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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A misplaced item service identifies a plurality of inventory storage locations in a materials handling facility associated with a misplaced item. The misplaced item service determines an ordered list of the plurality of inventory storage locations, wherein the inventory storage locations are arranged in the ordered list based at least in part on a location density of the inventory storage locations, a population density of the inventory storage locations and a last inventory storage location inspected.