Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inventory and delivery management
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Application No.: US14558494Application Date: 2014-12-02
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Publication No.: US10242336B1Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Vaibhav Agarwal , Udit Gangwani , Shubham Sisodia , Venkataramanan Subramanian
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06Q30/06 ; G06Q30/00

Abstract:
Techniques for determining an inventory level for an ordered item and offering delivery for the ordered item within a time frame may be provided. Information about a plurality of merchants may be maintained. An inventory level of the plurality of merchants for an item ordered by a customer may be determined based on the information and a threshold associated with the item. A particular merchant that is within a geographic range of the customer may be selected based on the inventory level and the merchant information. In an example, delivery instructions may be provided to a delivery service for delivering the item to the customer within the time frame.
Information query