IP Library Granted Patent US 11,282,129
Granted Patent B2
US 11,282,129 · App. 16/022,478 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Order processing and order-picking task processing method, server, order-picking terminal, and electronic price tag

Inventor: Yu Zhu (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
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Patent No.
US 11,282,129
App. No.
16/022,478
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An order information processing method including receiving order information, the order information including at least one commodity identifier; sending an order-picking task to an order-picking terminal according to the order information, the order-picking task including commodity information corresponding to the commodity identifier; and sending a prompt instruction to a prompt apparatus corresponding to the commodity identifier, such that the prompt apparatus sends a prompt signal to facilitate an order picker using the order-picking terminal to determine a commodity corresponding to the commodity identifier according to the prompt signal. The order processing method, the order-picking task processing method, the server, the order-picking terminal, and the electronic price tag provided in the present disclosure improve the order-picking efficiency of an order picker, thus improving the processing rate of order information.

Claims (54)

1. A method comprising:

receiving order information by a server, the order information including at least one commodity identifier;

sending, by the server, an order-picking task to an order-picking terminal according to the order information, the order-picking task including commodity information corresponding to the at least one commodity identifier; and

sending, by the server, a prompt instruction to a prompt apparatus corresponding to the at least one commodity identifier to cause the prompt apparatus to send a prompt signal to determine at least one commodity corresponding to the at least one commodity identifier, the prompt signal including a light prompt, a sound prompt, or a vibration prompt, the sending including instructing the prompt apparatus to send different prompt signals for different sub-order information of the order information,

wherein the order-picking task includes a prompt signal identifier and the prompt instruction includes the prompt signal identifier, the prompt signal identifier representing a prompt manner of the prompt signal such that the prompt apparatus sends a prompt signal consistent with the prompt manner; and

wherein the prompt apparatus flashes a light or buzz a buzzer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prompt signal facilitates an order picker using the order-picking terminal to determine the at least one commodity corresponding to the at least one commodity identifier according to the prompt signal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending the order-picking task to the order-picking terminal according to the order information includes:

extracting the at least one commodity identifier from the order information; and

sending the order-picking task carrying the at least one commodity identifier to the order-picking terminal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending the order-picking task to the order-picking terminal according to the order information includes:

dividing the order information into multiple pieces of sub-order information, a respective piece of sub-order information including one or more commodity identifiers, and the one or more commodity identifiers in the respective piece of sub-order information corresponding to the order-picking terminal; and

sending the respective piece of sub-order information as the order-picking task to the order-picking terminal.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein prompt signal identifiers in order-picking tasks corresponding to different pieces of sub-order information are different.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending the order-picking task to an order-picking terminal includes:

determining a position corresponding to the order-picking task; and

sending the order-picking task to an order-picking terminal associated with the position.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sending the order-picking task to the order-picking terminal includes:

determining a position of the at least one commodity corresponding to the order-picking task;

determining an order-picking terminal closest to the position of the commodity; and

sending the order-picking task to the determined order-picking terminal.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an order-picking complete instruction sent by the order-picking terminal; and

sending a prompt stop instruction to the prompt apparatus corresponding to the commodity indicated by the commodity identifier in the order information to cause the prompt apparatus to stop sending the prompt signal.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the prompt stop instruction includes the prompt signal identifier, so that the prompt apparatus stops sending the prompt signal consistent with the prompt manner.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the prompt apparatus is connected to a management server; and

the sending the prompt instruction to the prompt apparatus corresponding to the commodity identifier includes:

sending the commodity identifier in the order information to the management server to cause the management server to send the prompt instruction to the prompt apparatus corresponding to the commodity indicated by the commodity identifier in the order information.

11. A method comprising:

receiving an order-picking task, the order-picking task including at least one piece of commodity information and prompt information, the at least one piece of commodity information being used for informing an order-picking terminal of a commodity that needs to be picked, and the prompt information representing a prompt manner of a prompt apparatus corresponding to the commodity indicated by the commodity information,

wherein the order-picking task includes a prompt signal identifier, the prompt signal identifier representing a prompt manner of the prompt signal such that the prompt apparatus sends a prompt signal consistent with the prompt manner, the prompt manner of the prompt signal including a light prompt, or a sound prompt, or a vibration prompt for the order-picking task,

in response to sending the prompt signal, flashing a light or buzzing a buzzer.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving a commodity identifier; and

indicating that a commodity indicated by a piece of commodity information in the order-picking task has been picked when the input commodity identifier matches the commodity information.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

sending a prompt stop instruction to the prompt apparatus to request the prompt apparatus to stop sending a prompt signal consistent with the prompt manner.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein:

the order-picking terminal and the prompt apparatus include a near field communication module; and

the sending the prompt stop instruction to the prompt apparatus includes:

receiving an input on a touch screen of the order-picking terminal to send the prompt stop instruction to the near field communication module of the prompt apparatus by using a near field communication module of the order-picking terminal.

15. An electronic price tag comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories storing thereon computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

receiving a notification instruction, the notification instruction including a commodity identifier;

sending a prompt signal to indicate a location of a commodity corresponding to the commodity identifier,

wherein the notification instruction further includes a prompt signal identifier, the prompt signal identifier representing a prompt manner of the prompt signal such that the electronic price tag sends a prompt signal consistent with the prompt manner, the prompt signal including a light prompt, a sound prompt, or a vibration prompt; and

flashing the light prompt or buzzing a buzzer.

16. The electronic price tag of claim 15 , wherein:

the sending the prompt signal includes sending the prompt signal consistent with the prompt manner.

17. The electronic price tag of claim 15 , wherein the acts further comprise:

receiving a prompt stop instruction; and

stopping sending the prompt signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2023
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: HEMA (CHINA) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065065/0906 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2019
From: ZHU, YU
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050758/0135 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710512817.0 · Jun 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190005567A1 · Jan 3, 2019