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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2005
Method and system for predestination item transfer among agents within a materials handling facility
Felix F. Antony, Issaquah, WA (US);
François M. Rouaix, Seattle, WA (US);
Felix F. Antony, Issaquah, WA (US);
François M. Rouaix, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A method and system for transferring selected items among agents within a materials handling facility. According to one embodiment, a method may include a number of agents moving along respective paths through an inventory storage area of a materials handling facility. While moving along a respective path, a first agent may select items from the inventory storage area to be delivered to a corresponding order processing area, where each of the selected items may be specified in a corresponding customer order and at least two of the selected items may be delivered to two different corresponding order processing areas. After the first agent selects a particular item, the first agent may transfer the particular item to a second agent, and the second agent or another one of the agents may deliver the particular item to the corresponding order finalization area.