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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2011
Rob Stevens, Arlington, MA (US);
William J. Watt, Wakefield, MA (US);
Timothy Bragg, Woburn, MA (US);
Nicholas Cravalho, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rob Stevens, Arlington, MA (US);
William J. Watt, Wakefield, MA (US);
Timothy Bragg, Woburn, MA (US);
Nicholas Cravalho, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A method for managing an inventory system includes receiving an operation request that identifies an inventory item and selecting, from a plurality of workstations, a workstation at which to fulfill the operation request. The method also includes moving an inventory holder storing the identified inventory item to the selected workstation and moving a supply holder storing a supply item associated with the received operation request to the selected workstation. The method additionally includes fulfilling the operation request, at least in part, at the workstation.