Early initiation of the payment process for cash-on-delivery shipments

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10956953
APP PUB NO 20170132691A1
SERIAL NO

15331645

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A method including: receiving information from which it follows that a position of a shipment relative to a predetermined station at which the shipment respectively arrives during a delivery process for the shipment has changed, wherein the shipment contains a good to be paid for; and initiating a process in which a person is provided with the opportunity to make a payment for the good, in response to the receipt of the information. Also a method including: generating information from which it follows that a position of a shipment relative to a predetermined station at which the shipment respectively arrives during a delivery process for the shipment has changed, wherein the shipment contains a good to be paid for; and outputting the information to an apparatus that is configured to initiate a process in which a person is provided with the opportunity to make a payment for the good.

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DEUTSCHE POST AGBONN GERMANY BONN NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Wiechers, Ralph Mayschoß, DE 15 139

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