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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. 15, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Dean E Kassmann, Seattle, WA (US);
Russell Allgor, Brentford, GB;
Mehmet Tolga Cezik, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Dean E Kassmann, Seattle, WA (US);
Russell Allgor, Brentford, GB;
Mehmet Tolga Cezik, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/0631 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multivariable load balancing system for a merchandise fulfillment network is described. The multivariable load balancing system employs Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) load balancing functionality or other closed loop control functionality to control which fulfillment resources (such as fulfillment centers) are to handle customer orders to reduce real world costs.