SHIPMENT SPLITTING ANALYZER

Patent №

US 8,560,461

Granted

2013-10-15

Filed 2008

Owner

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

AI components

2

kr · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12059601

A system and computer-implemented method for automatically splitting a group of items into two or more shipment sets are disclosed. A shipment splitting analyzer may be configured to determine if and how the items should be split into shipment sets dependent on the number of unique or total items, item parameters, container parameters, facility configurations, transportation constraints, and/or business policies. Items may be dequeued from the group into proposed shipment sets directed to a target container. The shipment splitting analyzer may determine which items may be shipped together dependent on a cumulative volume and/or weight of the items, a size and/or weight capacity of the target container, and/or affinity information associated with the items. Over-sized items, over-weight items, and/or large quantities of single items may be removed for exception processing prior to splitting the items into shipment sets. Shipment splitting data may be analyzed for current performance and/or operational trends.

AI classification

Planning0.99
Knowledge representation0.91
Vision0.15
Natural language0.02
Evolutionary computation0.01
AI hardware0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

assignment · 261280168

Assignors

TIAN, HONG, GARODIA, RITESH R., YOUNG, ERIC C., MISHRA, DEVESH

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

© 2026 NYSGPT2525 LLC