Patents by Inventor Hartwig Hoffmann

Hartwig Hoffmann 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).

  • Patent number: 9162257
    Abstract: In a method for distributing packages or similar dispatched articles, packages that are to be transported from a private and/or commercial sender to an addressee are acquired in a collecting location. In this collecting location, the packages are provided with a package code that has electronically detectable data, and subsequently, the packages are distributed and/or delivered by means of transport vehicles. According to the invention, the collected packages are supplied to a HUB center that is connected to several collecting locations and in the HUB center the respective package codes are expanded with measurement data (length, width, height, weight) of the package to a package routing code. These package routing codes of all packages are supplied to a central computer and the packages are arranged in accordance with a route planning that can be dynamically optimized by the central computer into a sequence that is sorted in accordance with distribution zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Red Parcel Post AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Schulz, Hartwig Hoffmann, Bernhard Brönner, Andreas Hartwig
  • Publication number: 20070062851
    Abstract: In a method for distributing packages or similar dispatched articles, packages that are to be transported from a private and/or commercial sender to an addressee are acquired in a collecting location. In this collecting location, the packages are provided with a package code that has electronically detectable data, and subsequently, the packages are distributed and/or delivered by means of transport vehicles. According to the invention, the collected packages are supplied to a HUB center that is connected to several collecting locations and in the HUB center the respective package codes are expanded with measurement data (length, width, height, weight) of the package to a package routing code. These package routing codes of all packages are supplied to a central computer and the packages are arranged in accordance with a route planning that can be dynamically optimized by the central computer into a sequence that is sorted in accordance with distribution zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: RED PARCEL POST AG
    Inventors: Jurgen Schulz, Hartwig Hoffmann, Bernhard Bronner, Andreas Hartwig