Delivery system and delivery method

• Main Authors: ISHII TSUTOMU, HOTTA HIROYUKI, TAMARU ERIKO, MITA TSUNEMASA, KOSHIMIZU MINORU, HIROSE YOSHITSUGU, NAGATSUKA IKUTAROH, SAITO YASUNORI, HASUIKE KIMITAKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.09.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONVEYING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

A delivery system that delivers a tangible delivery article includes a mail-receiving apparatus to receive the tangible delivery article which has been delivered. Preferably, a data storage device to retain electronic data is attached to the tangible delivery article, the data storage device includes a first radio section to transceive electronic data by means of radio transmission, and a memory to retain electronic data, and the mail-receiving apparatus includes a receipt detection unit to detect loading of the tangible delivery article into the mail-receiving apparatus, and a second radio section to transmit electronic data on loading time by means of radio transmission so that the data storage device receives the electronic data.