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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2020
Coupang Corp., Seoul, KR;
Chang Geun Jin, Seoul, KR;
Lianxi Bai, Seoul, KR;
Sung Jin Park, Seoul, KR;
Sang Ho Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hyun Yop Jung, Seoul, KR;
Jeong Seok Oh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sun Hee Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Eung Soo Lee, Gyeonggi-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 item correlation including: receiving an indication of an order comprising at least one item; determining if the order is urgent based on an amount of time remaining until the items must ship to a customer; determining a location of each of a plurality of pickers; iteratively, for items in the order: identifying a picker closest to the item, the picker having a current job priority; correlating the closest picker and the item in a data structure; re-correlating, in the data structure, at least one item previously correlated with the closest picker to an alternate picker in response to the current job priority not being urgent; sending, to a user device of the closest picker, a location and item identifier associated with the item; and storing, in the data structure, a completion flag in correlation with the item upon receipt of an item-complete message.