METHOD, MEDIUM, AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR A LOCATION-BASED SHIPPING OPTION FOR FULFILLMENT NETWORKS
Patent №
US 9,047,607
Granted
2015-06-02
Filed 2012
Owner
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Lab
AI components
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planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13532574
Methods, systems and apparatus are described for determining eligibility for a location-based shipping option for multiple fulfillment networks. Embodiments may send display information to a user in response to a user request for display information for one or more items offered on a network-based site. The display information may be configured to indicated whether items are eligible for an enhanced shipping option based upon the shipping origin of the item and a predicted shipping destination. Some embodiments may provide multiple fulfillment networks with the enhanced shipping option. Some of the fulfillment networks may be controlled by an entity different from the entity controlling the network-based site. In some embodiments the enhanced shipping option is an option within a subscription-based shipping program for the network-based site.
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Ownership
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
assignment · 289670585
Assignors
CURIAL, STEPHEN M., MILLER, GREGORY S., MOORE, JEFFERY T., NOONEY, DYLAN, NG, HENRY S., DANG, HUY QUANG, KHANDEPARKER, ASHWIN S.
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