Patent ID: 9342811
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A management module, comprising memory and one or more processors, operable to: transmit one or more tasks to a plurality of mobile drive units; determine to transmit a high priority task based on a determination that a trigger event associated with the high priority task has occurred by one or more of the following: (i) determining that a current time matches a scheduled arrival time for a transportation vehicle and (ii) determining that a current time is within a predetermined range of a scheduled arrival time for a transportation vehicle; select, from the plurality of mobile drive units, a first mobile drive unit to complete the high priority task based on a determination that a first time to complete the high priority task by the first mobile drive unit is less than a second time to complete the high priority task by a second mobile drive unit; and transmit an interrupt message to the first mobile drive unit located at a first location, wherein the first mobile drive unit, in response to receiving the interrupt message, cancels its current task and begins to perform the high priority task, wherein the high priority task comprises moving from the first location to a second location associated with the transportation vehicle.