AERIAL VEHICLE DELIVERY OF ITEMS AVAILABLE THROUGH AN E-COMMERCE SHOPPING SITE
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Abstract
This disclosure describes an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) configured to autonomously deliver items of inventory to various destinations. The UAV may receive inventory information and a destination location and autonomously retrieve the inventory from a location within a materials handling facility, compute a route from the materials handling facility to a destination and travel to the destination to deliver the inventory.
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21. A system for aerial delivery of items to a destination location, comprising:
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a plurality of aerial vehicles, each of the plurality of aerial vehicles configured to aerially transport items; an aerial vehicle management system, including; a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor and storing program instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processors to at least; receive from a device a request to order an item for aerial delivery, the item available through an e-commerce shopping site; and send to an aerial vehicle of the plurality of aerial vehicles, delivery parameters identifying at least a destination location; wherein the aerial vehicle, in response to receiving the delivery parameters, is further configured to at least; aerially navigate to the destination location with the item; and disengage the item at the destination location. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
under control of one or more computing systems configured with executable instructions, receiving at an e-commerce shopping site, a request to view information about an item; determining a potential delivery location for delivery of the item; determining a delivery time estimate for aerial delivery of the item to the potential delivery location; and providing for presentation by the e-commerce shopping site, the delivery time estimate. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for aerial transport of items using aerial vehicles, comprising:
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an e-commerce shopping site configured to at least; provide item information to a user, the item information including a delivery option for aerial transport of an item to a delivery location; and receive a request for aerial delivery of the item to the delivery location; an aerial vehicle management systems configured to at least; wirelessly communicate with an aerial vehicle; and send delivery parameters to the aerial vehicle, the delivery parameters indicating at least the delivery location; the aerial vehicle configured to at least; wirelessly communicate with the aerial vehicle management system; receive the delivery parameters; receive the item; aerially navigate with the item to the delivery location; and disengage the item at the delivery location. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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