Patent ID: 9656805
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B64C,B64D,G05B,G06Q,G08G

Claim:
1. A system to receive items, the system comprising: a materials handling facility configured to receive and store the items; a mobile base configured to transport the items from a receiving area to the materials handling facility, the receiving area including a plurality of receiving locations; a plurality of transportation units configured to transport designated items from the plurality of receiving locations to the mobile base; and a management system that sends instructions directing at least one of the plurality of transportation units to transport the designated items from the plurality of receiving locations to the mobile base, wherein the materials handling facility includes an inventory database and at least one designated item is recorded as available for sale in the inventory database after the at least one designated item has been transported to the mobile base but before the item has arrived at the materials handling facility.