Patent ID: 8352382
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by one or more computers, an order specifying a plurality of items for delivery to a given customer; iteratively partitioning, by one or more computers, said plurality of items to assign each of said plurality of items into one of one or more shipment groups, wherein prior to said partitioning, a working set (W) of items in said order remaining to be assigned to a shipment group includes each of said plurality of items; and outputting, by one or more computers, an instruction that said one or more shipment groups be shipped to said given customer; wherein each of said one or more shipment groups is respectively designated to be shipped from a respective one of a plurality of nodes within a fulfillment network, wherein each iteration of said partitioning comprises: