US 10,373,118 B1Granted

Predictive consolidation system based on sensor data

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsDave Jonathan Lefkow, Samuel Stevens Heyworth

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Abstract

Techniques for consolidation of items based on sensor data is provided. For example, an amount of an item may be identified using an electronic sensor associated with an automatic replenishment device. When the amount of the item is greater than a first reorder threshold, the item may not be ordered on behalf of the user until the amount of the item reaches the first reorder threshold. However, when an order for a different item is placed, either by accessing a network document to proactively order the different item or through a reorder schedule based on a consumption rate of the different item, the amount of the first item may be compared with a second reorder threshold. When the amount of the first item is less than the second reorder threshold, a notification may be provided to the user for additionally ordering the second item with the first item.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system comprising:

an automatic replenishment device (ARD) comprising a sensor and associated with a user account;
a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions;
and
a processor in communication with the memory configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to at least:
receive sensor data from the automatic replenishment device (ARD), the sensor data indicating a current amount of a first item stored in a storage associated with the ARD;
determine the current amount based at least in part on the sensor data;
determine that a replacement amount of the first item should not be reordered on behalf of the ARD, based at least in part on the current amount exceeding a first threshold;
receive a trigger notification of an order of a second item, the order associated with a user profile;
based at least in part on receiving the trigger notification, initiate a comparison between the current amount of the first item and a second threshold;
determine, based at least in part on the trigger notification and the comparison, that the current amount of the first item is less than the second threshold, wherein the order of the second item associated with the trigger notification is based at least in part on a reorder schedule for the second item and the second threshold associated with the first item;
and
based at least in part on the current amount of the first item being less than the second threshold and the order for the second item, provide a notification to a user device associated with the user profile for additionally ordering the replacement amount of the first item for delivery with the second item.

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A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer system, configure the computer system to perform operations comprising:

receiving sensor data from an automatic replenishment device (ARD), the sensor data indicating a current amount of a first item available from storage associated with the ARD;
determining the current amount based at least in part on the sensor data;
determining that a replacement amount of the first item should not be reordered on behalf of the ARD, based at least in part on the current amount exceeding a first threshold;
receiving a trigger notification of an order of a second item;
based at least in part on receiving the trigger notification, initiating a comparison between the current amount of the first item and a second threshold;
determining, based at least in part on the trigger notification and the comparison, that the current amount of the first item is less than the second threshold, wherein the order of the second item associated with the trigger notification is based at least in part on a reorder schedule for the second item and the second threshold associated with the first item;
and
based at least in part on the current amount of the first item being less than the second threshold and the order for the second item, providing a notification for additionally ordering the replacement amount of the first item for delivery with the second item.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving sensor data from an automatic replenishment device (ARD), the sensor data indicating a current amount of a first item stored in a storage associated with the ARD;
determining the current amount based at least in part on the sensor data;
determining that a replacement amount of the first item should not be reordered on behalf of the ARD, based at least in part on the current amount exceeding a first threshold;
receiving a trigger notification of an order of a second item;
based at least in part on receiving the trigger notification, initiating a comparison between the current amount of the first item and a second threshold;
determining, based at least in part on the trigger notification and the comparison, that the current amount of the first item is less than the second threshold, wherein the order of the second item associated with the trigger notification is based at least in part on a reorder schedule for the second item and the second threshold associated with the first item;
and
based at least in part on the current amount of the first item being less than the second threshold and the order for the second item, providing a notification for additionally ordering the replacement amount of the first item for delivery with the second item.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.