Notifying users to provide picked items to a drop off location for processing

US10322881B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Ohil Krishnamurthy Manyam · Bellevue, US
• Jon Robert Ducrou · Brisbane, AU
• Anamika Sinha · Seattle, US
• Long Xuan Nguyen · Seattle, US
• Daniel Buchmueller · Seattle, US
• Ramanathan Palaniappan · Bengaluru, IN
• Michel Leonard Goldstein · Dover, US
• Raymond Wheekyun Lim · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 26, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 18, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 26, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G1/137
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The application describes a system and process for anticipating when a user will leave a selection area within a materials handling facility and determining if a notification requesting that the user provide a tote of picked items to a drop off location should be presented to the user. For example, a user may be asked to provide items picked from a selection area for processing, such as packing, while the user is picking items from other selection areas of a materials handling facility.