Patents by Inventor Karin Pientka

Karin Pientka 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: 20190020578
    Abstract: A method for routing is disclosed. The method involves obtaining information on a plurality of to-be-transported entities (TBTEs) that are each associated with a respective pick-up position and a respective drop-off position; determining a set of one or more transport routes (TRs), each of the TRs associated with a respective transport entity (TE) and defining a respective sequence of waypoints, wherein the set of TRs is determined to at least fulfil a criterion that, for each of the TBTEs, the pick-up position and drop-off position are associated with respective waypoints of the same respective TR or the pick-up position is associated with a respective waypoint of one TR and the drop-off position is associated with a respective waypoint of another TR that is connected with the one TR; and providing respective representations of at least a part of the TRs to the respective TEs associated with the TRs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Clemens Beckmann, Karin Pientka, Lutz Fischer, Lars Krämer, Jens Vygen, Stephan Held, Dirk Müller
  • Publication number: 20180315015
    Abstract: It is disclosed to provide, to a first apparatus associated with a sender of a shipment, first information that can be caused, by the first apparatus or the sender, to become associated with the shipment and thus obtainable by a second apparatus associated with an entity that is involved in a process of delivering the shipment according to delivery-related information. It is further disclosed to provide, to the second apparatus, second information, wherein the second information is either third information that is a first representation of the delivery-related information selected based on the first information, or is fourth information that is useable for deriving, from the first information, a first representation of the delivery-related information. The second information is neither provided to the first apparatus nor to the sender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Deutsche Post AG
    Inventors: Karin Pientka, Andreas Irrgang, Michael Redenius, Clemens Beckmann