Method and device for addressing mail items
View Patent ↗Systems and methods provide for remote addressing of an item of mail that include obtaining remotely produced address information. The address information includes a digitally represented graph of a handwritten address and sending the graph to a device adapted to apply the graph to the item of mail.
1. A method for remote addressing of an item of mail, comprising obtaining remotely produced address information, the address information comprising a digitally represented graph of a handwritten address, and sending said graph to a device adapted to apply the graph to the item of mail, wherein obtaining the address information comprises obtaining a sequence of coordinates representing the graph of the handwritten address.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the address information is obtained via at least one wireless interface from a mobile communication unit.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the address information is obtained from a digitizing pen.
4. A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the digitally represented graph of a handwritten address is obtained by decoding a position-coding pattern arranged on a product.
5. A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the applying of the address information to the item of mail comprises causing a printer to print out the address information on at least one of an address label, and envelope.
6. A computer program stored on a program medium comprising program instructions for implementing a method as claimed in claim 1 .
7. A device for remote addressing of an item of mail, comprising means for obtaining remotely produced address information, the address information comprising a digitally represented graph of a handwritten address, and means for sending said graph to a device adapted to apply the graph to the item of mail, wherein the means for obtaining address information comprises means for obtaining a sequence of coordinates representing a graph of the handwritten address.
8. A device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the means for obtaining the address information comprises means for obtaining the address information via at least one wireless interface from a mobile communication unit.
9. A device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the means for obtaining the address information comprises means for obtaining the address information from a digitizing pen.
10. A device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the digitally represented graph of a handwritten address is obtained using means for decoding a position-coding pattern arranged on a product.
11. A device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the means for applying the address information to the item of mail comprises means for causing a printer to print out the address information on at least one of an address label and envelope.
12. A storage medium storing program instructions, executed by a processor for performing the method as set forth in claim 1 .
13. A computer programmed to perform the method as recited in claim 1 .