NL2013229B1 - Monitoring system and method, delivery system and method and door bell system. - Google Patents

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NL2013229B1
NL2013229B1 NL2013229A NL2013229A NL2013229B1 NL 2013229 B1 NL2013229 B1 NL 2013229B1 NL 2013229 A NL2013229 A NL 2013229A NL 2013229 A NL2013229 A NL 2013229A NL 2013229 B1 NL2013229 B1 NL 2013229B1
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Monitoring system, comprising a series of wireless beacons, at least one mobile monitoring device and a computer system, such as an Internet cloud server, wherein each of the series of wireless beacons has a recognition code unique to the individual beacon wirelessly readable by said at least one mobile device when the mobile device is within a wireless communication range of the beacon, wherein each mobile device is provided with a registering unit for registering recognition codes of said beacons and with a communication unit for transferring the registered code to the computer system.

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Title: Monitoring system and method, delivery system and method and door bell system
The invention relates to a monitoring system and method, to a delivery systems for items, such as consumer goods by delivery service, mail or the like and a method therefore and a doorbell system suitable for use therewith.
In the present day and age it is important to monitor locations and/or movements of for example delivery persons, maintenance persons, service crew and other persons. To date there is no practical, economical system available to businesses for obtaining such monitoring data.
The present disclosure aims at providing a practical, economical monitoring system and a method for monitoring movement of for example employees, for example during delivery routes, service and/or maintenance and the like activities in which these persons for example are not within the premises of an employer.
In an aspect a monitoring system can be characterized by comprising a series of wireless beacons, at least one mobile monitoring device and a computer system. The computer system can for example be or comprise a stand alone computer, a computer network or a virtual computer such as a cloud based computer system, for example a cloud based server. Data gathered can for example be sent to or through the Internet. Each of the series of wireless beacons has a recognition code unique to the individual beacon wirelessly readable by said at least one mobile device when the mobile device is within a wireless communication range of the beacon. Each mobile device is provided with a registering unit for registering recognition codes of said beacons and with a communication unit for transferring the registered code to the computer system.
In an aspect a monitoring method can be characterized by a mobile device being moved along a series of wireless beacons having a recognition code unique to the individual beacon, wirelessly readable by said at least one mobile device when the mobile device is within a wireless communication range of the beacon, wherein the mobile device registers the recognition codes of the beacons along which it is moved and transfers the registered codes to a computer system.
In preferred embodiments an SSID of BSSID code is used as a recognition code of a beacon. A beacon can be a Wi-Fi router provided with such SSID of BSSID code.
In this disclosure an SSID or BSSID code should be understood at least as a hexadecimal number, such as a Service Set Identifier or the Ethernet MAC address according to IEEE 802.11, the norm for Wi-Fi, in compliance with e.g. RFC 1034 and RFC 3770. Other recognition codes can also be used, such as any type of signal disclosed in this application, for example but not limited to Bluetooth®, Z-Wave or Zigbee or the like.
Since the recognition code is unique to a beacon such as a Wi-Fi router, in preferred embodiments the exact location of the mobile device at a given time can be established and thus a route can be tracked followed by the mobile device, including for example periods during which the mobile device is within the wireless communication range of a specific beacon.
Since the recognition code can be picked up by the mobile device without the necessity of any action by a owner or user of such beacon such as the Wi-Fi router the position can be established easily. Moreover it can be picked up without having to enter the premises of for example a house or office at which the beacon, especially the Wi-Fi router is placed. Furthermore the code can be picked up without having to access a private network of the owner or user of the beacon, especially the Wi-Fi router, thus ensuring privacy. The recognition code can be registered by software, for example suitable to be run on a mobile device, at the back ground. This can for example be an app or software integrated in an operating system such device. The software can be designed to register the code, contact a data base on the computer system for comparing the recognition code with known recognition codes registered in the computer system, In the computer system further data can be coupled to the recognition codes, for example physical addresses at which a beacon with said recognition code is located. This allows mapping of the codes as registered.
The present disclosure is furthermore related to improving delivery. Presently a consumer ordering an item, for example via a web shop through the Internet, will provide an addressee and a delivery address for delivery of the item. The web shop will have the item packaged for transport and then a delivery service will have the item delivered to the address provided by the consumer, which may be his own address or different address. To this end a delivery vehicle, such as a truck, car, bike or pedestrian will bring the item to the delivery address for delivery. If the addressee is present at the delivery address he or she may accept the item, meaning that the delivery is or at least can be completed. However, if the addressee is not present or at least not in a situation to accept the item, the delivery vehicle will have to take the item back into the vehicle for either delivery at later moment in time or to be picked up by the addressee at a designated location, such as a post office or depot. This means that the delivery cannot be completed at the desired moment. Sometimes the delivery is completed by an unasked-for delivery at a nearby neighbor house, this without the consent of the addressee, and hence with a loss of trust in the delivery system.
In The Netherlands presently up to about 40% or more of deliveries too large to be inserted through a letter box or for which have to be signed by an addressee cannot be delivered at the designated time the driver arrives at the designated address and has to be taken back, for later delivery or delivery at a depot for retrieval by the addressee. This is costly and ineffective, results in increased traffic and therefore pollution and means that the addressee will receive the item at a later moment in time, which may be a day or more later.
It has been proposed to deliver items not at an addressees home address or office address, but at a designated place, such as a store or post office, for retrieval by the addressee. This means that the delivery can be made by the dehvery service at any time during opening hours of said designated place and that the addressee can retrieve the item delivered at similar hours. However, this system may be useful for relatively small items, but not for larger deliveries.
It has also been proposed to provide a box at the address for delivery, which can be opened by the dehvery person for depot of the delivery in said box and by the addressee for retrieval of said dehvery therefrom. This however requires relatively much space at the addressees outside area, for positioning of such box, which box has to be weh protected against theft and break in. Moreover such system is costly and necessitates both the addressee and the dehvery person to have means for accessing said box, such as a code or key. This makes such system impractical because different dehvery services may be required to use such system. Furthermore again such system is at best limited to relatively small dehveries and may prevent multiple dehveries.
Therefore there is a need for an alternative dehvery system and method. There is a need for a dehvery system and method with which dehveries can more often successfully be made, even when an addressee is not in a position to receive the dehvery at an initially provided, intended dehvery address. An aim of the present disclosure is to provide a system and method for dehvery at least reducing at least one of the problems of the prior art. Alternatively or additionally the present disclosure aims at providing a system and method for dehvery of items to addressees, which provides increased flexibility to the dehvery service provider and to the addressees. An aim of the present disclosure is additionally or alternatively to provide a system and method for delivery which reduces the number of times a delivery cannot successfully be made.
At least one of these or other aims can be obtained at least in part with a system and/or method according to this disclosure.
In a first aspect a dehvery system according to this description can comprising a database comprising data relating to at least one delivery to be made and at least one intended delivery address for an addressee for said delivery, and at least one delivery vehicle. Such vehicle can be any suitable vehicle, such as for example but not limited to a car, van, truck, bike, motorbike, moped or a push cart or the like.
The delivery vehicle and/or a delivery person designated to said vehicle is provided with a first communication system. At least one addressee is provided with a second communication system. The dehvery system may further comprising a computer system for providing data from the database to the first communication system. Said data can be formed by or can include data about the at least one dehvery and said dehvery address.
The second communication system is designed for communicating with the first communication system and/or with the dehvery person and/or with a computer system associated therewith, for providing an alternative dehvery address for the dehvery, especially during the dehvery of said item and/or the computer system is designed for providing at least one alternative dehvery address during dehvery, said alternative dehvery address provided from the database.
The dehvery system can further comprise a proximity detection system designed for detecting proximity of the dehvery person and/or dehvery vehicle to the dehvery address. With such proximity detection system it can easily be estabhshed that a dehvery person and/or dehvery vehicle is close to the dehvery address, such that the dehvery system can become active for communication between the first and second communication systems and/or between the first communication system and the computer system and/or between the second communication system and the computer system.
In an advantageous embodiment the proximity detection system can comprise an algorithm for presenting a message to the delivery person via the first communication system and/or to the computer system when a proximity signal is provided by the proximity system. In a preferred embodiment the message can include presenting an image on a screen of the first communication system, allowing the delivery person to establish communication with the second communication system. Such image can for example comprise an image representing a link sending a message to the second communication system which will warning for said proximity via the second communication system, for example auditively and/or visually and/or tactually, such as known from warning signals available with a mobile phone. Such image can alternatively or additionally comprise an image representing a link for establishing a two way communication between the first and second communication systems, such that the delivery person and the addressee or another person designated to the second communication system can communicate with the delivery person, for example directly via speech or via email, texting, chat or the like communication means as for example available with smart phones.
In an embodiment the proximity system can comprise a beacon at the delivery address for wireless communication with the first communication system. Such beacon can be based on any radio frequency system, such as for example but not limited to Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi, Z-Wave or Zigbee or the like. In a preferred embodiment the beacon and the first communication system are paired, for example through the computer system, such that the beacon can only communicate with devices of the first communication system paired therewith. This means that in such embodiment only communication devices of the first communication system “known” to the beacon can communicate with the beacon for the proximity system and/or only beacons “known” to the computer system can communicate with communication devices of the first communication system.
Alternative to or additional to such beacon the proximity system can comprise one of a GPS type module provided in or for the first communication system for detecting the global position of the delivery vehicle and/or delivery person relative to the delivery address and a visual detection system designed for imaging the environment of a delivery vehicle and/or delivery person and comparing an image taken with an image representative for the delivery address. With both such systems again proximity of a delivery person and/or vehicle to a delivery address can be established, which can have the same or similar effects as discussed here before with respect to the beacon.
When using a proximity detection system in addition to or as an alternative to establishing a communication between the first and second communication systems a non-available signal can be sent directly to the first communication system, for example indicating to the delivery person that the addressee is not available, at least not at the intended delivery address, for receiving the delivery and/or providing an alternative delivery address and/or an alternative delivery time.
In a further aspect the computer system can be programmed to provide the at least one alternative delivery address to the first communication system when a non-available signal is provided from the second communication system. A non available signal can be provided for when for example the addressee has indicated in the second communication system that the delivery cannot be made to the intended delivery address or when for example an appropriate response to a door bell signal due to ringing of a door bell at the designated address is absent during a predetermined period of time. The delivery system may allow the second communication system to provide a redirect signal indicating at least one alternative address for delivery to the first communication system. Such redirect signal can for example comprise an alternative delivery address to be sent to the first communication system, i.e. especially to the delivery person or delivery vehicle or may be sent to the computer system of the delivery system, indicative for such alternative dehvery address, which can then be sent to the first communication system, i.e. especially to the dehvery person or dehvery vehicle.
The dehvery vehicle can comprise a tracking device, such as a GPS based system, for determining the position of the dehvery vehicle relative to the intended address for dehvery. An approach signal can then be provided to the addressee and/or the second communication system when the vehicle enters into a predetermined range relative to the intended dehvery address. Such approach signal can establish said proximity signal or be part thereof. This will for example ahow the addressee to prepare for receipt of the dehvery, for example by moving timely to the intended address, or may lead to providing the dehvery truck and/or dehvery person with at least one alternative dehvery address, either directly or via said database, when for example the addressee is in no position to receive the dehvery at said intended dehvery address when the dehvery might be expected at the intended address, for example based on the estimated time of arrival at the intended address given the distance between the intended address and the dehvery truck and/or person. In such case a non-availability signal can be issued to the computer system and/or first communication system, as discussed before.
In an aspect a dehvery system may comprise a second communication system which can comprise a stationary device, which can comprise a screen. The stationary device can for example be mounted near a door at the intended address of dehvery, such that it, and especially a screen thereof is visible from outside the intended address, such that a delivery person can approach the stationary device. This may comprise a door bell. The stationary device can be designed such that an alternative address or several such addresses can be presented to the delivery person at the intended address. Thus when the delivery is not or cannot be accepted at the intended address the delivery person is provided with at least one alternative address for deliver. If several such addresses are presented the delivery person may choose or try several of these addresses.
Similarly the second communication system may comprise a hand held device, such as a smart phone or tablet, which a person can carry with him/her. A door bell system suitable for use in such system may comprise at least a door bell, a door bell control system and an electronic screen. The door bell control system may comprise a memory, an input device and/or a communication unit. The memory may be designed for containing address information. The input device may be designed for receiving at least one address from outside the door bell system. In both cases an interface may be provided for presenting the at least one address on said screen retrieved from said memory and/or provided through said input device. The door bell may be coupled to the door bell control system for activating the interface for presentation of the information on said screen. Alternatively or additionally the door bell system may comprise a communication unit for communicating with a hand held device, such as a smart phone or a laptop, preferably suitable for two way communication. This allows a holder of the hand held device to communicate with a person at or near the door bell, for example for providing an alternative address, and/or for exchanging other information.
In embodiments the delivery system can comprise a hand held communication device and a stationary device comprising a signal unit providing a signal to the hand held device when a signal is provided from the stationary device, for example when a doorbell at an intended delivery address is rung, wherein the delivery system is designed such that: at least one alternative delivery address and/or alternative information can be sent from the hand held communication device to the stationary device, to be presented on a screen of the stationary device and/or to the first communication system; and/or at least one alternative delivery address is presented on the screen which is derived from the database or has been entered in the second communication device, especially in the stationary device.
In embodiments the delivery system can comprise a stationary device comprising a signal unit and a hand held unit for wireless communication with said stationary device, wherein the delivery system is designed such that at least one alternative delivery address and/or alternative information can be sent to the hand held communication device from the computer system and/or the second communication system, to be presented on a screen of the hand held device.
Thus an addressee can for example actively propose at least one alternative dehvery address to a delivery person, or alternatively or additionally can provide the delivery person with other information, in real time and/or can activate the delivery system to present one or more alternative dehvery address(es) on said screen and/or the first communication device, derived from the data base or for example from a memory in the stationary device.
In a further aspect a method according to this description can be a method for delivery of at least one item to at least one delivery address of an addressee of the item, wherein an intended delivery address for said item is entered into a first communication system available to a dehvery person; and wherein at least one alternative delivery address for the item is provided to the delivery person, prior to or during delivery of said item. This allows the delivery person for example to avoid going to the intended delivery address and directly going to an alternative delivery address as provided to him/her.
During delivery of the item proximity of a delivery person and/or delivery vehicle associated to said delivery person to the intended delivery address can be detected. When said proximity is within a predetermined range a proximity signal can be provided to the first communication means and/or to a second communication means held by the addressee or a person associated to the addressee, such that a communication can be established between the first and second communication means and/or between the first communication means and the computer system, for providing an alternative delivery address and/or an alternative delivery time.
The at least one alternative delivery address and/or delivery time may be provided: via a second communication system, provided to the addressee, to the delivery person and/or via a computer system, said alternative delivery address provided from a database connected to the computer system, to the first communication system and/or the second communication system.
The second communication device may comprise a screen or the like at the intended delivery address on which the alternative delivery address and/or time may be presented to the delivery person. Alternatively or additionally the said alternative delivery address and/or time may be sent to the first communication device, such as but not limited to a hand held device held by the delivery person. The alternative delivery address or addresses and/or time may be provided in real time or may be retrieved from for example a database of the delivery system or from a memory of the first and/or second communication system. Alternatively the alternative delivery address(es) and/or time may be retrieved from external database or databases, for example a social network database or agenda.
During delivery an approach signal can be communicated to the addressee, especially to the second communication system, when the delivery person enters a predetermined range relative to the primary delivery address, wherein the approach signal triggers the providing of the alternative delivery address or delivery time to the delivery person. This allows the delivery person to amend his/her route based on the alternative delivery address and/or time provided, at a relatively early stage, saving time and driven kilometers, since he/she does not have to go to the intended delivery address at the intended delivery time. Such approach signal can be a proximity signal as discussed before. Preferably the alternative route is calculated automatically and presented to the delivery person.
Additionally or alternatively at the delivery address the at least one alternative delivery address may be presented to the delivery person by a presentation device forming part of the first or second communication system, preferably on a screen, especially after signaling the delivery person’s presence at or near the delivery address, for example by ringing a door bell, or a tracking signal of the vehicle or delivery person or the like or said proximity signal.
The at least one alternative delivery address or time can be presented to the delivery person after ringing a door bell connected to a door bell system, wherein: the addressee sets a forward signal in the door bell system prior to the delivery, which forward signal initiates the presentation of the at least one predetermined alternative delivery address; and/or upon ringing the door bell the addressee receives a signal from the door bell system via the second communication system, where after the at least one alternative delivery address is presented to the delivery person, via said screen and/or via the first communication system.
In this description a door bell has to be understood as at least meaning a system with which a first person can indicate to a second person his or her presence at or near the premises of the second person. This may for example be a hardware door bell provided at or near a door, gate or other entry blocking element to a premise, or a virtual door bell, for example designed for wireless communication with a handheld or other electronic device held by the second person or a virtual doorbell presented on a hand held device of the delivery person when arriving within a predetermined proximity of the delivery address, for example using a proximity system as discussed. If a proximity signal is received by a first communication system from a series of systems at the same time, they may be presented as a group or series of groups or individually to the delivery person, such that he or she can select an appropriate one. Alternatively they may be coupled to items to be delivered by the delivery person at that given time, such that only the proximity signal or signals or image associated thereto associated with a delivery to be made is or are presented to the delivery person to chose from.
In a system or method according to this disclosure one alternative delivery address and/or time can be provided to a delivery person when the delivery cannot be made at the intended delivery address and/or a the delivery time. Alternatively several such alternative delivery addresses and/or times could be provided simultaneously or subsequently. By providing a multiplicity of such alternative delivery addresses and/or times the delivery person is allowed to make a choice, for example based on his or her route for further deliveries to be made, experience of success at one or more of these alternative addresses, or for picking a second alternative address or time for delivery, should a first such alternative address also not be successful for delivery of the item. Such rescheduling and choice of an alternative address and/or time could also be made automatically based on an algorithm provided in the delivery system.
In general a delivery system may provide an addressee or a person associated with the addressee of a delivery to be made to communicate with a delivery person, directly or indirectly, preferably during the delivering process of the delivery, in order to redirect the delivery person to a different delivery address and/or to a different delivery time.
In further elucidation of the present disclosure embodiments of a delivery system, door bell system and delivery method will be described, with reference to the drawings, which are only shown in elucidation and should not be understood as limiting the disclosure in any way. In the drawings:
Fig. 1 schematically shows a delivery system according to the description;
Fig. 1A schematically shows an embodiment of a device for use in a system according to the disclosure;
Fig. 2 schematically shows an alternative embodiment of a delivery system according to the description;
Fig. 3 schematically shows an alternative embodiment of a device for use in a system according to the description;
Fig. 4 schematically shows a further embodiment of a system using a beacon;
Fig. 5 schematically shows a hand held device showing a link to a communication system of a system according to the disclosure, which link by way of example is shown as a virtual door bell;
Fig. 6 schematically shows a hand held device showing an alternative dehvery address for an item to be delivered; and
Fig. 7 schematically an alternative representation of information on a hand held device for a delivery person.
In this description different embodiments of systems and parts thereof, as well methods preformed therewith are disclosed and described by way of example only. In these embodiments the same or similar elements have the same or similar reference signs. Combinations of elements of the embodiments shown are also considered to have been disclosed herein.
In this description an item or a delivery have to be understood as meaning one or more elements or items which by itself or together have to be delivered to a single intended address and addressee, “an item” to be delivered can therefore also be a plurality of items, unless specifically indicated differently, and may be similar to “a delivery” when the latter is used as a noun.
In this description a communication system may comprise or be formed by any suitable communication devices for communicating data such as address data between two electronic devices. A communication system can for example comprise a hand held device such as a mobile or smart phone, tablet or laptop computer, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth® based system, radio transmitter or similar system for communication, preferably wireless communication. A communication within the meaning of this disclosure can also comprise stationary communication devices, which may communication via known or dedicated wire based or wireless protocols. In this description held device and mobile device are used for the same or similar devices, unless specifically defined differently.
In this description a delivery vehicle can be any vehicle suitable for transporting and delivering items, such as but not limited to a car, van, truck, bike, motorbike, moped, drone or a push cart or the like. A delivery person should be understood as meaning at least one person involved with making a delivery of a delivery or item to a delivery address.
In this description an intended delivery address should be understood as an address initially provided to a delivery service or an organization requesting such delivery service to make the delivery, for example an address of delivery entered by an addressee or consumer upon ordering an item. An alternative address has to be understood as an address for delivery alternative to the intended delivery address or to another alternative delivery address.
In a system according to the present disclosure deliveries can be made to a delivery address, which may be an intended delivery address. If delivery at the intended delivery address is not possible, for example because the addressee is not in a position to receive it, an alternative delivery address can be provided to the delivery person, so as to allow him to deliver the delivery cq item nevertheless. In embodiments the at least one alternative dehvery address can be provided real time by the addressee, for example to a communication system of the dehvery person or dehvery vehicle or presented on a screen at the intended dehvery address. In embodiments at least one alternative dehvery address can be provided prior to or during a dehvery route executed by the dehvery person and/or vehicle.
Alternative dehvery addresses can for example be provided from a database of the dehvery system or can be entered into a communication system provided to the addressee. To that end the dehvery system, for example the communication system provided to the addressee, can comprise a door bell system having or connected to a screen, such that the at least one alternative dehvery address can be presented on said screen to the dehvery person. Said screen can for example be provided at or near the intended dehvery address or can be part of a device provided to the dehvery person, such as but not limited to a hand held device such as a mobile phone smart phone or tablet. The door bell system can comprise a hard ware door bell and/or a virtual door bell, for example presented on a hand held device such as a mobile phone, smart phone or tablet issued to the dehvery person and/or in the dehvery vehicle, for example via the described proximity system.
In this description proximity is to be understood as a dehvery person and/or dehvery vehicle being within a predetermined range from an intended dehvery address. A proximity signal can at least be understood as a signal generated when said proximity is obtained, that is at least comprising a signal generated, indicating that a dehvery vehicle and/or delivery person enters into said predetermined range from a delivery address. Such proximity signal can for example be generated by and/or received by a wireless beacon positioned at or near the debvery address, communicating with a device held by the debvery person or provided in the debvery vehicle. For example but not bmited to a signal generated when a hand held device of the debvery person is brought within said proximity of a wireless beacon provided at or near the debvery address, which pair or have been paired with each other, such that it is recognized that the hand held device and therefor the debvery person is within said proximity. Alternative to the beacon the position of the debvery person and/or vehicle can be estabbshed using GPS type systems, with which the proximity can be defined. A further example could be using a visual recognition system, such as but not bmited to Layar ® or Google Glass®, with which the position of a debvery person and/or debvery vehicle could be assessed, for generating the proximity signal. A proximity signal can also be a position signal or an approach signal.
In this description a beacon, especiaby a wireless beacon, is to be understood as at least encompassing a device or element which periodicaby or constantly emits a signal, especiaby a wireless signal forming or including a code, especiaby a unique code, identifying said beacon to an apparatus designed for recognizing said signal. To that end for example such apparatus can be provided with software, such as an app, and a receiver for said signal, such that such apparatus can define the identity of the beacon and, for example via a database, for example the identity of the address where the beacon is provided, personal information of an addressee associated with such address and/or beacon and/or information associated with an item to be debvered at said address and/or to said addressee.
In this description a beacon can comprise a unit providing a unique recognition code, especiaby an SSID or BSSID code. The beacon can be or be comprised in a Wi-Fi router. The beacon can also use an alternative or additional recognition code based on for example Blue Tooth, Z-Wave or Zigbee or the like. A proximity signal, position signal or approach signal can be used for early recognition of a delivery person and/or vehicle in the vicinity of an intended delivery address of or even for example recognizing such vehicle starting to move in the direction of an intended address for delivery of an item. Such recognition will for example enable an addressee to move to the intended delivery address or prepare for receiving said item at said address or have it received by a third person, or for example indicate that he will not be in a position to receive the item at the intended delivery address and/or at an intended time of delivery, in which case an alternative address for delivery and/or an alternative time for delivery can be provided to the delivery person and/or delivery vehicle, as described herein. Such may for example avoid the delivery person having to get out of the vehicle at the intended delivery address or even avoid the delivery person to go all the way to the intended delivery address. He can then for directly continue his delivery route, can rearrange the delivery addresses of his route and/or the time schedule, or can take other appropriate action. In an advantages embodiment the delivery route can be adjusted, preferably automatically, when a delivery address is changed during the execution of said delivery route, such that at all times the most efficient dehvery route is defined for the dehvery person cq delivery vehicle.
In a system according to the description the software can be set such that only proximity signals, approach signals and/or position signals are generated or at least recognized of addressees and/or dehvery addresses for which items to be delivered are carried by the dehvery person or dehvery vehicle.
In a monitoring system or method locations and/or movements of for example dehvery persons, maintenance persons, service crew, health caregiver and other persons can be monitored registered and used for example for assessment of productivity, job performance, scheduling of activities and the hke. Also data gathered by such monitoring system or method can be used for other purposes, such as planning, advertising, marketing and the hke.
For example, in dehvery systems and methods as discussed here below the recognition codes registered can be used to real time or afterwards monitor the location and/or movement of a dehvery person. Data gathered can then be used for future use, for example for planning routes to be fohowed by the dehvery person, planning time necessary at different addresses, proceedings of a route fohowed by the dehvery person and similar analyses which will be clear to the skilled person.
In another example data can be gathered of persons dehvery papers, magazines, folders and the hke during their distribution routes. For example progress of the person along the intended route can be monitored, which may provide an indication of the accuracy of delivering the papers, magazines, folders and the hke. Moreover such information can be used in proof of dehvery.
A monitoring system can comprise a series of wireless beacons, at least one mobile monitoring device and a computer system. The computer system can be any computer system, such as for example but not limited to a computer system comprising or formed by a stand alone computer or a computer network, a virtual computer or a virtual computer network, such as but not limited to a cloud based system. Each of the series of wireless beacons has a recognition code unique to the individual beacon, wirelessly readable by said at least one mobile device when the mobile device is within a wireless communication range of the beacon. Each mobile device can be provided with a registering unit for registering recognition codes of said beacons and with a communication unit for transferring the registered code to the computer system. The series of beacons can comprise at least a series of WiFi routers. At least a series of said beacons can have an SSID or BSSID number as recognition code. The beacons can also use an alternative or additional recognition code based on for example Blue Tooth, Z-Wave or Zigbee or the like.
In embodiments an entity, such as a person or company, having a beacon, such as a beacon with a unique recognition code, can register said beacon, especially but not limited to the unique recognition code, for example with the computer system, for example through appropriate software, such as but not limited to an app. These registered codes can then be provided to the mobile devices, such that the mobile device will only register codes which are recognized as recognition codes registered beforehand. In alternative embodiments any code picked up by a mobile device complying with a predetermined configuration, such as an SSID or BSSID code, could be registered by the mobile device when within a wireless communication range thereof. Such embodiments would provide for even more data about the location and/or movements of the mobile device. Preferably then filtering of the data can be performed, for example by filtering out any such codes which have not previously been registered with the computer system as for example a member of an interest group, such as a community. A community can for example comprise a number of persons connected to each other, for example by social or commercial ties, of which the recognition codes may be grouped in such community. A person can be a member of different such communities of groups. This can have the advantage that only a limited number of codes will have to be considered at a given address, for example for showing a virtual doorbell or link, as discussed further here after.
Preferably the system comprises mapping software with which the codes can mapped, for example along a route or defining a route followed by the mobile device. The mapping software is preferably suitable for mapping a route followed by the at least one mobile device based on the recognition codes registered by the mobile device, wherein the mapping software is more preferably designed to provide information on how long the mobile device is or has been within the wireless communication range of each beacon it registers or has registered. To that end the mobile device preferably has a timing unit for time stamping a recognition code registered by the mobile device and more preferably also the time frame during which the mobile device is within the wireless communication range of the relevant beacon.
The mobile device can comprise a memory for temporarily storing recognition codes. Then the mobile device can later on be coupled to the computer system for loading the codes into the computer system. Preferably the series of beacons comprise at least a series of Wi-Fi routers and/or wherein at least a series of said beacons have a SSID or BSSID number as recognition code.
In embodiments in the or each mobile device data has been stored of a route to be followed, including data of a series of addresses to be approached, wherein to each address a unique recognition code has been assigned. The mobile device comprises software for registering recognition codes of beacons and comparing these with recognition codes assigned to the addresses of the route stored in the mobile device. The mobile device can comprises a signal unit for providing a signal when a match is found between a registered recognition code and a recognition code assigned to one of the addresses of the route stored in the mobile device. Such signal can for example be a virtual doorbell or a communication link as will be explained hereafter with respect to exemplary but non limiting delivery systems and methods.
The recognition code can be registered by software, for example suitable to be run on a mobile device, at the back ground. This can for example be an app or software integrated in an operating system of such device. The software can be designed to register the code, contact a data base on the computer system for comparing the recognition code with known recognition codes registered in the computer system, In the computer system further data can be coupled to the recognition codes, for example physical addresses at which a beacon with said recognition code is located. This allows mapping of the codes as registered. Additionally and/or alternatively other data connected to said recognition code can be stored in said computer system, such as advertisements, adds, info etc. For example a user of the system can register that his house is for sale, which information will then be made available to holders of a mobile device running the appropriate software for registering said recognition code and providing a link to said further data and/or presenting said further data directly on the mobile device. Preferably a holder of the said mobile device can set appropriate filters for receiving or preventing receipt of such further data, based on for example interests registered in the computer system.
In this description where reference is made to an addressee or delivery person, the male form may be used, which should however be understood as that it can also be the female form.
Fig. 1 shows schematically shows a delivery system 1, comprising a computer 10 and a database 2 in which data is stored about items 3 to be delivered and intended delivery addresses 4 and addressees 4A to which the items are to be delivered. For each item 3 an intended delivery address and addressee 4A is stored in the database 2. At least one vehicle 5, here shown as a van, by way of example only, is provided for delivering the items 3. The vehicle 5 and/or a delivery person 6 assigned to said vehicle 5, for example a driver, is provided with a first communication system 7. This first communication system 7 preferably at least comprises a hand held device and/or a vehicle mounted device 7A in which at least one and preferably a series of items 3 to be delivered and related intended delivery addresses are stored, to be communicated to the delivery person 6, for example by showing these data on a screen 8 of the first communication system 7, for example on the hand held device 7A and/or in the vehicle 5. The communication system 7 can further be provided with or connected to a GPS system 9 for defining a delivery route, based on the delivery addresses as stored. Such delivery route may be generated by the system 7 or the computer 10 or by any other suitable means in a known manner known in the art, for example using a device as provided by TomTom or Google maps.
An intended delivery address 4 can be any private and/or commercial property, here shown as a house 11 with a front door 12. An addressee 4A is provided with a second communication system 13, which can provide a redirect signal, which may be or comprise an alternative delivery address 4B. The second communication system 13 can comprise a hand held device 14 and/or a stationary device 15. Such stationary device 15 can for example be mounted next to the door 12, at an outside of the house 11, such that it can be approached by a delivery person for use and/or inspection. The hand held device 14 can for example be a mobile telephone, a smart phone or a tablet. A stationary device 15 can comprise a door bell system 16 comprising a door bell 17, a doorbell control system 18 and an electronic screen 19 for presenting information. The control system can comprise a memory 20 and an interface 23 for presenting information from the memory 20 onto the screen 19, visible to somebody approaching the door 12. Additionally or alternatively the doorbell system can comprise an input unit 31 for entering data into the doorbell system 16, for example via a key board or, using a communication unit 22, via a device held by the addressee 4A, such as a hand held device 14, for example a mobile phone, a smart phone or a tablet. This can be done via a wired system or, preferably, wireless, such as by Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® or phone band, such as but not limited to GSM, or using an appropriate Internet protocol. A system 1 can for example be used as follows. A route for delivery is defined for the vehicle 5, based on the intended addresses for the items 3 to be delivered. Then the vehicle will move in the direction of the first address on the route, for delivery of the first item 3. At the intended address 4, i.e. the house 11 the delivery person will ring the doorbell 17. If the addressee 4A is in a position to accept the delivery he will open the door 12 and the item 3 can be delivered. However, if the addressee 4A is not in a position to accept the delivery, an alternative delivery address 4B can be provided to the delivery person 6.
In a first embodiment the alternative delivery address can have been provided by the addressee prior to the delivery, visible on the screen 19. The delivery person will read the alternative delivery address 4B and can add this alternative address to the route, for delivery of the item at the alternative dehvery address.
In a second embodiment ringing the doorbell 17 can set off a timer in the doorbell system 16. When a predetermined period after ringing has been passed a non-available signal may be generated by the doorbell system 16. In an embodiment the non-available signal will set off the interface 23 for presenting an alternative dehvery address 4B on the screen 19. In an embodiment the non-available signal may be communicated by the communication unit to the device 14 held by the addressee 4A. This can be done after said predetermined period or may be done directly upon ringing of the doorbell 17. The addressee 4A can then communicate with the communication device of the doorbell system 16, in order to set off the interface 23 for presenting an alternative dehvery address 4B on the screen 19.
The alternative address 4B may then be retrieved from the memory 20 or may be entered directly into the input device by the addressee 4A, through the communication device.
In a further embodiment the non-available signal may be communicated to the computer 10. The computer 10 can then provide an alternative dehvery address, for example retrieved from the database, and can communicate this to the doorbell system for presentation on the screen 19.
Alternative to or in addition the alternative delivery address 4B can be provided to the first communication system 7, for example for presentation on a screen on a hand held device 7A of the delivery person or into the GPS system. The alternative delivery address 4B can then be added to the route or can be used for recalculating the route in order to optimize the route, taking into consideration the alternative delivery address 4B.
Also an auditive signal can be provided to the first communication system, such as the hand held device 7A, in order to inform the delivery person 6.
Fig. 2 shows a system similar to that of fig. 1. However, in this embodiment the vehicle 5 is provided additionally with a tracking system 24, for example coupled to the GPS system. The tracking system 24 can determine the position of the vehicle 5 and can provide an approach signal when the vehicle enters into a predetermined range relative to the intended delivery address. This range may be a range in distance or estimate time to arrival at the intended delivery address 4. In fig. 2 this range has been represented as a circle 25 around the intended delivery address 4.
The approach signal can be provided to the addressee 4A, for example by sending it to the second communication system 13, especially to the device 13 held by the addressee and/or to the stationary device 15.
When sent to the addressee 4A, the addressee can send a non-available signal to the stationary device 15, for presenting an alternative delivery address on the screen, in any way as discussed here before with respect to fig. 1, or can make himself available for receipt of the delivery at the intended address. Sending a non-available signal can be automatic or can be done actively by the addressee 4A. When sent to the stationary device 15, the stationary device may be set to respond to the first communication device indicating whether the addressee will be available for receipt of the delivery cq item 3 or not. In the latter case an alternative delivery address will be provided to the first communication system, especially to the delivery person, and/or to the GPS and/or tracking device for recalculating the delivery route at an early stage, i.e. well prior to the vehicle arriving at the intended delivery address. Obviously the route can also be (re)calculated by the computer.
Fig. 3 shows a doorbell system 16 system, comprising the doorbell 17 and optionally a screen 19. Also a camera 26 is provided, and a communication unit 22, suitable for communication at least with a hand held device 14, such as a mobile phone, smart phone or tablet. This doorbell system 16 may be similar to that as described before, and allows the user of the hand held device to get images from the camera 26 presented to him on his hand held device. Preferably a microphone 27 is also provided, allowing two-way communication with a person ringing the doorbell 17. If that person is for example a delivery person, again an alternative delivery address 4B may be provided to him, for example eon the screen 19 or on the first communication system, as described. Additionally or alternatively other information may be provided to said person, audibly and/or visually and based on for example the image shown to him and/or further information provided the holder of the hand held device 14 can decide to take further action, such as remotely opening a door, gate or such closure, connecting the person at the door to another person such as for example a neighbor or informing official bodies such as the police, should such appear necessary.
Fig. 4 shows a further embodiment of a system, wherein schematically an intended address 4 is represented by a house 11 with a door 12, close to which a beacon 21 is provided. This beacon 21 may be incorporated in a stationary device 15 or doorbell system 16 as described before, or can be provided by itself. The beacon 21 is preferably a device which can communicate wireless with the first communication system 7 when within a communication range of said beacon 21. For example the beacon 21 can be a known wireless Wi-Fi beacon or Bluetooth® beacon or another, preferably short range wireless beacon, communicating with a hand held device 7 A of the delivery person 6 and/or a similar device in the delivery vehicle 5. Such beacons and communication protocols are well known in the art.
The beacon 21 periodically, intermittently or constantly emits a signal, preferably a coded signal indicative for the beacon 21, such as a coded Wi-Fi or Bluetooth® signal. The code is preferably unique to said beacon 21. The beacon 21 and the relevant code is preferably known to the system 1, for example stored in the computer 10 or database 2. The first communication system 7, such as the hand held device 7A, can then be provided with software such as an app which recognizes the beacon 21 by its signal and/or the code. The signal can be understood as a proximity signal. Preferably the beacon 21 can be set for different ranges, for example but not hmited to a first range up to a few meters, a second range up to 10 to 15 meters and a third range up to about 75 to 100 meters. Thus for example an addressee 4A can set his beacon 21 for one of these ranges, depending on how soon he wants a proximity signal to be provided. In fig. 4 schematically the ranges are indicated by Rl, R2 and R3 respectively.
Once the beacon 21 is recognized by the first communication system 7 by said proximity signal, different events can occur.
The proximity signal can set the software in the first communication system to show a link L on the screen 8 of the hand held device 7A and/or in the vehicle 5, which can for example represent a virtual door bell 17. By activating said link L the delivery person 6 can inform the addressee 4 of his proximity, for example through a physical bell at the intended address 4 and/or through a attention signal A, for example received on his computer of on a hand held device 14 of the second communication system 13, for example by sound, vibration and/or image, in fig. 5 represented by “WIZZ”. Preferably the link L on the screen 8 will only be shown when the relevant device 7 A of the first communication system 7 can recognize the relevant beacon 21, for example by having been paired with it through the computer 10 and database 2, this event can only occur through the first communication system 7 and thus the addressee 4A will know that the signal A received comes from a known party. The software such as an app of the first communication system may be set such that the identity of the device 7A communicating with the beacon 21 also becomes known to the addressee 4A.
When the addressee receives said attention signal A, for example on his hand held device 7A, a communication fink may be established between the first and second communication systems 7, 13, for example between the hand held devices 7A and 14 or between the hand held device 14 and the device 15 or door bell system 16. This can allow the addressee 4A to communicate with the deliver person 6, for example in order to provide him with instructions. These instructions may include an alternative delivery address 4B and/or an alternative delivery time, or a refusal of the item 3 or the like. Alternatively the addressee can initiate that an alternative delivery address and/or time is provided to the delivery person directly, for example as such link. Said alternative delivery address 4B can for example be retrieved from the database 2 or the memory 23 of the fixed device 15 or door bell system 16. This can for example be initiated by issuing a non-availability signal to the first communication system 7 and/or the computer 10. The non availability signal can be generated by the system when the addressee has indicated such in or to the system 1. For example by means of an input device 22 or via his hand held device 14. In such embodiment when the first communication system 7 communicates with the beacon 21, issuing the proximity signal, the non availability signal is generated or received by the first communication system.
In an embodiment this hand held device 14 can be provided with software, for example an app with which the system can automatically detect when the hand held device 14 is outside a predetermined range of the intended delivery address 4A, which will then set the system 1 to generate said non availability signal. Such detection can for example be done through the beacon 21 or via GPS tracking of the hand held device 14 or other suitable means.
In stead of the link L an alternative delivery address 4B can be provided directly on the screen 8 for the delivery person 6 and/or delivery vehicle 5, for example as shown in fig. 6 on the screen 8 of hand held device 7A, in fig. 6 represented by “TEXT”. This can be provided automatically on the screen 8, that is without involvement of the addressee, for example after receipt of the non-availability signal.
In embodiments a series of links L and/or alternative delivery addresses 4B can be shown, for example as pictograms on a map, as schematically shown in fig. 7. In fig. 7 a map is shown on the screen 8, showing the intended delivery address 4 as well as a series of alternative delivery addresses 4B, associated with the intended delivery address 4 and/or the addressee 4A. In fig. 7 alternative delivery addresses 4B are shown within a certain range from the intended delivery address 4, for example a few hundred meters. In embodiments only alternative delivery addresses can be shown available for receiving the item 3. Alternatively all alternative delivery addresses 4B, associated with the intended delivery address 4 and/or the addressee 4A within said range can be shown, of which for example by color differences or otherwise differentiating between such addresses available for receipt of items 3 and such addresses not available for such receipt. For example green for available and red for not available. This will allow the delivery person 6 to chose the most suitable alternative address. Preferably the relevant pictogram will be a hyperlink to the actual address information which may show up by initiating the (hyper)link or by a “mouse over” showing the information directly on the screen 8. Preferably the delivery person can chose one of the alternative addresses 4B and add it to the delivery route. In embodiments the system 1 may show to the delivery person for some or all of the alternative delivery addresses 4B the consequences of choosing that address 4B, for example for the remaining delivery route, the ETA for the items 3 to be delivered and the like information, in order to even better assess the most appropriate delivery route. In embodiments the delivery person 6 may be able to change the range within which alternative delivery addresses may be found, for example by zooming in or out on the screen 8. Obviously in the other embodiments also the or each alternative address or link can be represented differently, for example on a map, by graphic images or as a list and/or as delivery alternative routes including different alternative delivery addresses In all embodiments the screen 8 is preferably a touch screen.
In embodiments a non availability signal can be sent directly by the second communication system 13 or by the computer 10, for example through the hand held device 14, to the first communication system 7, once the addressee 4 has indicated to the system 1 that he is or will not be available for receipt of an item 3 at the intended delivery address 4, at an estimated or indicated delivery time, to be processed by the computer 10 or to be shown on the hand held device 7A. Such non availability signal can for example be generated based on an agenda of the addressee 4A. A non availability signal can then for example be defined by periods in such agenda from which it follows that the addressee will not be available for such receipt of an item. Additionally or alternatively an addressee may be provided with the opportunity to indicate such periods of non availability directly in the system 1, for example through a web site associated therewith.
In embodiments the non availability signal indicating one or more periods in which the addressee will not be available for receipt of an item 3, can be set in the system 1, for example actively by the addressee or through an agenda of the addressee communicating with the system 1. This will allow the system for example to calculate a delivery route in which the relevant address can be approached at a period in which the addressee will be available for receipt, or by adding an alternative address 4B to the delivery route instead of the intended delivery address 4.
An approach signal or proximity signal as described can inform an addressee about an estimated time of arrival (ETA), which for the proximity signal may be relatively short, for example seconds or minutes, and for the approach signal may be longer, for example minutes to tens of minutes or even longer. Alternatively or additionally the ETA can be communicated to the system 1, especially to the computer 10 and/or the first communication system 7, such that for example the position of the delivery person 6 and/or vehicle 5 can be assessed, that ETA’s for one or more of the further addresses where deliveries have to be made in the relevant delivery route can be calculated and the route can be amended based on such ETA’s and/or it can be assessed whether the addressee will be available at the intended delivery address at the ETA and, if not, an alternative delivery address or delivery time can be provided.
During his delivery route a delivery person 6 and/or delivery truck may pass a series of beacons 21, some of which are not associated with items 3 to be delivered during the delivery route. Proximity and/or approach signals from and/or to such beacons 21 may nevertheless be used by the system 1. For example by tracking the time when the said signal is exchanged with such beacons 21 the position and/or progress of the vehicle and/or delivery person 6 can be calculated, allowing a periodical or constant calculation of ETA’s for addresses along the delivery route. The data about the progress of the vehicle 5 and/or delivery person 6 during several delivery routes can be stored in the system 1, for example in the database 2, to be used during future delivery routes, in order to more accurately define ETA’s. The system 1 can thus be self learning. Also the data from the progress and/or position of the vehicle can be combined with further information available about for example traffic and/or traffic jams along the calculated route, road works, detours and the like for further optimizing the delivery route.
In the description given here before, the proximity signal is provided by the beacon 21 being positioned at a delivery address 4, actively issuing a signal, to be detected by the first communication system, especially the hand held device 7A. Obviously such beacon 21 can also be a passive element, such as a transponder, which provides a signal only when the hand held device 7A is brought into a predetermined proximity of the transponder.
When the first communication system, especially the hand held device 7A of the delivery person 6 and/or the delivery vehicle 5 is in proximity of a number of possibly relevant beacons 21, a link 21A for some or all of these beacons 21 may come up, which means that the delivery person 6 will have to chose the right one. Alternatively software of the system 1 may be designed such that the first communication system 7 will only provide a link for those delivery addresses and/or addressees for whom the delivery person 6 or delivery vehicle 5 is carrying an item 3 to be delivered. Such link may again be provided on the screen 8 of the hand held device 7A. This will significantly limit the number of finks shown, even in a crowed area such as for example an apartment building. Again such finks can be represented by a virtual door bell or an alternative delivery address or a communication fink for establishing communication with the addressee.
In this description an addressee can define a network of alternative delivery addresses from which an alternative delivery address can be chosen by the system and/or the delivery person, depending on for example the further deliveries to be made, availability of people at these alternative dehvery addresses and the like. Preferably an addressee can define a preferred order of the alternative delivery addresses. Preferably the availability of people at such alternative delivery addresses 4B will be known or can be made known to the system 1, similar as that of the intended addressee 4.
Alternative to or additional to a beacon 21 the position of the delivery person 6 and/or vehicle 5 can be established using GPS type systems, with which the proximity can be defined, as described before. A further example could be using a visual recognition system, such as but not hmited to Layar ® or Google Glass®, with which the position of a dehvery person 6 and/or dehvery vehicle 5 could be assessed, for generating the proximity signal. For example a dehvery person can periodically or constantly take in images of the environment, which will be recognized through appropriate image recognition software of the system, such that the position of the dehvery person cq vehicle can be assessed. In an embodiment the software can extract an image of the intended dehvery address or of one or more positions along the dehvery route with a known position relative to the intended dehvery address, for example from Google® Map’s street view or Layar® . The software of the system 1 can then compare the images taken along the route by the dehvery person and/or vehicle with these images of the intended dehvery address and/or positions along the dehvery route and when a match is found define the position of the dehvery person and/or vehicle relative to the intended dehvery address.
In alternative embodiments an item can be provided with a dehvery code, such as a bar code or a QR code or the like, which can be scanned by the dehvery person, for example with the hand held device 7, for example when a door bell 16 is not answered at the intended dehvery address. The scanned code can then provide the dehvery person with an alternative dehvery address or a link as discussed before, presented on the screen 8 of the hand held device 7 or vehicle 5. The code can be generated by the system 1 based on information presented by a person ordering an item 3, for example through a website, such that the information is scrambled in said code and the information as such will not become available to the delivery person 6, but the link will allow him to establish a connection with the addressee, for example through a mobile phone number, for communication or information or provide an alternative delivery address. In such embodiment the information may be scrambled into said code directly after entering the information into the website, such that only said code is stored in the database, wherein the software of the first communication system can translate said code into the desired fink.
As discussed a system 1 according to the disclosure can define a delivery route for a series of items to be delivered, based on e.g. at least one of: location of the intended delivery addresses; indicated availability or non-availability of the addressees; traffic information; data stored in the system about earlier delivery routes, alternative delivery addresses provided and other information.
During execution of the delivery route the delivery route can be changed, such as optimized, and/or an alternative delivery route for the remaining items 3 to be delivered can be provided by the system 1, by recalculation, based on further information fed into the system and/or generated by the system 1, preferably real time, for example about at least one of: a non-availability signal entered into the system: by the addressee 4A through the second communication system 13; or generated by the system 1 due to for example a change in an agenda of an addressee 4A, said agenda communicating with the system 1, such as for example but not limited to an Outlook® agenda; or due to a change in a calculated ETA, for example due to an unexpected delay along the delivery route for the delivery person 6 and/or vehicle 5, due to for example but not limited to a traffic accident, road works, or a delay during the delivery of an item; an alternative delivery address 4B entered into the system by the addressee 4A directly, for example for personal reasons; and/or traffic information entered into the system 1, for example but not limited to information about blocked roads, traffic jams and the like.
Preferably the delivery person can chose to progress with the originally calculated delivery route or follow the further alternative delivery route for the remaining items as proposed by the system. During the execution of the delivery route preferably the addressees of the items 3 to be delivered and/or, if alternative addresses are provided for some or all of the items, a contact person at the alternative address or addresses are preferably informed about the progress of the execution of the delivery route and/or of any changes in said delivery route. This can for example be done through a website or app which shows to an addressee of an item 3 the location of a vehicle 5 and/or delivery person 6 carrying said item 3 on a map, preferably real time. To this end the addressee 4A and/or the said contact person or persons of the alternative address(es) 4B can be provided with a login code identifying him as associated with a specific item or number of items 3. This will allow tracking of the item 3, preferably real time. This website or app can be part of the second communication system, such that it will allow the addressee and/or said contact person to communicate with the first communication system 7 and/or other elements of the system 1, for example a communication device 7A of a or another contact person through said web site or said app.
In a system 1 according to this disclosure in embodiments also the possibility can be offered to enter a pick up request, requesting a delivery person 6 and/or vehicle 5 to pick up one or more items 3 at an address 4, to be referred to as a pick up address, for example an item 3 previously delivered at such address 4, to be returned to a sender and/or to be delivered to a different address. If such pick up request is entered into the system 1 it can be incorporated into a delivery route. When such pick up request is entered into the system 1 it can be processed, for example by incorporating it into a delivery route which is to be executed later, or by incorporating it into a dehvery route during execution of such delivery route, which will lead to calculating an alternative deliver route or at least for a remaining part of said delivery route.
In embodiments a series of alternative delivery addresses can be provided to the delivery person and/or the delivery truck, such that the delivery person can chose one of these addresses, for example an address fitting his route best, or can try one or several of these addresses for making the delivery.
If a delivery of an item is made to an alternative dehvery address, it is preferred that signal is sent to the addressee informing him of the delivery and the address at which it has been delivered. In embodiments alternative dehvery addresses may be retrieved from a social network of which the addressee is a member.
During deliveries made the hand held or mobile device of the first communication system can store recognition codes registered at or near dehvery addresses or even further along the route, such as the SSID or BSSID codes of beacons such as but not limited to Wi-Fi routers at or near said addresses or along the route. This will allow real time and/or later tracking of the dehvery person and provide valuable data for analyzing performances, accuracy, planning and the like, as described before. The beacons can also use an alternative or additional recognition code based on for example Blue Tooth, Z-Wave or Zigbee or the like. Preferably the system allows the use of such recognition codes based on different systems.
The invention is by no means limited to the embodiments as shown and/or described in this description. Many variations thereof are possible within the scope of the claims, including at least all combinations of parts and elements of the embodiments and parts thereof shown, in any combination or permutation.
These and other alterations and modifications are supposed to be disclosed within the scope of the claims.

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Monitoring systeem omvattende een serie van draadloze bakens, tenminste één mobiel monitoring apparaat en een computersysteem, zoals een Internet cloud server, waarbij elk van de serie van draadloze bakens een herkenningscode heeft die uniek is voor het individuele baken en draadloos leesbaar door genoemde tenminste ene mobiele apparaat wanneer het mobiele apparaat binnen een draadloos communicatiebereik van het baken is, waarbij elke mobiele apparaat is voorzien van een registratie-inrichting voor het registeren van herkenningscodes van genoemde bakens en een communicatie-inrichting voor het verzenden van de geregistreerde code naar het computersysteem.A monitoring system comprising a series of wireless beacons, at least one mobile monitoring device and a computer system, such as an Internet cloud server, wherein each of the series of wireless beacons has a recognition code unique to the individual beacon and wirelessly readable by said at least a mobile device when the mobile device is within a wireless communication range of the beacon, wherein each mobile device is provided with a registration device for registering recognition codes of said beacons and a communication device for transmitting the registered code to the computer system . 2. Monitoring systeem volgens conclusie 1, waarbij de communicatie-inrichting is ontworpen voor realtime verzending van genoemde herkenningscodes naar het computersysteem, bij voorkeur draadloos.Monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is designed for real-time transmission of said recognition codes to the computer system, preferably wireless. 3. Monitoring systeem volgens conclusie 1 of 2, waarbij het mobiele apparaat een geheugen voor tijdelijk opslag van herkenningscode omvat.The monitoring system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the mobile device comprises a memory for temporary storage of recognition code. 4. Monitoring systeem volgens één der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het mobiele apparaat een tijdinrichting omvat voor het registreren van het tijdstip waarop een herkenningscode door het mobiele apparaat wordt geregistreerd.Monitoring system according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the mobile device comprises a timer for registering the time at which a recognition code is registered by the mobile device. 5. Monitoring systeem volgens één der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de serie van bakens tenminste een serie van WiFi routers omvat en/of waarbij tenminste een serie van genoemde bakens een SSID of BBSID nummer als herkenningscode heeft.Monitoring system as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein the series of beacons comprises at least one series of WiFi routers and / or wherein at least one series of said beacons has an SSID or BBSID number as recognition code. 6. Monitoring systeem volgens één der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het computer systeem mapping software omvat voor het in kaart brengen van een route gevolgd door het tenminste ene mobiele apparaat gebaseerd op de registratiecodes geregistreerd door het mobiele apparaat, waarbij de mapping software bij voorkeur is ontworpen om informatie te verstrekken over hoelang het mobiele apparaat is of is geweest binnen het draadloos communicatiebereik van elk baken dat het registreert of heeft geregistreerd.A monitoring system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the computer system comprises mapping software for mapping a route followed by the at least one mobile device based on the registration codes registered by the mobile device, the mapping software preferably being designed to provide information about how long the mobile device has been or has been within the wireless communication range of each beacon that it registers or has registered. 7. Monitoring systeem volgens één der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij in het of elke mobiele apparaat data is opgeslagen van een te volgen route, inclusief data van een serie van te benaderen adressen, waarbij aan elk adres een uniek herkenningscode is toegewezen, waarbij het mobiele apparaat software omvat voor het registeren van herkenningscodes van bakens en deze te vergelijken met de herkenningscodes die toegewezen zijn aan de adressen van de route opgeslagen in het mobiele apparaat, waarbij het mobiele apparaat een signaalinrichting omvat voor het verstrekken van een signaal wanneer een match is gevonden tussen een geregistreerde herkenningscode en een herkenningscode die is toegewezen aan één van de adressen van de route op geslagen in het mobiele apparaat.Monitoring system as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, wherein data is stored in the or each mobile device from a route to be followed, including data from a series of addresses to be accessed, each address being assigned a unique recognition code, the mobile device software for recording beacon recognition codes and comparing them with the recognition codes assigned to the addresses of the route stored in the mobile device, the mobile device comprising a signal device for providing a signal when a match is found between a registered recognition code and a recognition code that is assigned to one of the addresses of the route stored in the mobile device. 8. Monitoring werkwijze, waarbij een mobiel apparaat wordt bewogen langs een serie van draadloze bakens voorzien van een herkenningscode die uniek is voor het individuele baken, draadloos leesbaar door genoemde tenminste ene mobiele apparaat wanneer het mobiele apparaat binnen een draadloos communicatiebereik is van het baken, waarbij het mobiele apparaat de herkenninscodes registreert van de bakens waarlangs het beweegt en de geregistreerde codes naar een computersysteem verzendt.A monitoring method, wherein a mobile device is moved along a series of wireless beacons provided with a recognition code unique to the individual beacon, wirelessly readable by said at least one mobile device when the mobile device is within a wireless communication range of the beacon, wherein the mobile device registers the recognition codes of the beacons along which it moves and transmits the registered codes to a computer system. 9. Monitoring werkwijze volgens conclusie 8, waarbij het mobiele apparaat genoemde herkenningscodes real time naar een computersysteem realtime verzendt, bij voorkeur draadloos.The monitoring method of claim 8, wherein the mobile device transmits said recognition codes real-time to a computer system real-time, preferably wirelessly. 10. Monitoring werkwijze volgens conclusie 8 of 9, waarbij het mobiele apparaat tijdelijk de geregistreerde herkenningscodes opslaat.The monitoring method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the mobile device temporarily stores the registered recognition codes. 11. Monitoring werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 8-10, waarbij het mobiele apparaat een herkenningscode tijd stempelt, wanneer deze wordt geregistreerd door het mobiele apparaat.The monitoring method of any one of claims 8-10, wherein the mobile device stamps a recognition code time when it is recorded by the mobile device. 12. Monitoring werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 8-11, waarbij de serie van bakens een SSID of BSSID nummer uitstuurt als herkenningscode.A monitoring method according to any of claims 8-11, wherein the series of beacons outputs an SSID or BSSID number as recognition code. 13. Monitoring werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 8-12, waarbij het computersysteem mapping software omvat waarmee een route in kaart wordt gebracht zoals gevolgd door het tenminste ene mobiele apparaat gebaseerd op de herkenningscodes geregistreerd door het mobiele apparaat, waarbij de mapping software bij voorkeur informatie verstrekt over hoelang het mobiele apparaat is of is geweest binnen het draadloos communicatiebereik van elk baken dat het registreert of heeft geregistreerd.The monitoring method according to any of claims 8-12, wherein the computer system comprises mapping software with which a route is mapped as followed by the at least one mobile device based on the recognition codes registered by the mobile device, the mapping software preferably information Provides information about how long the mobile device has been or has been within the wireless communication range of each beacon that it registers or has registered. 14. Monitoring werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 8-13, waarbij in het of elke mobiele apparaat data is opgeslagen van een te volgen route, inclusief data van een serie te benaderen adressen, waarbij aan elk adres een unieke herkenningscode wordt of is toegewezen, waarbij het mobiele apparaat software omvat waarmee herkenningscodes van bakens worden geregistreerd en deze worden vergeleken met de herkenningscodes die toegewezen zijn aan de adressen van de route op geslagen in het mobiele apparaat, waarbij het mobiele apparaat een signaal verstrekt wanneer een match is gevonden tussen een geregistreerde herkenningscode en een herkenningscode die is toegewezen aan één van de adressen van de route opgeslagen in het mobiele apparaat.A monitoring method according to any one of claims 8-13, wherein data is stored in the or each mobile device from a route to be followed, including data from a series of addresses to be accessed, wherein each address is or is assigned a unique recognition code, the mobile device includes software that records beacon recognition codes and compares these with the recognition codes assigned to the route addresses stored in the mobile device, the mobile device providing a signal when a match is found between a registered recognition code and a recognition code assigned to one of the addresses of the route stored in the mobile device. 15. Monitoring werkwijze volgens conclusie 14, waarbij het signaal omvat tenminste één van: een virtuele deurbel link gepresenteerd op een scherm van het mobiele apparaat voor het contacteren van een persoon geregistreerd in het mobiele apparaat en/of het computersysteem zoals geassocieerd met het adres waarvan een match is gevonden; een alternatief adres te worden op genomen in de route als alternatief voor het adres waarvan een match is gevonden; een signaal dat het mobiele apparaat bij een bestemd adres is bij de route.The monitoring method of claim 14, wherein the signal comprises at least one of: a virtual doorbell link presented on a screen of the mobile device for contacting a person registered in the mobile device and / or the computer system as associated with the address of which a match has been found; an alternative address to be included in the route as an alternative to the address for which a match has been found; a signal that the mobile device is at an intended address on the route. 16. Bezorgsysteem, bij voorkeur omvattende een monitoring systeem volgens één der conclusies 1-7, het bezorgsysteem omvattende een database voorzien van data gerelateerd aan tenminste één uit te voeren bezorging en tenminste één bestemd bezorgadres voor een geadresseerde voor de bezorging, en tenminste één bezorgingsvoertuig, waarbij het bezorgingsvoertuig en/of een bezorger gekoppeld aan het voertuig is voorzien van een eerste communicatiesysteem en de tenminste ene geadresseerde is voorzien van een tweede communicatiesysteem, waarbij het bezorgsysteem voorts een computersysteem omvat voor het verstrekken van data van de database aan het eerste communicatiesysteem gevormd door of met inbegrip van data over de tenminste ene bezorging en het genoemde bezorgadres, waarbij het bezorgsysteem voorts een proximiteitdetectiesysteem omvat voorzien van tenminste één baken bij het bezorgadres, voor het draadloos communiceren met het eerste communicatiesysteem wanneer een deel van het eerste communicatiesysteem binnen een draadloos communicatie bereik is van het tenminste ene baken; en - waarbij het tweede communicatiesysteem is ontworpen voor communicatie met het eerste communicatiesysteem voor het verstrekken van een alternatief bezorgadres voor de bezorging, in het bijzonder tijdens bezorging van het item en/of - waarbij het computersysteem is ontworpen voor het verstrekken van tenminste één alternatief bezorgadres tijdens bezorging, waarbij het alternatieve bezorgadres wordt verstrekt door de database.A delivery system, preferably comprising a monitoring system according to any one of claims 1-7, the delivery system comprising a database provided with data related to at least one delivery to be performed and at least one intended delivery address for a consignee for delivery, and at least one delivery vehicle , wherein the delivery vehicle and / or a delivery person coupled to the vehicle is provided with a first communication system and the at least one addressee is provided with a second communication system, the delivery system further comprising a computer system for supplying data from the database to the first communication system formed by or including data about the at least one delivery and said delivery address, the delivery system further comprising a proximity detection system provided with at least one beacon at the delivery address, for wirelessly communicating with the first communication system when a part of the e first communication system is within a wireless communication range of the at least one beacon; and - wherein the second communication system is designed for communication with the first communication system for providing an alternative delivery address for delivery, in particular during delivery of the item and / or - wherein the computer system is designed for providing at least one alternative delivery address during delivery, where the alternative delivery address is provided by the database. 17. Bezorgsysteem volgens conclusie 16, waarbij het proximiteitdetectiesysteem voorts omvat tenminste één van: een GPS type module voorzien in of voor het eerste communicatiesysteem voor het detecteren van de locatie van het bezorgingsvoertuig en/of bezorger ten opzichte van het bezorgadres; en een visueel detectiesysteem ontworpen voor het opnemen van de omgeving van een bezorgingsvoertuig en/of bezorger en het vergelijken van een genomen afbeelding met een beeldweergave voor het bezorgadres.The delivery system of claim 16, wherein the proximity detection system further comprises at least one of: a GPS type module provided in or for the first communication system for detecting the location of the delivery vehicle and / or delivery person relative to the delivery address; and a visual detection system designed to record the environment of a delivery vehicle and / or delivery person and comparing a taken image with an image display for the delivery address. 18. Bezorgsysteem volgens conclusie 16 of 17, waarbij het proximiteitdetectiesysteem is voorzien van een module die een visueel en/of auditief signaal presenteert op het eerste communicatiesysteem wanneer het proximiteitdetectiesysteem proximiteit van het bezorgingsvoertuig en/of bezorger detecteert.The delivery system according to claim 16 or 17, wherein the proximity detection system is provided with a module that presents a visual and / or auditory signal on the first communication system when the proximity detection system detects proximity of the delivery vehicle and / or delivery person. 19. Bezorgsysteem volgens conclusie 18, waarbij het signaal een voorstelling van een virtuele deurbel omvat.The delivery system of claim 18, wherein the signal comprises a representation of a virtual doorbell. 20. Bezorgsysteem volgens één der conclusies 16-19, waarbij het computersysteem is geprogrammeerd om het tenminste ene alternatieve adres naar het eerste communicatiesysteem te verstrekken wanneer een niet-beschikbaar signaal van het tweede communicatiesysteem wordt verstrekt.The delivery system of any one of claims 16-19, wherein the computer system is programmed to provide the at least one alternative address to the first communication system when an unavailable signal from the second communication system is provided. 21. Bezorgsysteem volgens één der conclusies 16-20, waarbij het bezorgsysteem toelaat dat het tweede communicatiesysteem een omleidsignaal verstrekt om tenminste één alternatieve adres voor bezorging aan te wijzen, naar het eerste communicatiesysteem.The delivery system of any one of claims 16-20, wherein the delivery system allows the second communication system to provide a redirect signal to designate at least one alternative address for delivery to the first communication system. 22. Bezorgsysteem volgens conclusie 20 of 21, waarbij het bezorgingsvoertuig een volgapparaat omvat voor het bepalen van de positie van het bezorgingsvoertuig ten opzichte van het bestemde adres voor bezorging, waarbij een naderingsignaal wordt verstrekt aan de geadresseerde en/of het tweede communicatiesysteem wanneer het voertuig een vooraf bepaald bereik ten opzichte van het bestemde adres binnentreedt.A delivery system according to claim 20 or 21, wherein the delivery vehicle comprises a tracking device for determining the position of the delivery vehicle relative to the intended delivery address, wherein an approach signal is provided to the addressee and / or the second communication system when the vehicle enters a predetermined range with respect to the intended address. 23. Bezorgsysteem volgens één der conclusies 16-22, waarbij het tweede communicatiesysteem omvat tenminste één van: een draagbaarcommunicatieapparaat, zoals een smartphone of tablet; en een stationair communicatieapparaat.A delivery system according to any of claims 16-22, wherein the second communication system comprises at least one of: a portable communication device, such as a smartphone or tablet; and a stationary communication device. 24. Bezorgsysteem volgens één der conclusies 16-23, waarbij het systeem een stationair apparaat omvat, waarbij het stationaire apparaat tenminste één scherm omvat voor het presenteren van het tenminste ene alternatieve bezorgadres.A delivery system according to any of claims 16-23, wherein the system comprises a stationary device, wherein the stationary device comprises at least one screen for presenting the at least one alternative delivery address. 25. Bezorgsysteem volgens conclusie 23 of 24, waarbij het stationaire apparaat verbonden is aan een deurbelsysteem of een deurbelsysteem omvat.The delivery system of claim 23 or 24, wherein the stationary device is connected to a doorbell system or comprises a doorbell system. 26. Bezorgsysteem volgens één der conclusies 16-25, waarbij het tweede communicatiesysteem een draagbaarcommunicatieapparaat omvat en het eerste communicatiesysteem en/of het proximiteitdetectiesysteem een signaalinrichting omvat voor het verstrekken van een signaal aan het draagbaarcommunicatieapparaat, en waarbij het bezorgsysteem zodanig is ontworpen dat: tenminste één alternatief bezorgadres en/of andere informatie kan worden verzonden van het draagbaarcommunicatieapparaat naar het eerste communicatiesysteem en/of een stationair apparaat dat is voorzien op het bezorgadres, om te worden gepresenteerd aan de bezorger op een scherm daarvan en/of tenminste één alternatief bezorgadres wordt gepresenteerd op het scherm en/of het eerste communicatiesysteem, waarbij tenminste één alternatief bezorgadres wordt ontleend aan de database of in het tweede communicatiesysteem is ingevoerd.A delivery system according to any of claims 16-25, wherein the second communication system comprises a portable communication device and the first communication system and / or the proximity detection system comprises a signal device for supplying a signal to the portable communication device, and wherein the delivery system is designed such that: at least one alternative delivery address and / or other information may be sent from the portable communication device to the first communication system and / or a stationary device provided at the delivery address, to be presented to the delivery person on a screen thereof and / or at least one alternative delivery address being presented on the screen and / or the first communication system, wherein at least one alternative delivery address is derived from the database or entered in the second communication system. 27. Bezorgsysteem volgens één der conclusies 16-26, waarbij aan een uit te voeren bezorging een bezorgcode is geassocieerd, waarbij de bezorgcode is geassocieerd met tenminste een communicatiemiddel voor communicatie tussen het eerste en tweede communicatiesysteem, zodanig dat bij activatie van de bezorgcode, bij voorkeur door de bezorger, een communicatie tussen het eerste en tweede communicatiesysteem tot stand wordt gebracht.A delivery system according to any one of claims 16-26, wherein a delivery code is associated with a delivery code, the delivery code being associated with at least one communication means for communication between the first and second communication system, such that upon activation of the delivery code, is preferably established by the delivery person, a communication between the first and second communication system. 28. Bezorgsysteem volgens conclusie 27, waarbij de bezorgcode is geassocieerd met een mobiel telefoonnummer en/of een computeradres van en/of verstrekt door de geadresseerde, in het bijzonder een mobiel telefoonnummer of computeradres geassocieerd met het tweede communicatiesysteem.A delivery system according to claim 27, wherein the delivery code is associated with a mobile telephone number and / or a computer address of and / or provided by the addressee, in particular a mobile telephone number or computer address associated with the second communication system. 29. Bezorgsysteem volgens één der conclusies 16-28, waarbij het computersysteem is ontworpen om een bezorgroute voor het bezorgingsvoertuig te berekenen en om een route opnieuw te berekenen gebaseerd op onder andere een alternatief bezorgadres verstrekt voor een bezorging gedurende de bezorging.A delivery system according to any of claims 16-28, wherein the computer system is designed to calculate a delivery route for the delivery vehicle and to recalculate a route based on, inter alia, an alternative delivery address provided for a delivery during delivery. 30. Werkwijze voor bezorging van tenminste één item aan tenminste één bezorgadres van een geadresseerde van het item, waarbij een bestemd bezorgadres voor een item in een eerste communicatiesysteem wordt ingevoerd beschikbaar voor een bezorger; en waarbij tijdens bezorging van een itemproximiteit van een bezorger en/of bezorgingsvoertuig geassocieerd aan de bezorger tot het bestemde bezorgadres wordt gedetecteerd; waarbij de proximiteit draadloos wordt gedetecteerd door middel van tenminste één baken bij het bezorgadres, dat draadloos communiceert met het eerste communicatiesysteem wanneer een deel van het eerste communicatiesysteem in een draadloos communicatiebereik van het tenminste ene baken wordt gebracht; waarbij een proximiteit signaal wordt verstrekt aan het eerste communicatiemiddel en/of een tweede communicatiemiddel gehouden door de geadresseerde of een persoon geassocieerd aan de geadresseerde wanneer de proximiteit binnen een vooraf bepaald bereik is, zodanig dat een communicatie tussen de eerste en tweede communicatiemiddel tot stand kan worden gebracht, waarbij de werkwijze bij voorkeur voorts omvat een werkwijze voor monitoring volgens één der conclusies 8-15.A method of delivery of at least one item to at least one delivery address of an addressee of the item, wherein an intended delivery address for an item is entered in a first communication system available to a delivery person; and wherein during delivery of an item proximity of a delivery person and / or delivery vehicle associated to the delivery person to the intended delivery address is detected; wherein the proximity is detected wirelessly by means of at least one beacon at the delivery address, which communicates wirelessly with the first communication system when a part of the first communication system is brought into a wireless communication range of the at least one beacon; wherein a proximity signal is provided to the first communication means and / or a second communication means held by the addressee or a person associated with the addressee when the proximity is within a predetermined range such that a communication between the first and second communication means can be established wherein the method preferably further comprises a method of monitoring according to any of claims 8-15. 31. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 30, waarbij de proximiteit voorts kan worden gedetecteerd door middel van tenminste één van: een GPS type module voorzien in of voor het eerste communicatiesysteem voor het detecteren van de locatie van het bezorgingsvoertuig en/of de bezorger ten opzichte van het bezorgadres; en een visueel detectiesysteem ontworpen voor het opnemen van de omgeving van een bezorgingsvoertuig en/of bezorger en het vergelijken van een genomen afbeelding met een beeldweergave voor het bezorgadres.The method of claim 30, wherein the proximity can be further detected by means of at least one of: a GPS type module provided in or for the first communication system for detecting the location of the delivery vehicle and / or the delivery person relative to the delivery address; and a visual detection system designed to record the environment of a delivery vehicle and / or delivery person and comparing a taken image with an image display for the delivery address. 32. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 30 of 31, waarbij tenminste een link wordt gepresenteerd op het eerste communicatiemiddel wanneer proximiteit binnen het vooraf bepaalde bereik wordt gedetecteerd, waardoor de bezorger een communicatie met tweede communicatiemiddel tot stand kan brengen door activatie van de link.The method of claim 30 or 31, wherein at least one link is presented on the first communication means when proximity is detected within the predetermined range, whereby the delivery person can establish communication with the second communication means by activating the link. 33. Werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 30-32, waarbij tenminste één alternatief bezorgadres voor het item wordt verstrekt aan de bezorger, voorafgaand aan of tijdens bezorging van het item, waarbij het alternatief bezorgadres wordt verstrekt: via het tweede communicatiesysteem aan de bezorger en/of via een computersysteem naar het eerste communicatiesysteem en/of naar het tweede communicatiesysteem, waarbij het alternatief bezorgadres wordt verstrekt vanuit een database die gekoppeld is aan het computersysteem.A method according to any of claims 30-32, wherein at least one alternative delivery address for the item is provided to the delivery person prior to or during delivery of the item, wherein the alternative delivery address is provided: via the second communication system to the delivery person and / or via a computer system to the first communication system and / or to the second communication system, wherein the alternative delivery address is provided from a database linked to the computer system. 34. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 33, waarbij tijdens bezorging een naderingsignaal wordt gecommuniceerd naar de geadresseerde, in het bijzonder naar het tweede communicatiesysteem, wanneer de bezorger een vooraf bepaald bereik ten opzichte van het primaire bezorgadres binnentreedt, waarbij het naderingsignaal de verstrekking van het alternatieve bezorgadres naar de bezorger teweegbrengt, in het bijzonder wanneer de geadresseerde een niet-beschikbaar signaal in een computersysteem geassocieerd met tenminste het eerste communicatiemiddel heeft ingevoerd.A method according to claim 33, wherein during delivery an approach signal is communicated to the addressee, in particular to the second communication system, when the delivery person enters a predetermined range with respect to the primary delivery address, the approach signal providing the provision of the alternative delivery address to the delivery person, in particular when the addressee has entered an unavailable signal in a computer system associated with at least the first communication means. 35. Werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 30-34, waarbij bij of nabij het bezorgadres tenminste één alternatief bezorgadres wordt gepresenteerd aan de bezorger met een presentatieapparaat dat deel uitmaakt van het eerste en/of tweede communicatiesysteem, bij voorkeur op een scherm, in het bijzonder na signalering van de bezorger’s aanwezigheid bij of nabij het bezorgadres, bijvoorbeeld door aanbellen aan een deurbel of gebaseerd op het proximiteitsignaal.A method according to any of claims 30-34, wherein at or near the delivery address at least one alternative delivery address is presented to the delivery person with a presentation device that is part of the first and / or second communication system, preferably on a screen, in particular after signaling of the delivery person's presence at or near the delivery address, for example by ringing a doorbell or based on the proximity signal. 36. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 35, waarbij het tenminste ene alternatieve bezorgadres wordt gepresenteerd aan de bezorger, waarbij: de geadresseerde voorafgaand aan de bezorging een doorstuursignaal in de computer instelt, welk doorstuursignaal de presentatie van het tenminste één vooraf bepaalde alternatieve bezorgadres initieert; en/of bij ontvangst van het proximiteitsignaal of na het initiëren van communicatie tussen het eerste en tweede communicatie middel, waarna het tenminste ene alternatieve bezorgadres wordt gepresenteerd aan de bezorger, via het scherm.The method of claim 35, wherein the at least one alternative delivery address is presented to the delivery person, wherein: the addressee sets a forwarding signal in the computer prior to delivery, which forwarding signal initiates the presentation of the at least one predetermined alternative delivery address; and / or upon receipt of the proximity signal or after initiating communication between the first and second communication means, whereafter the at least one alternative delivery address is presented to the delivery person, via the screen. 37. Werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 30-36, waarbij het tenminste ene alternatief bezorgadres wordt gepresenteerd aan de bezorger bij of nabij het bestemde bezorgadres, waarbij de geadresseerde of het computersysteem het tenminste ene vooraf bepaalde bezorgadres voorafgaand aan de bezorging instelt.A method according to any of claims 30-36, wherein the at least one alternative delivery address is presented to the delivery person at or near the intended delivery address, wherein the addressee or the computer system sets the at least one predetermined delivery address prior to delivery. 38. Werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 30-37, waarbij een serie van alternatieve bezorgadressen is ingesteld, waarbij de bezorger één van deze alternatieve bezorgadressen kiest voor bezorging van het item.The method of any one of claims 30-37, wherein a series of alternative delivery addresses is set, wherein the delivery person chooses one of these alternative delivery addresses for delivery of the item. 39. Werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 30-38, waarbij een bezorgroute van de bezorger tijdens het volgen van de bezorgroute wordt aangepast, gebaseerd op verandering van het primaire bezorgadres naar een alternatief bezorgadres.A method according to any of claims 30-38, wherein a delivery route of the delivery person is adjusted while following the delivery route, based on a change from the primary delivery address to an alternative delivery address. 40. Deurbelsysteem, omvattende tenminste een deurbel, een deurbelcontrolesysteem en een elektronisch scherm, waarbij het deurbelcontrolesysteem omvat: een geheugen voor het bevatten van adresinformatie en een interface voor het presenteren van tenminste één adres op het scherm verkregen van het geheugen en/of een invoer apparaat voor het ontvangen van tenminste één adres van buiten het deurbelsysteem en een interface voor presentatie van het adres op het scherm, waarbij de deurbel is gekoppeld aan het deurbelcontrolesysteem voor activatie van de interface voor presentatie van de informatie op het scherm; en/of waarbij het deurbelsysteem een baken omvat voor draadloos communiceren met een mobielapparaat, zoals een smartphone of een laptop, bij voorkeur geschikt voor twee richting communicatie.A doorbell system comprising at least one doorbell, a doorbell control system and an electronic screen, the doorbell control system comprising: a memory for containing address information and an interface for presenting at least one address on the screen obtained from the memory and / or an input apparatus for receiving at least one address from outside the doorbell system and an interface for presenting the address on the screen, the doorbell being coupled to the doorbell control system for activating the interface for presenting the information on the screen; and / or wherein the doorbell system comprises a beacon for wireless communication with a mobile device, such as a smartphone or a laptop, preferably suitable for two-way communication. 41. Deurbelsysteem volgens conclusie 40, waarbij de deurbel een virtuele deurbel is, bijvoorbeeld afgebeeld op een mobielapparaat van een bezorger.The doorbell system according to claim 40, wherein the doorbell is a virtual doorbell, for example displayed on a mobile device of a delivery person. 42. Deurbelsysteem volgens conclusie 40 of 41, waarbij het systeem voorts een camera omvat.The doorbell system of claim 40 or 41, wherein the system further comprises a camera. 43. Set omvattende tenminste een baken en een mobielapparaat, waarbij het baken en het mobielapparaat zijn ingesteld voor draadloos communicatie met elkaar binnen een vooraf bepaald bereik, waarbij het mobielapparaat software omvat die kan worden geïnitieerd door een draadloos signaal ontvangen van het baken om een link te verstrekken op het mobielapparaat, waarbij de link is ontworpen om communicatie tussen het mobielapparaat en tenminste één vooraf bepaald tweede mobielapparaat tot stand te brengen.A set comprising at least one beacon and a mobile device, the beacon and the mobile device being set for wireless communication with each other within a predetermined range, the mobile device including software that can be initiated by a wireless signal received from the beacon for a link to provide on the mobile device, the link being designed to establish communication between the mobile device and at least one predetermined second mobile device. 44. Bezorgsysteem volgens één der conclusies 16-29 of een werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 30-39, waarbij het baken een inrichting omvat voor het verstrekken van een SSID of BSSID code en/of waarbij het baken een WiFi router is of een onderdeel is van een WiFi router.A delivery system according to any of claims 16-29 or a method according to any of claims 30-39, wherein the beacon comprises a device for providing an SSID or BSSID code and / or wherein the beacon is a WiFi router or is a part from a WiFi router. 45. Systeem volgens één der conclusies 1-8 of 16-29 of 44, waarbij het computersysteem tenminste één database omvat waarin herkenningscodes geregistreerd zijn, gekoppeld aan data die relevant is voor genoemde herkenningscode, welke data een fysiek adres kan omvatten waar het relevante baken is geplaatst en/of verdere data, waarbij het computersysteem en/of het mobiele apparaat een presentatie-inrichting omvat voor het presenteren van deel van genoemde verdere data en/of een link naar tenminste een deel van genoemde verdere data op het mobiele apparaat wanneer een herkenningscode zoals geregistreerd door het mobiele apparaat past bij een herkenningscode geregistreerd door genoemde mobiele apparaat en geen filter is ingesteld ter voorkoming van zo een presentatie.The system of any one of claims 1-8 or 16-29 or 44, wherein the computer system comprises at least one database in which recognition codes are registered, coupled to data relevant to said recognition code, which data may comprise a physical address where the relevant beacon is placed and / or further data, wherein the computer system and / or the mobile device comprises a presentation device for presenting part of said further data and / or a link to at least a part of said further data on the mobile device when a recognition code as registered by the mobile device matches a recognition code registered by said mobile device and no filter is set to prevent such a presentation.
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