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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Flexport, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zoe Padgett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Phoebe Rockwood Ford, San Francisco, CA (US);
Emily Cutts Worthington, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
FLEXPORT, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06K 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/28 (2019.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06Q 50/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 16/285 (2019.01); G06K 17/0016 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G06Q 50/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, the methods and systems disclosed herein utilize a cloud-based service to accept measurements of commercial objects for storage in a database. In an embodiment, commercial objects are automatically grouped based on measured physical characteristics. In an embodiment, a build plan is generated to utilize the maximum amount of space possible in a shipping container based on the grouped commercial objects.