US 12,333,881 B1
Group determination and association
Michael Lemmon, Seattle, WA (US); Vinodh Muthiah, Seattle, WA (US); Yi Xiang, Seattle, WA (US); and Timothy Liaw, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/171,589.
Application 18/171,589 is a continuation of application No. 16/714,003, filed on Dec. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,587,384.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G07C 9/29 (2020.01)
CPC G07C 9/29 (2020.01) [G06Q 20/204 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a facility having an entry location;
a defined area within the entry location at which individuals that are to be included in a grouping are to gather;
a display within the entry location that includes instructions that individuals that desire to be included in a group stand in the defined area;
one or more processors; and
a memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to at least:
monitor, during a period of time, the defined area to determine a plurality of individuals within the defined area during the period of time;
determine that a stop indication has been received for a group entry;
associate each of the plurality of individuals with the group in response to receipt of the stop indication; and
associate the group with an account of a first user.