Systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels

US9159045B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Eric Young · Mercer Island, US
• Devesh Mishra · Issaquah, US
• Timothy Jesse Tien · Seattle, US
• Jun Zhao · Shanghai, CN
• Sameer Vinod Shah · Seattle, US
• Zongyi Liu · Issaquah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 13, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/40
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels at, for example, materials handling facilities. In some embodiments, a parcel monitoring system detects an exception for a shipment parcel. The parcel monitoring system identifies a vendor associated with the shipment parcel. In response to the exception being detected, the parcel monitoring system controls a conveyor system in accordance with an action specified by an exception handling rule for the vendor.