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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2020
Coupang Corp., Seoul, KR;
Sung Jin Park, Seoul, KR;
Chang Geun Jin, Seoul, KR;
Lianxi Bai, Seoul, KR;
Seon Sook Hong, Seoul, KR;
Kyeong Suk Jin, Seoul, KR;
Eung Soo Lee, Gyenoggi-Do, KR;
Woong Kim, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Xiufang Zhu, Beijing, CN;
Zhongnan Li, Shanghai, CN;
Leming Lv, Shanghai, CN;
Jaehyun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yong-Cho Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Erik Rehn, Seoul, KR;
Coupang Corp., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a computerized method for assigning items to pickers including: determining a priority of an ordered item; inserting the item into an ordered data structure based on the priority of the item; iteratively, for items in the ordered data structure: determining an item physical location corresponding to a first unassigned item in the ordered data structure; determining a plurality of picker physical locations corresponding to locations of user devices of pickers; calculating a plurality of distances between the item physical location and picker physical locations among the plurality of picker physical locations; assigning the first unassigned item by: identifying a closest picker corresponding to a shortest distance of the plurality of distances; selecting the identified picker; correlating the first unassigned item with the selected picker in a data structure; and sending information of the item and physical location to the user device of the picker.