Method for producing a label, computer program product, network node and system for carrying out the method

A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium that stores machine-readable instructions that are executable by a computer to produce a label that can be applied onto a mailpiece, the tangible, machine-readable medium comprising:

• machine-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, provide a data service via a network node, the data service being performed in a provider server of a service provider;
• machine-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a one-time printing of the label via a control program, such that an intelligent document containing a program module is transmitted from the provider server via a network to a user client, wherein:
• the program module is configured to create displayable information indicating a result of a checking step or of an additional checking step, in order to check whether a precondition has been met within the intelligent document;
• the intelligent document is an intelligent PDF (iPDF) comprising the displayable information, wherein an unambiguous document ID is embedded into the iPDF, and the displayable information comprises static content and dynamic content, whereby incorporation of the dynamic content into the intelligent document is carried out separately and at a different time from incorporation of the static content;
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• the one-time printing being done if a network connection exists between the user client and the provider server, and if, on the basis of a query to the provider server, it has been ascertained that that label had not been printed before;
• machine-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, transmit a message from the user client to the provider server when the label is printed for the first time;
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• machine-readable instructions that, when executed by a computer, log the printing in the provider server in response to the message.

A system for production and printing of a label that can be applied to a mailpiece, the system comprising:

• means for providing a data service, the data service being performed in a provider server of a service provider;
• means for performing a one-time printing of the label via a control program, such that an intelligent document comprising a program module is transmitted from the provider server via a network to a user client, wherein the intelligent document is an intelligent PDF (iPDF) comprising displayable information, wherein:
• an unambiguous document ID is embedded into the iPDF;
• the displayable information comprises static content and dynamic content, wherein incorporation of the dynamic content into the intelligent document is carried out separately and at a different time from incorporation of the static content;
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• the one-time printing being done if a network connection exists between the user client and the provider server, and if, on the basis of a query to the provider server, it has been ascertained that that label had not been printed before;
• means for transmitting a message from the user client to the provider server when the label is printed for the first time;
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• means for logging the printing in the provider server in response to the message.