Patent ID: 11861555
Assignee: COUPANG CORP.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for managing inventory, the apparatus comprising:
a communications receiver configured to receive location information indicating at least one space location among a plurality of space units organized in a hierarchical structure and space information corresponding to the location information; and
a processor configured to:
calculate a state change amount related to the at least one space location based on at least one of the location information, the space information, or information on a previous space state for each of the plurality of space units and generate a current space state based on the state change amount, and
update the information on the previous space state with the information on the current space state based on the state change amount accumulated for a predetermined period of time,

wherein the state change amount comprises a difference in quantity of inventory for the at least one space location between the current space state and the previous space state.