In a physical mailing area, each postal unit has a code. The code length is one digit, represented by an uppercase Roman alphabet or a number, and the code starts with the letter A, so there can be up to 36 cells in a cell. If a physical mailing unit has more than 36 postal units, it can only be divided into 2 physical mailing units. Therefore, it is necessary to apply for another physical and postal community number and arrange the distribution of the physical mail unit between the two physical mailing units. .

(3) The code of the mail box

In a postal unit, each postbox has a number, usually top-down, encoded from left to right. The number is indicated by 2 alphanumeric characters and the code starts from 1. For example, the first number or letter indicates a line, and the second number or letter indicates a column. Therefore, in a unit, there can be up to 36 X 36 mail boxes.

(4) Fully qualified code and local identification of the post box

The Qualified Tbox code (QTBC) of a mail box consists of the code of the physical mailing unit, the postal unit and the postal box. The format is Ubb@CCzzzzzz-ddd#tbox. example, where U is the postal code. The coding of the unit, bb is the code of the mail box, and @ is the code of the postal cell. The maximum length is 64 bytes.

The local ID of a mail box consists of the local name of the postal community, the code unit and the postal box. The format is "Ubb@local name". When the postal server sends a postal delivery notice to the receiving When you are a person, you usually use a local ID to tell the user where the postal packet is placed.

Therefore, the local logo of a mailbox may be "A23@金花园南门", and the fully qualified code may be "A23@CN214073-05#tbox. example 'Ό and the block address of the postal community where it is located is "Wuxi, Jiangsu Province" The South Gate of Golden Garden, No. 168, Taihu Avenue, the geographical location is 31. 543764N120. 259399Ε.

Type of postal mail

According to the application scope of the physical mail mailbox, the physical mail mailbox can be divided into two types: public and private.

(1) Publ ic tmai l zone: A postal community that provides services to the public. The postal box of the public postal area should be open to the users.

(2) Private tmai l zone: A physical and residential area that provides services to individuals or internal groups. For example, a postal box built by a resident living in a suburb can form a small physical mailing area even if it is a mail box. Another example is the postal community built by the company or the unit, which only serves the employees of the company or the unit.

The role of the postal mailbox

(1) The postal parcel sent by the sender: The sender goes to a postal community, after the identity verification on the postal unit, the postal parcel to be delivered is stored in an empty postal box. The mail server saves the information of the postal parcel in the server's database. The delivery agency regularly inquires the delivery information on the physical mail server, and sends a delivery person to the physical mailing area according to the result of the inquiry. After the identity verification, the postal package temporarily stored in the mail box is taken out.

(2) Temporary postal delivery to the recipient: The postman of the authorized delivery agency deposits the parcel sent to the recipient to a postal box in the recipient's designated postal area (the same is required for the courier) Verification), at the same time, the sender and the mail server send a short message to inform the recipient, to inform the recipient of the delivery time of the postal parcel and the specific postal unit and postal box. Then the recipient goes to the physical mailing area at an appropriate time to perform identity verification on the mailing unit that stores the recipient's postal parcel, and the mail box storing the recipient's postal parcel will be automatically opened, and the recipient takes out the parcel post. .

(3) Recipient's inspection and evidence collection: After the recipient has taken out the parcel, he/she may request to open the parcel for inspection and evidence collection within a specified time (for example, 5 minutes). At this time, the recipient checks the integrity of the parcel under the camera in front of the post unit, and opens the parcel to present the contents of the parcel and the integrity of the item. The entire process is recorded by the postal unit and archived. When a dispute arises, the recipient can apply to access the video recording as a physical evidence for resolving the dispute. (4) The postal mail box can also be used as a locker for the user to temporarily store items, such as at a supermarket, an airport, a train station, and the like. At this point, the sender and the recipient are the same person, so the parcel can be packaged and affixed with the postal label, but it must also be authenticated when it is deposited and removed.

When depositing a parcel and removing a parcel, the person (sender, recipient, and courier) must be authenticated, and the parcel must be authenticated, that is, the parcel must be legally valid. Material and mail label (except for self-storage).

Design of the postal server

Functional design of the physical mail server

(1) Data storage: The data of the entire IOT mail system is stored. When implementing, it is necessary to pay special attention to the security of the data to prevent accidental loss.

(2) Remote control mail e-mail: According to the information submitted by the e-mail, verify the identity of the sender, the recipient, the courier, and remotely control the opening of the post box lock.

(3) User interface: Provide a web interface for senders, delivery agencies, and recipients, and provide functions such as managing postal labels, inquiring postal parcel information, and managing postal address books. It also provides a client interface for the delivery agency or senders who frequently send mail, to handle the postal and mail business in a more convenient way.

(4) Management of the postal and mail mailbox: Provide a web interface for the management personnel and maintenance personnel of the postal mail, including the registration and coding of the postal e-mail, as well as the daily management and maintenance records of the postal e-mail.

(5) Management of the delivery process: Provide a web interface for the management staff and courier of the delivery organization. The functions include email inquiry, postal packet inquiry, and email reservation.

(6) Exchange information with the delivery agency: Includes two functions, exporting postal packet information, and importing postal packet information.

(7) Exchange information with other physical mail servers: The functions include cross-validation of senders, recipients, and couriers, which are key functions for realizing the interconnection of the IoT mail system.

Design of the interconnection of the Internet of Things

When the IoT mail market matures, the physical and postal servers are not independent. The postal and mail servers of various postal and postal operators need to cooperate and interconnect, thus forming a national or global IOT mail system. The specific performance is as follows.

(1) Security: IOT mail is a real-name security system. Users of IOT mail are authenticated and verified by the mail server. Users and mail mailboxes need to verify the mail server before accessing the mail server. Identity, and the mail server also needs to verify the identity of other mail servers. The identity authentication of the physical mail server needs to be implemented through a public key infrastructure (PKI), so all physical mail servers must have an identity card (digital certificate) in the sense of a PKI.

(2) Interoperability: The postal mailbox should be open to the public, and is not restricted to the owner or postal mail server of the postal mail. The e-mail user can roam between different e-mails, and the courier can also use it. Owned by different institutions For the postal mailbox, the recipient should be able to send a postal label to the sender on the other postal server, thus enabling postal delivery via the postal mail server. Therefore, information exchange between different mail servers is required, and the most important embodiment is the cross-validation of senders, recipients, and couriers.

Beneficial effect

(1) It can realize the national and global networked IOT mail system. As long as the user has a physical mail address, you can use any postal mail address and any postal mail at any time, anywhere. The postal and postal users of the operator carry out the delivery and reception of the parcel without any influence.

(2) Both physical and postal users need real-name certification. The whole process of mailing, delivery and receiving is verified. The handover procedures are clear and measurable, and can be traced back to help prevent the sending of malicious postal parcels and garbage parcels.

(3) The postal mail system serves as a third-party handover platform for the transfer and storage of postal parcels and the delivery of information such as information and video materials to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the sender, the delivery agency and the recipient. Video collection can be carried out at the time of receipt to provide evidence for disputed arbitration.

(4) The postal label is created and issued by the recipient to ensure that each parcel can be accurately delivered, and at the same time, the spam is basically eliminated.

(5) The naming mechanism of the physical mail address shields the sender, the recipient's real name, the real address and other information, and protects the user's personal privacy.

(6) The address of the postal address of the postal address is correct, the address is accurate, the delivery person can easily find the delivery address, and the delivery address cannot be found.

(7) Efficient and fast, the mail mailbox is unattended and works around the clock. The parcel can be delivered in one delivery, improving delivery efficiency. Once the postal parcel is delivered, the system will notify the recipient by SMS to receive it in time. Users can also log in to the website to check and track the status of the postal package.

(8) The physical mail mailbox is shared by multiple users, and it is not necessary to set a separate mailbox for each user. The postal mailbox has a variety of specifications to meet the storage of a variety of postal parcels.

(9) It is possible to achieve cross-regional delivery by resetting the address of the postal address of the postal address, which is very suitable for mobile personnel.

(10) It can be forwarded by physical mail address, and the postal parcel sent to one physical mail address can be forwarded to another physical mail address, making the IOT mail system more flexible and convenient. An example of a forwarded parcel application is shopping for relatives far away in the field.

(11) Entrusting others to collect e-mails by way of the client's receipt, which is a very good complement to the need to solve some users' desire to deliver to their homes. At this time, the user can entrust the mailbox caretaker (usually the community security, the property company representative, etc.) to collect and send it to the door of the house, and the person trusted by the recipient, instead of the delivery person, delivers it to the door of the house, that is, the safety requirement is met, and the satisfaction is met. The convenience of the request.

(12) The postal mailbox can also be used as a temporary locker for users in public places (airports, train stations, bus stations, Supermarkets, etc.) can provide luggage storage services for travellers. That is to say, the lockers currently existing in public places may also be transformed into physical mail mailboxes, thereby improving utilization and reducing costs.

DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is a schematic block diagram of the method of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a representation of the physical mail address;

Figure 3 is an embodiment of a physical mailing label;

Figure 4 is a schematic block diagram of the system of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a flow chart of the use of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a flow chart of the receipt of the use of the present invention.

detailed description

The invention discloses a postal delivery method remotely controlled by a computer as shown in Fig. 1, which is used for establishing a public service platform for sending, delivering and receiving postal parcels nationwide and globally. The core of the method includes a set of mail address naming methods, a postal label with identity identification, and a method of encoding the mail mailbox.

The following is a detailed description of the key technical features in the physical mail address, the physical mail label, the physical mail mailbox, and the physical mail server.

Implementation of the physical mail address

The physical mail address is a logical string, and the information bound to the physical mail address is stored in the database of the physical mail server. However, the user should have a physical object that stores the string for use when the mail unit is logged in.

The physical mail address may exist in printed barcode or 2D dimensional code, or may exist in electronic form, and thus may be stored on a variety of media, including but not limited to: mobile phone 2D code, ordinary card, printed on paper On, smart card, RFID tag, Bluetooth communication, etc.

Figure 2 is an embodiment showing a physical mail address presented in the form of a regular card.

Implementation of the physical label

The physical mailing label of Fig. 3 is an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the physical mailing label contains the following information:

(1) Human readable information:

Contains 12 items of information: parcel code, authorization code, size, weight, mailbox type, recipient mail address, mailing address, delivery address, delivery agency, postal packet content, notes, and print time.

(2) Machine readable information:

There is only one message: the parcel code, because this code allows you to query all the details from the postal server.

This embodiment is printed on paper, and the machine-readable information is a common barcode. In actual use, you can select different media (such as RFID) or code (such as QR code) according to your needs. Implementation of the postal mailbox

As shown in FIG. 4, the mail mailbox of the present invention is composed of two parts: a mail mailbox box and a smart terminal.

Implementation of the mail mailbox box

The box of the mail mailbox of the present invention can be made of any material, but needs to be safe and reliable, including electrical safety, fire safety, anti-theft security, and load-bearing safety.

The door lock of the mail box is locked by an electric control cabinet. A detector is arranged in the mail box, such as a photodetector, to detect whether a mail parcel is stored in the mail box.

The size of the mail box needs a standard for the public to choose. The invention uses a mail box with a depth of 580mm or 400mm. According to the actual situation, the front module is 320 X 240. The size of the mail box is larger than the A4 size. Slightly larger, hence the names A4 and B4, where A indicates a depth of 580 mm and B indicates a depth of 400 mm.

In order to suit different sizes of postal parcels, the specifications of the postal box can be reduced or enlarged by multiples of the modulo size, so there are A0-A5 B0-B5 sizes, etc., which are slightly larger than the corresponding A0-A5 paper. In addition, it is also suitable for long postal parcels. It also has a long post box, and its specification name is added! ^. Various specifications are shown in Table 1.

It can be arranged according to the actual user needs under different installation conditions. For example, in the school, more A4 and A3 mail boxes can be arranged, and in the railway station, etc., more A2 or even A1 specifications need to be arranged. Mail box.

Intelligent terminal implementation

The intelligent terminal can be implemented by a single chip microcomputer or an industrial grade computer. The invention adopts an industrial tablet computer as an embodiment. Explain the implementation of the intelligent terminal.

Industrial-grade tablet PCs generally use ARM series CPU, built-in touch screen display, integrated Ethernet interface, serial port, SD/MMC interface, USB interface and universal input/output port (GPI0), CAN intelligent interface board, etc., support Linux And Windows CE operating system.

The invention adopts the industrial grade tablet computer configured as above, and the electric control cabinet lock and the photodetector of each mail box are connected with the tablet computer, and are controlled by the software system of the tablet computer. And add the external equipment as described in Table 2.

Table 2 Peripheral configuration of the intelligent terminal

In addition, other external devices such as an ID card reader, an RFID card reader, a fingerprint reader, a weight sensor, etc. can be added as needed.

Postal and mail server implementation

The physical mail server consists of one or more servers, and its software consists of a database management system, a Web site and a mobile Web site, and a component that provides communication with the physical mail and other postal services.

One embodiment of the present invention is as follows.

(1) Implementation of data storage

Use a separate server and use the relational database management system MySQL. In order to ensure data security, you need to set up remote backup and establish hot standby.

(2) Implementation of the website of the postal service

The invention realizes two kinds of interfaces: a web website interface and a mobile website interface, which are implemented by a Java-based Struts2 + iBatis + Spring technology. The functions implemented include.

Participate in the user interface: Provide the web interface provided by the sender and the recipient, and provide functions such as managing the postal label, inquiring the parcel post information, and managing the postal address book.

Management of the E-mail and E-mail: The web interface provided by the management personnel and maintenance personnel of the e-mail, including the registration and coding of the postal e-mail, as well as the daily management and maintenance records of the e-mail.

Management of the delivery process: The web interface provided to the management staff and courier of the delivery company, including Mailbox inquiry, parcel inquiry, email reservation, etc.

(3) Implementation of the communication function of the physical mail server

Participate in remote control email: According to the information submitted by the email, verify the identity of the sender, recipient, and courier, and remotely control the opening of the mailbox lock. When the user is a user of another physical mail server, the physical mail server will initiate an agent mechanism to make an authentication request to other physical mail servers. This embodiment is implemented by designing an application layer protocol at the application layer of TCP/IP. Therefore, it is possible to establish a globally connected Internet mail system.

Participate in the exchange of information between other physical mail servers: Information exchange between the physical mail servers, such as cross-validation of users between different physical mail servers, the recipient sends a physical mail label to the mail on another mail server people. This embodiment is implemented by designing an application layer protocol in the application layer of TCP/IP. Therefore, a globally connected Internet mail system can be established.

Participating in the delivery of information by the delivery agency: Features include exporting postal packet information and importing postal parcel information. The implementation of this embodiment is to formulate one or more information exchange formats and implement them by using Web Service technology.

Communication between the physical mail mailbox and the physical mail server: The physical mail mailbox also needs to exchange information with the physical mail server, for example, every time the user identity is verified or the physical mail label on the mail parcel is verified.

The implementation of the physical mail server can also adopt other technologies. For example, the database can use Oracle, the web website interface and the mobile website interface can be implemented by using ASP or PHP technology, and the mail server communication function can also be implemented by using Web Service technology.

Several embodiments

User authentication embodiment

Before the sender delivers the postal packet, the courier must pass the authentication before the postal packet is delivered, and the recipient must pass the authentication before receiving the parcel. One embodiment of the present invention uses the mobile phone QR code + password to verify the identity of the user, and the verification process As follows: Before participating in the smart terminal, select the required operations, such as querying parcels, receiving parcels, delivering postal parcels, delivering postal parcels, etc.

The smart terminal prompts to present the mobile phone QR code. At this time, the user scans the two-dimensional code picture on the mobile phone in front of the two-dimensional code scanner of the smart terminal.

After the smart terminal recognizes the two-dimensional code, the user is prompted to enter a password.

The smart terminal transmits the user's mail address and the entered password information contained in the two-dimensional code to the physical mail server, and the physical mail server and the pre-stored data in the database are compared and verified, and the verification success information is returned to the smart terminal.

Handling postal parcels

The sender first fills in the information about the postal packet, such as weight, size and amount, according to the postal label issued by the recipient on the web or mobile website of the physical mail server. The system will automatically fill in the relevant information, for example according to The pricing standard of the delivery agency calculates the postage for the postal parcel. Then pack the parcel properly. Before the sender goes to any postal unit in any postal community, after being authenticated on the smart terminal, the postal label is printed on the smart terminal and pasted onto the packaged parcel, and then by the smart terminal. The machine-readable device on the machine reads the postal label on the parcel, and the smart terminal sends the read parcel ID to the postal server for identity verification. After verification, an idle postal box in the postal unit will Open automatically, the sender can save the parcel.

After receiving the postal parcel, the postal unit will automatically notify the postal and mail server, and the postal and mail server will send the information to the delivery agency. The delivery agency will send the courier to remove the parcel and enter the delivery and delivery procedures of the delivery agency.

The precautions when handing over are:

Any user who has the identity of a postal mail can deliver the parcel, and the surrender must be authenticated in order to trace the parcel.

The postage of the parcels sent by the courier has been paid in advance by the sender (such as online banking, Alipay, etc.) or after payment with the delivery agency and the postal operator.

Any legal postal parcel can be submitted in any postal mail address, provided that: (1) If there is a postal address of the delivery agency on the physical mailing label, it will be taken out by the delivery agency and delivered to the recipient's designated object. (2) Direct delivery to the designated postal area of the recipient, regardless of whether the postal label has the postal address of the delivery agency, then the recipient will receive the parcel directly.

The sender can also make an appointment with the courier to pick up the parcel, or send the parcel directly to the location designated by the delivery company. In both cases, the delivery process does not require the participation of the mailing system. This is faster and easier for bulk shipments.

Delivery parcel example

Figure 5 depicts the process by which the courier delivers the parcel. The courier sends the parcel to the location of the postal unit according to the code of the postal parcel and the block address of the postal label on the postal parcel, and then passes on the intelligent terminal on any of the postal units in the postal parcel. After the authentication (1), the machine-readable device on the smart terminal reads the postal label on the parcel, and the smart terminal sends the read parcel ID to the postal server for identity verification (2), and passes the verification. After that, check whether the delivery material post on the physical mail label matches the actual physical mailing area (3). If all is correct, an empty mail box in the mail unit will be automatically opened, and the delivery staff will deposit the mail package. Just fine.

After receiving the postal parcel, the postal unit will automatically notify the postal and mail server, and the postal and mail server will send a text message to inform the time of the recipient's postal parcel and the specific postal area and its postal box number. Examples of SMS messages are as follows: "ABC sent to you by abc#tmai l. example was delivered to A23@Golden Garden South Gate on May 2, 2011 at 15:12, please charge as soon as possible."

Receiving a parcel case

Figure 6 depicts the process by which a recipient receives a parcel. After receiving the SMS notification, or receiving the information from the physical mail server to find the arrival information of the postal delivery, the recipient goes to the physical mail unit in the designated physical mailing area, and after the identity verification on the intelligent terminal, the intelligent terminal will receive the receipt. The person's pickup request is sent to the physical mail server, which is controlled by the physical mail server. The mailbox lock of the recipient's parcel is opened, and the recipient removes the parcel.

After the recipient receives the parcel, within a specified time (such as within 5 minutes), you can request the opening process of the postal parcel. At this time, the recipient displays the integrity of the parcel under the camera of the postal unit, and then opens the parcel. , and can display the contents of the parcel and the specific details of the contents. After the recording of the receiving process is completed, the recipient can request to abandon the recording or request to save the video for future testimony.

The present invention details the complete process of postal delivery, delivery, and reception through the above embodiments. There are also more different embodiments, such as using ID cards for authentication, smart cards for authentication, fingerprints for authentication, and more.

Claims

Claim

A mail delivery method remotely controlled by a computer, comprising a sender and a recipient identity verification, a parcel handover step in a postal delivery, delivery, reception, and postal delivery process, characterized by: using a globally unique The postal address identifies a user; the postal packet has a postal tag with identification; the identity verification of the sender and the recipient and the verification of the postal identity are remotely controlled by the computer.

2. The mail delivery method remotely controlled by a computer according to claim 1, wherein: the physical mail address format is "user name #13⁄4^3 domain name"; the physical mail address is bound by a user One or more networked mailboxes serve as the target mailbox for the user to receive the postal packet, and the mapping between the physical mail address and the real delivery address is realized.

3. The method of mail delivery according to claim 1, wherein the mail address information is associated with a forwarding email address and a trusted recipient.

4. The mail delivery method remotely controlled by a computer according to claim 1, wherein: said mail package mail label is used for identity identification of the mail package, and contains machine readable information and human readable information;

The machine-readable information contains a mail ID associated with the authorization ID issued by the recipient.

The human readable information includes information such as the block address of the target mailbox, the recipient and the sender's physical mail address, etc., and the parcel post with the legal postal label can be delivered to the recipient's target mailbox.

The personal privacy information of the sender and the recipient is blocked in machine readable information and human readable information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mail package label is associated with a block address of a new target mailbox and or forwards the mail address and or commissioned. The recipient's information.

6. A postal delivery system remotely controlled by a computer, comprising: a remote central control server and a smart mailbox distributed throughout the country, wherein

The remote central control server is configured to store information of a user, a mail parcel, and the smart mailbox, verify an identity of the smart mailbox, communicate with the smart mailbox, and receive an incoming user identity and a postal packet identity information of the smart mailbox. And verifying, and controlling the opening of the smart mailbox door lock, communicating with other remote central control servers, and exchanging information;

The smart mailbox is used for receiving a postal packet or a postal parcel, the smart mailbox is a terminal of the remote central control server, and the remote central control server controls the identity of the user and the postal packet through the terminal, and controls the opening of the mailbox door lock, and the user must After being identified and verified, the smart mailbox can be used. The postal packet must be identified and verified before being sent to the mailbox by the sender or the delivery person. The smart mailbox is shared, when a mailbox It can be used by any authorized user when idle.

7. The postal delivery system remotely controlled by a computer according to claim 6, wherein: the smart mailbox comprises an aggregate of one or more mailbox boxes and an intelligent terminal, and each mailbox has a box An electronically controlled door lock, the combination of the mailbox and the box assembly is: one or more physical locations connected or adjacent mailbox boxes constitute a postal unit, and one or more geographically similar pieces of postal units constitute a postal unit Each mailbox box, postal unit, and postal unit has a unique code, and the postal community also has a block address and or geolocation information, and the information is stored in the remote central control server.

8. The mail delivery system remotely controlled by a computer according to claim 7, wherein: the smart terminal has a wired or wireless network interface, and is connected to the remote central control server via the Internet to verify the remote Centrally controlling the identity of the server and establishing a connection or encrypted connection with the remote central control server, configuring at least one machine-readable device for identifying the identity of the user and the identity of the postal packet, configuring the camera for filming the user to open the mailbox and the site Accept the image of the parcel, and or configure the printer to print the postal label.