US 11,928,637 B2
System and method for generating a delivery plan for multi-tier delivery schemes
Andrea C. Steves, Seattle, WA (US); and Sebastian Lehmann, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/162,630.
Application 18/162,630 is a continuation of application No. 16/377,052, filed on Apr. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,574,277.
Application 16/377,052 is a continuation of application No. 13/335,758, filed on Dec. 22, 2011, granted, now 10,255,577, issued on Apr. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0177446 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/083 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0835 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/083 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08355 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
generating a delivery plan for a region including multiple delivery locations, wherein the delivery plan comprises:
an expected vehicle travel route of a vehicle conveying shipments within the region; and
at least one robotic agent delivery route, that is a final segment of a larger delivery route within the region, to be traversed by a robotic agent that is to deliver one or more shipments acquired from the vehicle;
wherein the robotic agent's traversal of the delivery route is specified to be performed during at least a portion of the vehicle's traversal of the expected vehicle travel route; and
transmitting one or more instructions, associated with the generated delivery plan, to the robotic agent via network communication over one or more networks.