US 12,136,059 B2
Distribution system, information processing device, and method
Toshiaki Tazume, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/362,219.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-164654 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0101251 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); A47B 81/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); B65B 55/00 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); G06Q 10/083 (2024.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01) [A47B 81/00 (2013.01); A61L 2/00 (2013.01); B65B 55/00 (2013.01); B65G 1/04 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0838 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A distribution system characterized by comprising:
a first distribution mechanism that includes a transporter that transports an article to a destination of the article; and
a manager that manages a first time that is a time earlier than a receiving time at which the article transported by the transporter is received and that is a last time at which a human contacted the article, or manages a first amount of elapsed time that is an amount of elapsed time from the first time.