Item tracking within a facility

US12056640B1 · 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: Jun 16, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 6, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/08
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure describes a system for determining an estimated user departure time from a materials handling facility. For example, a user may enter a materials handling facility to pick one or more items from the materials handling facility. Those items may be provided to an agent for processing, such as packing, while the user picks other items within the materials handling facility. To ensure that the items are processed in a timely manner and made available to the user when the user is ready to depart from the materials handling facility, the implementations discussed determine an anticipated user departure time and compare that time with an estimated processing time needed to process the items.