Techniques for optimizing an inventory selection

US10185927B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Tolga Han Seyhan · Seattle, US
• Ali Sadighian · Seattle, US
• Salal Humair · Sammamish, US
• Jialei Rong · Hangzhou City, CN
• Haiyun Wang · Singapore, SG
• Deepak Bhatia · Issaquah, US
• Zhihao Chen · Yueqing, CN
• Abid Kapadya · Seattle, US
• Julie Wei-Shu Chang · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 22, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 8, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0205
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are provided herein for utilizing an inventory engine to optimize the selection of a set of items to be stored as inventory at a storage location. A candidate set of items may be identified based at least in part on a selection model. In accordance with at least one embodiment, the selection model may be based at least in part on a capacity of the storage location and a threshold time duration by which purchased items of the set of items are to be transported from the storage location to a purchaser. A plurality of probability values corresponding to the candidate set of items may be determined. An optimal set of items may be determined based at least in part on the candidate set of items and the plurality of probability values.