Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Natalie T Nguyen

Daniel Wade Hitchcock

Bharath Kumar Bhimanaik

Yusuke Hara

Cherie Wong

Joseph M Alyea

Christopher David Rotella

Shariq Siddiqui

Annabelle Richard Backman

Arlen R Dean

Cherie G Wong

Disclosed are various embodiments for using an audio interface device to facilitate authentication for other devices. An authentication service causes a first client device to present an authentication code via an output device of the first client device. The authentication service receives the authentication code from a second client device. The second client device is in an authenticated state for access to an account, and the second client device received the authentication code from an environmental sensor while in a listening mode. The authentication service authenticates the first client device for access to the account in response to determining that the authentication code received from the second client device matches the authentication code presented by the first client device.

Using an audio interface device to authenticate another device

Various embodiments of a system and method for managing shipment release from a storage area in a materials handling facility are described. Embodiments may include a system configured to identify multiple shipments that each includes one or more units that are eligible to be conveyed from a storage area to a respective packing station in a materials handling facility. The identification of a given shipment may include determining that shipment is compatible with a packing capability of the packing station. The system may be configured to evaluate each respective shipment according to one or more shipment-related criteria to generate a ranking of at least some of the multiple shipments. The system may, in response to determining that a particular shipment is ranked highest relative to other shipments of the ranking, generate an instruction to convey the units of that particular shipment from the storage area to the respective packing station.

Managing shipment release from a storage area to a packing station in a materials handling facility

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Natalie T Nguyen