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Method for managing inventory and apparatus thereof

a technology for managing inventory and equipment, applied in the field of managing inventory, can solve the problems of increasing the load of the rdb, affecting the user experience, and affecting the user's experience, so as to quickly and accurately provide a user, and quickly and accurately perform inventory managemen

Active Publication Date: 2021-08-12
COUPANG CORP
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This patent describes a way to quickly find information about a specific loading space and how it is being used. This can be useful for helping people to better use the space and avoid unnecessary delays.

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However, in such cases, an increase in load of the RDB or degradation of responsiveness may occur.
Accordingly, it is difficult to check the usage statuses of the loading spaces in real time.

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[0034]Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The features described herein may be embodied in different forms, and are not to be construed as being limited to the examples described herein.

[0035]With respect to constituent elements used in the following description, suffixes “module” and “unit” are given or mingled with each other only in consideration of ease in the preparation of the specification, and do not have or serve as different meanings.

[0036]In order to illustrate this application, a part that is not related to the description may be omitted, and the same or similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals throughout the specification. Regarding the reference numerals assigned to the elements in the drawings, it should be noted that the same elements will be designated by the same reference numerals, wherever possible, even though they are shown in different drawings. Also, i...

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Abstract

Provided is a method of managing inventory, the method including receiving location information indicating at least one space location among a plurality of space units and space information corresponding to the location information, calculating a state change amount related to the at least one space location based on at least one of the location information, the space information, and information on a previous space state for each of the plurality of space units, or updating the information on the previous space state for each of the plurality of space units with information on a current space state based on the state change amount. An inventory management apparatus performing the method is provided. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium for performing the method is provided.

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BACKGROUNDTechnical Field[0001]This disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for managing information on or regarding a space in which inventory is stowed.Description of the Related Art[0002]With the practical implementation of e-commerce, many users have been purchasing goods on the Internet. In a process of loading and moving items to a warehouse for the sale and shipment of the items, inventory management is related to the speed and accuracy of selling items to users.[0003]When it comes to managing items stowed in a warehouse, it is important to check an item loading space to efficiently load items. Considering that the space for loading items is limited and a physical diversity of each item such as a type, quantity, or volume of the item is significantly high, efficient inventory management is necessary for users who conduct the movement, storage, and recording of stowed items. In a process of selling and shipping numerous items, a quantity of inventory for each warehouse ma...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/08G06F16/23
CPCG06Q10/087G06F16/23C12H1/0408C12H1/0432G06Q10/10G06Q10/06312G06Q10/06314G06Q10/06316
Inventor YANG, BYUNG SUK
Owner COUPANG CORP