DELIVERY OF POSTAL ITEMS BY PARTICIPANTS OF A DELIVERY SERVICE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for delivering a mailpiece to a destination address, whereby the mailpiece is held at one depot of a plurality of depots. With the method, (i) a first participant of a service is selected from a plurality of participants registered for the service on the basis of an association of the participant with that depot, (ii) a request is sent to the selected first participant and an acceptance message sent by the participant in response to the request is received, and (iii) the mailpiece is handed over to the first participant at the depot on the basis of the receipt of the acceptance message for the transport over at least a partial segment of a delivery route to the destination address.

主权项

1. A method for delivering a mailpiece to a destination address, whereby
the mailpiece is held at one depot of a plurality of depots, at least one first participant of a service is selected from a plurality of participants registered for the service on the basis of an association of the participant with that depot, the recipient of the mailpiece uses a communication terminal device to indicate a price he is willing to pay for the delivery, whereby this price and a request are transmitted to the at least one selected first participant of the service, an acceptance message from the at least one first participant sent in response to the request is received, and whereby the mailpiece is handed over to the first participant at the depot on the basis of the receipt of the acceptance message for the transport over at least a partial segment of a delivery route to the destination address.