Patents by Inventor Christine Gotz

Christine Gotz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110255737
    Abstract: There is provided a system for determining sorting information for a mailpiece. An exemplary system comprises a control unit that is located in a first mail center. The control unit is configured to send reading requests based on received mailpiece images to a reading unit in which the sorting information can be determined The control unit comprises a first standard interface for feeding mailpiece images. The system also comprises a transmission unit that is configured to receive a mailpiece image of the mailpiece in a second mail center and to transfer the mailpiece image to the control unit via the first standard interface. The control unit generates a reading request for the reading unit pertaining to the mailpiece image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Deutsche Post AG
    Inventors: Christine Gotz, Sebastian Kittel, Torsten Plankert
  • Publication number: 20090216369
    Abstract: An exemplary method for processing mailpieces is adapted to be performed in a data network having a plurality of first processing units situated in at least two mail processing centers, the plurality of first processing units having a first functionality, and having at least one second processing unit having a second functionality, the plurality of first processing units and the at least one second processing unit being connected to each other within the data network, wherein images of at least one surface of the mailpieces have been recorded, and wherein mailing data associated with the mailpieces has been ascertained on the basis of the recorded images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: DEUTSCHE POST AG
    Inventors: Christine Götz, Torsten Plankert, Sandra Meuer, Silvia Buchner
  • Publication number: 20080208951
    Abstract: An exemplary method for processing mailpieces is adapted to be performed in a data network having a plurality of processing units connected to each other within the data network, wherein an image of a surface of the mailpiece is recorded in a first one of the plurality of processing units, and wherein mailing data associated with the mailpiece is ascertained from the image of the surface in other of the plurality of processing units, and wherein a process order is determined in which the mailing data is ascertained by the plurality of processing units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: DEUTSCHE POST AG
    Inventors: Christine Gotz, Torsten Plankert, Sandra Meuer, Silvia Buchner