# US 11,308,422 B2 · Method of and system for determining physical transfer interchange nodes > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,308,422 B2 - Document ID: US11308422B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/983,096 - Filed: 2020-08-03 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-03 - Assignees: Kpn Innovations, LLC. - Applicants: Kpn Innovations, LLC. - Inventors: Kenneth Neumann - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11308422B2 ## CPC - G06N 20/00: Machine learning - G06N 7/01: Probabilistic graphical models, e.g. probabilistic networks - G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS ## Abstract A system for determining physical transfer interchange nodes using machine-learning simulation, the system comprising a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a plurality of alimentary combination identifiers and a plurality of physical transfer apparatus data. Computing device may select an interchange node for the plurality of physical transfer apparatuses, wherein selecting further comprises generating candidate interchange nodes, wherein generating further comprises using an interchange node machine-learning process to generate candidate interchange nodes, each candidate including a location and a time, calculating, using the candidate interchange nodes and the interchange node machine-learning process, a transfer path time for each physical transfer apparatus to each candidate interchange node, and selecting a candidate interchange node that minimizes the transfer time for each the plurality of physical transfer apparatuses. Computing device may display the selected interchange node to a plurality of physical transfer apparatuses. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for determining physical transfer interchange nodes using machine-learning simulation, the system comprising: a computing device, the computing device is configured to: receive a plurality of alimentary combination identifiers and a plurality of physical transfer apparatus data; select an interchange node for a plurality of physical transfer apparatuses, wherein the selecting further comprises: generating an interchange node machine-learning model, wherein interchange node machine-learning model comprises a Monte Carlo Simulation configured to utilize a plurality of alimentary combination identifier terminal points and a current physical transfer apparatus location and at least an order destination geolocation as inputs and output a plurality of candidate interchange nodes by sampling a geographical landscape for points that at least the physical transfer apparatus may converge as a centralized location, wherein the plurality of candidate interchange nodes includes a candidate location for the centralized location and a node time for a plurality of physical transfer apparatuses, wherein generating the interchange node machine-learning model comprises: providing a training set including a plurality of entries correlating alimentary combination identifier terminal points and current physical transfer apparatus locations to candidate interchange nodes describing at least a trend, function, or model of minimized travel times, wherein the interchange node comprises a centralized geolocation further comprising a distribution center; and training the interchange node machine-learning model as a function of the set and a supervised machine-learning algorithm; and calculating, as a function of the plurality of candidate interchange nodes and the interchange node machine-learning model, a transfer path time for each physical transfer apparatus of the plurality of physical transfer apparatuses to each candidate interchange node wherein calculating average time to the candidate interchange node further comprises tracing a path from the current physical transfer apparatus location to the candidate interchange node; and selecting a candidate interchange node that minimizes the transfer path time for each of the plurality of physical transfer apparatuses; and display the selected interchange node and the associated alimentary combination identifiers including corresponding receiving instructions to the plurality of physical transfer apparatuses. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein each alimentary combination identifier of the plurality of alimentary combination identifiers further comprises an identifier of an alimentary combination and a terminal point location. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of physical transfer apparatus data further comprises physical transfer apparatus location data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein calculating each the transfer path time further comprises: determining a physical transfer apparatus path from the physical transfer apparatus current location to the location of the candidate interchange node; and calculating a time for a path from current physical transfer apparatus location to the candidate interchange node. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein selecting the candidate interchange node further comprises selecting a transfer path for at least one of the plurality of physical transfer apparatuses to the selected interchange node. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein displaying the selected interchange node further comprises displaying a path associated with the selected interchange node. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein displaying the selected interchange node to the plurality of physical transfer apparatuses further comprises displaying the alimentary combination identifiers assigned to each physical transfer apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein displaying alimentary combination identifiers assigned to each physical transfer apparatus further comprises displaying a transfer path associated with the alimentary combination locations. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein candidate interchange nodes are stored for further use as subsequent interchange nodes. ### Claim 10 A method for determining physical transfer interchange nodes using machine-learning simulation, the method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of alimentary combination identifiers and a plurality of physical transfer apparatus data; selecting, by the computing device, an interchange node for a plurality of physical transfer apparatuses, wherein the selecting further comprises: generating an interchange node machine-learning model, wherein interchange node machine-learning model comprises a Monte Carlo Simulation configured to utilize a plurality of alimentary combination identifier terminal points and a current physical transfer apparatus location and at least an order destination geolocation as inputs and output a plurality of candidate interchange nodes by sampling a geographical landscape for points that at least the physical transfer apparatus may converge as a centralized location comprising a centralized geolocation, wherein the plurality of candidate interchange nodes includes a candidate location for the centralized location and a node time for a plurality of physical transfer apparatuses, wherein generating the interchange node machine-learning model comprises: providing a training set including a plurality of entries correlating alimentary combination identifier terminal points and current physical transfer apparatus locations to candidate interchange nodes describing at least a trend, function, or model of minimized travel times, wherein the interchange node comprises a centralized geolocation further comprising a distribution center; and training the interchange node machine-learning model as a function of the set and a supervised machine-learning algorithm; and calculating, as a function of the plurality of candidate interchange nodes and the interchange node machine-learning model, a transfer path time for each physical transfer apparatus of the plurality of physical transfer apparatuses to each candidate interchange node wherein calculating average time to the candidate interchange node further comprises tracing a path from the current physical transfer apparatus location to the candidate interchange node; and selecting a candidate interchange node that minimizes the transfer path time for each of the plurality of physical transfer apparatuses; and display the selected interchange node and the associated alimentary combination identifiers including corresponding receiving instructions to a plurality of physical transfer apparatuses. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein each alimentary combination identifier of the plurality of alimentary combination identifiers further comprises an identifier of an alimentary combination and a terminal point location. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of physical transfer apparatus data further comprises physical transfer apparatus location data. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein calculating each the transfer path time further comprises: determining a physical transfer apparatus path from the physical transfer apparatus current location to the location of the candidate interchange node; and calculating the time for a path from current physical transfer apparatus location to the candidate interchange node. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein selecting the candidate interchange node further comprises selecting a transfer path for at least one of the plurality of physical transfer apparatuses to the selected interchange node. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein displaying the selected interchange node further comprises displaying a path associated with the selected interchange node. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein displaying the selected interchange node to the plurality of physical transfer apparatuses further comprises displaying the alimentary combination identifiers assigned to each physical transfer apparatus. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein displaying alimentary combination identifiers assigned to each physical transfer apparatus further comprises displaying a transfer path associated with the alimentary combination locations. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein candidate interchange nodes are stored for further use as subsequent interchange nodes.