Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Resource capacity management
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Application No.: US16171013Application Date: 2018-10-25
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Publication No.: US11038808B1Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Rajeev Damani , Damon Alexander , Al Ashkar , Yenchao Chua , Prashanth Paramanandan , Saurabh Roongta , John Schroder , Jaymin Chinubhai Shah
- 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: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/911
- IPC: H04L12/911 ; H04L12/741 ; H04L12/751

Abstract:
A system and method for capacity management based on location and status of flexible (e.g., non-scheduled) service resources. Features are included to determine if the system can accept a request for a pick-up point (e.g., a restaurant, a quick order fulfillment center, grocery store, network location) based on the density, type and characteristics of the delivery resources in proximity (e.g., time and/or distance) to the pick-up point. The system also leverages historic delivery performance of the resources to assess whether to offer service or a service level for a given request.
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