Computerized fulfillment device with automated prioritization engine

US11232399B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Kristine Calvin · Wilson Heights, US
• Albert Wayt · Chesterfield, US
• Alicia Pratt · Chesterfield, US
• Dawn Kotva · Chesterfield, US
• Harish Boini · Austin, US
• Joseph Yossi Azar · Blue Bell, US
• Kenneth G. Coulter · Columbia, US
• LaTasha Monroe · Chesterfield, US
• Mark A. Kaiser · Jacksonville, US
• Nicholas J. Sandstrom · Tempe, US
• Patricia Korando · Saint Peters, US
• Peter A. Rosomoff · Wildwood, US
• Ronald E. Fais · Tempe, US
• Salvatore Anselmi · Nutley, US
• Sneha P. Murali · Franklin Lakes, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 25, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0833
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer system includes a sorting device that receives a set of orders. The sorting device, for each fill of a first order of the set of orders, assigns the fill to one of a set of fulfillment devices. The computer system includes a sequence determination device configured to receive a first set of fills assigned to a first fulfillment device of the set of fulfillment devices. The sequence determination device adds the first set of fills to a first sequence corresponding to the first fulfillment device. The sequence determination device, for each fill of the first set of fills, determines a start time based on (i) a corresponding target date of the corresponding order and (ii) a priority of the corresponding order. The sequence determination device organizes the first sequence based on the start times. A forwarding device forwards the first sequence to the first fulfillment device.