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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2019
Zest Labs, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Mehring, Los Altos, CA (US);
Thomas Reese, Ellicott City, MD (US);
ZEST LABS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for managing a product delivery process, according to one embodiment, includes receiving an actual Intelligent Routing (IR) code for a good, the good being a perishable food product. A target IR code for each of at least two receivers is also received. The actual IR code for the good is compared to the target IR codes for each of the at least two receivers. Based on the comparison of the actual IR code for the good to the target IR codes for each of the at least two receivers, a determination as to which receiver of the at least two receivers will receive the good, and the result is output. The actual IR code is updated based on sensor data received from a sensor coupled to the good, and recompared to the target IR codes for each of the at least two receivers.