Adaptive information and measurement system

US8346675B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Industry, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Marcus Boerkei · Mansfield, US
• Michael D. Carpenter · Arlington, US
• Dale E. Redford · Grand Prairie, US
• Floyd W. Worth, II · Richardson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 24, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 1, 2013
• Expiry date: Apr 24, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/60
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method, AND apparatus are described to accurately measure the delivery performance of a postal service using without external agents in the measurement process. The invention describes a system that measures the postal logistic automatically, and continuously. The basis for measurement are tag mail pieces that circulate continuously through the postal system.