Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Douglas James Herrington

Paul Warren Smart

Samuel Stevens Heyworth

Nirav Praful Desai

Marc Brandon Hensley

Amirali Virani

Hannah McClellan Richards

Daniel Benjamin Rausch

Stephan Josef Andrizzi

Nicole Dare

Jai Prakash Chabria

Laura Allison Ridlehoover

Apoorva Iyer

Amir Pelleg

Jeffrey Rosenberg

Nitish Kumar

Anindya Guha

Kenneth DeLand

Jessica Protasio

Jeffrey A Wilke

Janice Vivienne Dearlove

Jae Pum Park

Ward W Vuillemot

John B Shaw

Samuel Pike Hall, Vi

Kara Cavallaro

Julien George Beguin

David George Butler

Hao Yu

Richard David Young

Sean Joseph Henry Oczkowski

Na Li

Stephenie Landry

Michael James Panzitta

Igor Fred Robert Von Nyssen

Toni Raquel Reid Thomelin

Subramanian Sundaresan

Sherman Griffin

Henry Robert Nickerson

Lisa Marie Maya

Yvonne Chou

Priyanka Wadhawan

James J Shimada

Brandon Ri Chang

Dilip S Kumar

Mark S Gulbrandsen

Paul D Demarco

Monica Theresa Mccann

William W Allocca

Jeffrey P Bezos

Jon Robert Ducrou

Harshal Dilip Wanjari

Rajiv Chopra

Catalin Mihai Constantin

Prashant Hegde

Huinan Ren

Maria Christine Renz

Joseph Sirosh

Yair Rivlin

Dennis Antonio Jumaquio

Sachin Chouksey

Shehzad Mevawalla

Sandeep Rao

Hannah Elizabeth McClellan

Mark Steven Mastandrea

Sarah Ann Wood

In some cases, a delivery service system may include a handheld electronic device for use with a delivery service (e.g., a grocery delivery service). When operating in a voice input mode, the handheld electronic device may record and store audio data in memory. The stored audio data may be communicated from the handheld electronic device (e.g., via a Wi-Fi connection) to the delivery service for speech processing. When operating in a scanner input mode, the handheld electronic device may record and store item identifier information (e.g., barcode data) in memory. The stored data may be communicated to the delivery service for item identification processing. In some cases, a user interface associated with the delivery service may allow the user to review and confirm an order prior to submission of the order for delivery.

Delivery service system

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for creating custom user interface ('UI') controls. A networked computing service may determine that an action performed by a user of the service is likely to be repeated, based on previous actions performed by the user and/or other users, parameters of the action including characteristics of an item associated with the action, and other criteria. The networked computing service may generate, or recommend generation of, a custom UI control that automates performance of the action. The networked computing service may automatically determine parameters of the action, and may determine alternative parameters and/or alternative actions if the action cannot be performed using the determined parameters. Custom UI controls may be associated with various computing devices and/or other electronic devices, and categories of custom UI controls may be determined and displayed.

Creation of custom user interface controls that are associated with physical devices

Embodiments of systems and methods described herein provide users with access to a weight-based shipping service that enables the users to purchase a group of items and pay a flat shipping fee. These systems and methods can enable a user to combine certain items into a box or set of boxes based on weight for a reduced shipping cost. In addition, systems and methods described herein can recommend items to users for purchase based at least in part on the items that a user has added to a box, including based on remaining weight in the box.

Weight-based shipping system

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for performing actions based on user activation of custom user interface ('UI') controls. A user of a networked computing service may activate a custom UI control by selecting the custom UI control (such as by touching the custom UI control displayed on a touchscreen display) to trigger the networked computing service to perform a predefined action associated with the custom UI control. In the event that the predefined action cannot be performed, the networked computing service may identify an alternative action that may be performed instead of the predefined action, optionally request user confirmation of the alternative action, and perform the alternative action.

Adaptive performance of actions associated with custom user interface controls

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for selecting and displaying custom user interface ('UI') controls. A user of a networked computing service may create custom UI controls that perform user-specified actions, and the networked computing service may present these custom UI controls as part of its user interface. The networked computing service may determine which of a set of custom UI controls to present based on criteria such as frequency or recency of recurring usage, a context or a category associated with the custom UI controls, user preferences, the status of a pending action, usage of similar custom UI controls by other users, or other criteria. The networked computing service may present an interface that enables further customization or modification of the custom UI controls.

Selection and display of custom user interface controls

A user may order items that may be made available at a facility such as a pickup facility. Described are techniques for preparing and expediting an order for pick up by the user. In one implementation, geolocation data acquired from a user device may be used to determine when the user has entered a geofence associated with the facility. Based on this geolocation data and sensor data from sensors at the facility, a system may automatically identify the user. Once identified, the items in the order may be delivered to the user in a parking area of the pickup facility, who may then depart the pickup facility.

System for expediting delivery of items

An unauthorized-product detection system may compare data representing various authentication markers of items presumed to have been produced or sourced by a particular entity with stored data representing valid authentication markers of items produced or sourced by the particular entity. The authentication markers may represent inherent physical characteristics of the items or their packaging, or may be generated and applied to the items or their packaging to facilitate counterfeit detection and/or for other purposes. The data (some of which may be encrypted) may be captured using high-resolution cameras, scanners, or other devices, and then communicated to the unauthorized-product detection system for analysis. The system may maintain a data store of data representing captured or valid authentication markers and may store tracking information reflecting the use of various authentication markers. The system may provide various unauthorized product detection services to consumers, retailers, or members of a supply-chain.

Unauthorized product detection techniques

Delivery truck box

Automatic creation of custom user interface controls

Graphical user interface for weight-based shipping capacity system

Disclosed are various embodiments for tracking and verifying the authenticity of items. Public and private unique identifiers are generated for an item, and an identifier label is printed and affixed to the item. The public identifier is visible, but the private identifier is not visible unless a tamper-evident action is performed. Events involving scans of the public identifier are recorded. The private identifier is scanned by a client, and in response, authenticity information for the item is sent to the client. The authenticity information is determined based at least in part on the events relative to the public identifier.

Tracking and verifying authenticity of items

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Douglas James Herrington