Patents Assigned to COUPANG, CORP.
  • Patent number: 10999416
    Abstract: A system for generating adaptive notifications including processors and memories storing instructions that configure the processors to perform operations. The operations may include generating an item list for notifications to a client ID, selecting a first item from the item list for notification, the first item being selected having a highest priority score and a lowest lifecycle timer, encoding a first landing page by encoding a product code and a tracking cookie in a URL configured for redirection to a first webpage by a redirect server, and transmitting a first notification with a payload including the first landing page and a first message. The operations may also include after transmitting the first notification, modifying priority scores and updating lifecycle timers based on determining whether the client device visited the first landing page. Further, the operations may also include selecting a second item from the item list for notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Vinay Verma, Satyavaraprasad Vadlamudi, Xinli Bao, Tiziano Cembali
  • Patent number: 10997648
    Abstract: Methods and systems for allocating cells of a sorting apparatus include associating, in a database, an identifier of the sorting apparatus with an identifier of a first container storing a first item of the purchase order, the purchase order including a second item stored in a second container; before associating the sorting apparatus with the second container, receiving an identifier of the first item; determining, in the database using the identifier of the first item, whether any cell of the sorting apparatus is associated with the purchase order; when no cell of the sorting apparatus is associated with the purchase order, associating, in the database, an identifier of a cell of the sorting apparatus with the identifier of the purchase order; and transmitting a first signal to a computer associated with a worker instructing placement of the first item in the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Woong Kim, Sang Ho Yim, Sung Jin Park, Hyeon Chang Baek, Yoo Suk Kim, Hyunggeun Ji
  • Patent number: 10997554
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system for dynamic inventory balancing including at a processor and a memory device comprising instructions that when executed configure the processor to perform operations. The operations including receiving an inventory data feed from at least one fulfillment center, storing (in a database) a plurality of virtual bundles with associated grouping numbers and quantities—the plurality of virtual bundles having item bundles grouping two or more of a same item in the inventory data. The operations also include exposing the database to queries from a seller portal through at least one of RESTful service, a queue based system, an index, or an object table and receiving a client order, the client order comprising a bundle selection from the plurality of virtual bundles, and updating the plurality of virtual bundles by rebalancing the plurality of virtual bundles and corresponding associated quantities based on the bundle selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Shuyun McMaster, Subrahmanya Pramod Nanduri, Darin Miller, Kenny Shi
  • Publication number: 20210125140
    Abstract: A computerized system for delivery scheduling. The system may include a processor and a non transitory storage medium comprising instructions. When executed by the at least one processor, the instructions may cause the at least one processor to perform steps. The steps may include receiving (from a remote system) an electronic request to order a product, determining information associated with the remote system and a fulfillment center associated with the information and the product, generating an electronic message, and forwarding (to the fulfillment center) the electronic message and instructions to generate a graphical user interface displaying request with the product and the delivery wave estimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Yoo Suk KIM, Hyun Sik Eugene MINH
  • Patent number: 10988300
    Abstract: Provided is a packaging cooler box for delivery, comprising a bottom portion to form a lower surface upon conversion into a box mode, a plurality of sidewall portions configured to connect with the bottom portion, a lid portion configured to connect with one of the sidewall portions, and to face said bottom portion upon conversion into the box mode, a crease portion formed along the edge of the bottom portion so that the sidewall portions can stand upright, joint portions configured to join said sidewall portions, to be folded to face itself and to be in close contact with the sidewall portions, upon conversion into the box mode, and easy adhesive portions provided in said joint portions and sidewall portions to maintain the box shape upon conversion into the box mode from a single plane consisting of said bottom portion, sidewall portions, said lid portion and joint portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventor: Yoon Hyung Lee
  • Publication number: 20210118036
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing product recommendations, comprising receiving, from a user device, a search query, defining, using a query handler cluster, context associated with the search query, identifying, using a search cluster, one or more products associated with the defined context, filtering, using the search cluster, the one or more products associated with the defined context based on features associated with the one or more products stored in a database, ranking, using the search cluster, the one or more products associated with the defined context based on a score generated for each product, and displaying, on the user device, product recommendations, wherein the product recommendations comprise a number of the one or more ranked products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Rui JIANG, Dongcheng WANG, Sungmin OH, Ting WANG, Jaedong SHIN
  • Publication number: 20210110341
    Abstract: A computerized system for displaying delivery date estimation in a webpage. The system may include a processor and a nontransitory storage medium comprising instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions may include steps of receiving, from a remote device, a first request for product information, the first request including remote device information and product identification. The steps may also include providing (to a second system) a second request for a delivery date estimate, the second request comprising the remote device information and product identification, receiving (from the second system) the delivery date estimate. The steps may also include generating an electronic message comprising the product information and the delivery date estimate and forwarding (to the remote system) the electronic message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Erik REHN, Hyun Sik Eugene MINH
  • Patent number: 10977612
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system for tracking items in a supply chain. The system may comprise a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Coupang, Corp.
    Inventor: Byung Suk Yang
  • Patent number: 10963272
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a mobile device for deploying a user interface layer. The mobile device may comprise a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute instructions to perform operations. These operations may comprise receiving a user interface view request; accessing view configuration data in response to the user interface view request; generating a user interface view based on the view configuration data; accessing expression data; binding the expression data to the view configuration data to create bound data; and generating a user interface using the bound data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Tae Ho Kim, Sang Ryul Kim
  • Patent number: 10963438
    Abstract: Methods and systems for database query efficiency improvement are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes mirroring a primary database to a secondary database; creating a testing database comprising the schema; receiving a query; running the query on the testing database; and evaluating the query by: identifying predicates in the query; determining most common values for each column name by querying the secondary database; creating, for each column name, a list comprising at least one of the most common values; creating a test predicate comprising one of the column names and an entry for the list corresponding to the column name; creating a test query comprising one or more test predicates; determining a resource utilization of the query by running each of the test queries on the secondary database; and providing, to a user interface for display, an efficiency improvement recommendation when the resource utilization exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: COUPANG CORP.
    Inventors: Bin Dong, Zhan Chen, Zhiyong Huang, Chuanchuan Han, Junzhao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210090106
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for outbound forecasting, comprising receiving an initial set of solutions comprising receiving a prediction of a regional sales forecast indicative of a customer demand for each stock keeping unit (SKU) in a plurality of regions, receiving a prediction of a correlation of one or more SKUs that will be combined in customer orders in the plurality of regions, receiving a prediction of a size of customer orders in the plurality of regions, wherein a customer order profile is simulated based on the predicted correlation and the predicted size, applying a fulfillment center (FC) priority filter to the simulated customer order profile, predicting a FC for managing outbound of each SKU based on the predicted regional sales forecast and the simulated customer order profile, and modifying a database to assign the predicted FC to each corresponding SKU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Coupang, Corp.
    Inventors: Bin Gu, Christopher Carlson, Li Huang, Ke Ma, Xiang Li
  • Publication number: 20210090003
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for outbound forecasting, comprising receiving an initial distribution of postal codes mapped to each region, running a simulation of the initial distribution, calculating an outbound capacity utilization value of each FC, determining a number of FCs comprising an outbound capacity utilization value that exceeds a predetermined threshold, feeding an optimization heuristic with at least one of the postal codes mapped to a region from the initial distribution to generate one or more additional distributions of postal codes, generating an optimal distribution of postal codes mapped to each region based on the one or more additional distributions of postal codes, and modify an allocation of customer orders among a plurality of FCs based on the generated optimal distribution of postal codes. Running the simulation may comprise simulating an allocation of customer orders based on the initial distribution of postal codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Coupang, Corp.
    Inventors: Ke MA, Christopher CARLSON, Shixian LI, Nan WANG, Bin GU
  • Publication number: 20210090102
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for outbound forecasting, comprising receiving an initial distribution of priority values to each fulfillment center (FC) in each region, running a simulation, using a simulation algorithm, of the initial distribution, calculating an outbound capacity utilization value of each FC, determining a number of FCs comprising an outbound capacity utilization value that exceeds a predetermined threshold, feeding the simulation algorithm with the determined number of FCs to generate one or more additional distributions of priority values, generating a FC priority filter comprising an optimal set of priority values based on the one or more additional distributions of priority values, and modifying an allocation of a plurality of SKUs among a plurality of FCs based on the generated FC priority filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Nan WANG, Ke MA, Christopher CARLSON, Bin GU, Shixian LI
  • Publication number: 20210089985
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for outbound forecasting, comprising receiving an initial set of solutions comprising receiving a prediction of a regional sales forecast indicative of a customer demand for each stock keeping unit (SKU) in each region, receiving a prediction of a correlation of one or more SKUs that will be combined in customer orders in each region, receiving a prediction of a size of customer orders in each region, wherein a customer order profile is simulated based on the predicted correlation and the predicted size, receiving an inventory stow model that is generated using at least one of open purchase orders or past customer orders; and, predicting a FC for managing outbound of each SKU based on the predicted regional sales forecast, the simulated customer order profile, and the inventory stow model, and modifying a database to assign the predicted FC to each corresponding SKU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Coupang, Corp.
    Inventors: Bin GU, Xiang LI, Nan WANG, Li HUANG, Ke MA
  • Patent number: 10956865
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for automated inventory using data associated with stock keeping unit SKU and fulfillment centers (FC) to initialize a data structure comprising a plurality of nodes, determine a weight associated with each FC based on the capacity of each FC, assignment SKU to one or more FCs, perform a preliminary mapping for the plurality of FCs, determining whether to rebalance the preliminary mapping of the quantity, and rebalancing the preliminary mapping based on the weights associated with each FC, to promote maximum utilization of the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: COUPANG CORP.
    Inventor: Je Kim
  • Patent number: 10956233
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods for managing API information. An exemplary method includes receiving an input from a user device associated with a first computer system, the input not including identity of a second computer system. The method includes determining a target API based on the input, the target API being the second computer system's API. The method also includes determining whether a user of the user device has access to the target API. The method includes retrieving documentation of the target API from an API database if it is determined that the user has access to the target API. The method includes providing the user device with the retrieved documentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Young Jin Park, Yong Hyun Yoon, Won Suk Yang
  • Patent number: 10956244
    Abstract: A computerized system for API migration. The system includes a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations, which include segregating client accounts three groups, assigning a first API for communications with the first group and a second API for communications with the second group, and assigning the first API for communications with a first portion of the third group and the second API for communications with a second portion of the third group. The operations may also include collecting communications from the groups and generating metrics associated with each group, and generating a comparative report and a compatibility report. The operations may also include transmitting at least one of an alert or a recommendation based on the comparative report and the compatibility report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: COUPANG CORP.
    Inventor: Nam Woong Cho
  • Publication number: 20210065104
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for redelivering packages to customers, comprising a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive, from a first user device, a notification of a delivery failure of a package, modify a database to assign the notification of the delivery failure and a cause for the delivery failure to the package identifier, modify the database to assign the package identifier to a group, among a plurality of groups, based on a delivery address associated with the package identifier, generate a map of the plurality of groups, and send the map for display on the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Coupang, Corp.
    Inventors: Yulhee LEE, Jiho CHANG, Hyojeong LEE, Jeongho PI, Sunggu YU, Dukwon NAM, Taenyun KIM, Hanjun LEE, Hyun Bo KANG, Soung Hie KIM
  • Publication number: 20210065100
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for monitoring inventory transfer in real-time, comprising a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a tote identifier associated with a tote configured to store one or more products and receive a container identifier associated with a container configured to store the tote. The processor is configured to receive, from a user device in the first fulfillment center, a code associated with a vehicle for transferring the container from a first to a second fulfillment center, receive, from a user device in the second fulfillment center, the code associated with the vehicle, receive, from the user device in the second fulfillment center, at least one of the container identifier or the tote identifier, and validate the transfer of the first product, based on the code and at least one of the container identifier or the tote identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Coupang, Corp.
    Inventors: Ji Won HWANG, Seon Sook HONG, Jong Won LEE, Jin Won JEONG, Sang Min JEON
  • Patent number: 10931795
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system for interfacing a set of one or more communication networks and a second communication network is disclosed. The system may comprise a memory strong instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions may comprise: receiving a first message from a first communication network, the first message comprising a first unknown message header and a first unknown message body; parsing the first unknown message header to determine a first variable corresponding to the identity of the first communication network and a second variable corresponding to a first destination; identifying that the first unknown message header and the first unknown message body are in a predetermined format; converting the first unknown message body into a standardized format for the second communication network through an accelerated conversion process; and transmitting the first standardized message body to the first destination based on the second variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: COUPANG CORP.
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Eugene Minh, Yonghee Lee, Byung Woo Lee, Jin Kwang Kim