Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Shipping
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-23
2011-08-23
Ouellette, Jonathan (Department: 3629)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Shipping
C705S330000, C705S332000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08005761
ABSTRACT:
A method, system, and computer-readable medium for dynamically generating actual fulfillment plans for a current order or a potential order so as to enhance the future fulfillment process for expected future orders is described. In some situations, actual delivery information based on one or more such actual fulfillment plans will then be provided to a customer, such as by displaying actual delivery date and/or time before or during the ordering process based on one or more actual fulfillment plans that can be or will be used to fulfill the order. A variety of types of criteria can be used to evaluate the effects of using a fulfillment plan to fulfill a current order, including criteria that consider the modeled future cost of fulfilling expected future orders, such as an overall cost of fulfilling all orders during a specified time period that is at least partially in the future.
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Braumoeller Rick
Brinkerhoff Richard
Holden Jeff
Lee Dennis
Amazon Technologies Inc.
Ouellette Jonathan
Seed IP Law Group PLLC
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