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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2005
Felix Antony, Issaquah, WA (US);
Philipp K. Janert, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan J. Shakes, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Felix Antony, Issaquah, WA (US);
Philipp K. Janert, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan J. Shakes, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A release schedule for an order having a single addressee address is described. The schedule specifies, for each of two or more shipments making up the order, each of the shipments having a different origin location, a release time at which the shipment is to be released from its origin location. The indicated release times are selected on the basis of typical carrier delivery durations from each of the origin locations to the addressee address, in order to cause all of the shipments of the order to be delivered to the addressee address at the same time. The release schedule may be used to schedule the release of the shipments of the order.