Notifying users to provide picked items to a drop off location for processing
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1. A computer-implemented method for notifying a user to provide an item to a drop off location, comprising:
- determining that a user is located within a selection area of a materials handling facility, wherein the selection area includes a plurality of items of a similar type that are available for picking by the user;
determining that the user has picked at least one of the plurality of items;
associating the picked at least one item with the user;
determining that the user is departing the selection area of the materials handling facility;
determining that the user has not provided the picked at least one item to the drop off location for processing; and
sending a notification for presentation to the user requesting that the user provide the picked at least one item to the drop off location for processing.
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Abstract
The application describes a system and process for anticipating when a user will leave a selection area within a materials handling facility and determining if a notification requesting that the user provide a tote of picked items to a drop off location should be presented to the user. For example, a user may be asked to provide items picked from a selection area for processing, such as packing, while the user is picking items from other selection areas of a materials handling facility.
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1. A computer-implemented method for notifying a user to provide an item to a drop off location, comprising:
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determining that a user is located within a selection area of a materials handling facility, wherein the selection area includes a plurality of items of a similar type that are available for picking by the user; determining that the user has picked at least one of the plurality of items; associating the picked at least one item with the user; determining that the user is departing the selection area of the materials handling facility; determining that the user has not provided the picked at least one item to the drop off location for processing; and sending a notification for presentation to the user requesting that the user provide the picked at least one item to the drop off location for processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
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9. A computing system, comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing program instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to at least; determine that a user is located within a selection area of a materials handling facility, wherein the selection area includes a plurality of items that are available for picking by the user; determine that the user has picked at least one of the plurality of items and placed the item in a tote; determine that a notification that includes a request that the user provide the tote to a drop off location be presented to the user; send the notification for presentation to the user; determine that the user has provided the tote to the drop off location; and maintain an association between at least one of the user and the tote or between the user and the item after the user has provided the tote to the drop off location. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
under control of one or more computing systems configured with executable instructions, determining that a user is located within a selection area of a materials handling facility, wherein the selection area includes a plurality of items that are available for picking by the user; determining that the user has picked at least one of the plurality of items and placed the item in a tote; determining that the user has placed the tote at a drop off location; and maintaining an association between at least one of the user and the tote or between the user and the item as the item is processed at a processing area of the materials handling facility. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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