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US 12,436,721 B2Granted
Method and system for aggregate asset routing
AssigneeLob.com, Inc.
InventorsLeore Avidar, Ami Wang, Manushika Yapa, Andrew Nisbet, Boa Khanh Tran
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Abstract
A method for asset routing including receiving a digital asset, determining a set of print partners for the digital asset, determining a set of candidate batches for the digital asset, selecting a print partner for the digital asset, optionally determining a print partner for an unmatched digital asset, and routing the digital asset to the print partner.
Claims11
A system for asset routing, comprising a processing system configured to:
- receive an asset to be printed and a set of asset parameter values describing physical parameters for the asset;
- determine a ruleset comprising a plurality of rules, wherein each rule of the ruleset is associated with a different asset parameter value permutation, wherein each rule of the ruleset comprises a set of partner weights for a set of print partners, wherein a print partner is associated with different partner weights in different rules;
- select a rule from the ruleset based on the set of asset parameter values;
- automatically determine a set of preferred print partners from the set of print partners based on the rule of the ruleset;
- determine a set of available print partners from the set of preferred print partners based on a capacity of each print partner of the set of preferred print partners;
- probabilistically select the print partner for the asset from the set of available print partners based on the partner weight for each available print partner as specified by the rule;
- and
- route the asset to the print partner for printing.
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A method for routing an asset to a print partner, comprising:
- receiving the asset, wherein the asset is associated with asset parameter values;
- determining a ruleset comprising a plurality of rules, wherein each rule within the ruleset is associated with a different asset parameter value permutation, wherein each rule of the ruleset comprises a set of weights for a set of print partners, wherein a print partner is associated with different weights in different rules;
- probabilistically determining a print partner based on the respective set of weights for the respective set of each print partners specified by a rule of the ruleset;
- and
- routing the asset to the print partner for printing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.