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

Claim 8:
9. A method operable by an electronic apparatus to manage inventory, the method comprising:
receiving, at a communications receiver of the electronic apparatus, 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;
calculating, at a processor of the electronic apparatus, 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;
generating, at the electronic apparatus, a current space state based on the state change amount; and
updating 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.