Blog Coverage Amazon Wins Futuristic Sounding Patent for Floating Warehouses that Houses Drones Used for Delivery of Parcels

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LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / December 30, 2016 / Active Wall St. blog coverage looks at the headline from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). In a revelation by a tech analyst on December 29, 2016, Amazon.com has been granted a patent by the US Patent Office for floating warehouses that can park a number of drones used for the delivery of products. Register with us now for your free membership and blog access at: http://www.activewallst.com/register/.

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The patent was granted to Amazon.COM in April and these warehouses were labelled as “airborne fulfillment center (AFC)”. Tech Analyst, Zoe Leavitt, made the startling discovery. However, there has been no official communication on the matter from the company.

How the “airborne fulfillment center” works?

The AFC would act like motherships and float over cities at high altitudes in the sky where deliveries are to be made. It would house a fleet of drones which would be used to delivery products on-demand to customers directly. The drones when released from the warehouses will float horizontally with minimum power and reach specified delivery location. AFC might be supported by, or incorporated into an airship or dirigible, and can remain airborne for extended periods.

The futuristic sounding design has three main components – 1) the warehouse; 2) the fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (drones as they are popularly known); and 3) shuttles (small airships) that will be used to stock the warehouses with drones, supplies, fuel etc. The AFC would also be used for recovery of the drones post the delivery of products.

The patent explains the use of the system using an event like a football match. Such an event would generate orders for sporting paraphernalia, items of food etc. The AFC could be stocked with anticipated items in advance and placed at a location in the sky close to the venue. Once the orders are received the drones could be deployed to deliver items to customers directly within minutes. The main advantage of this system is the faster delivery of products to customers, especially when orders pertain to perishables or ready meals etc.

Alternatively, the AFC could be navigated from lower altitudes and be used as promotional tools for advertising products or events etc. It could even incorporate audio component for greater impact. They could even perform other functions like collection of data regarding weather, wind speed, and routing, etc. The patent reflects a complex network of systems to facilitate delivery by air.

The entire system will be connected to a network, software, and remote computing devices that would be managed by people.

The design is just a patent at this point and its existence does not automatically imply that the system will be implemented. However, it does give food for thought as to the extent that Amazon is serious about using drones for delivery and its vision about delivery processes. If the Company actually implements this system, it would completely revolutionize the delivery process.

Amazon’s success with Drones

Amazon has been testing the use of drones for delivery of products and plans to use drones extensively to strengthen and support its ecommerce business. Recently on December 14, 2016, Amazon successfully delivered its first product to a customer based in UK, using a drone via its Amazon Prime Air service.

Amazon has also recently been granted a new patent that safeguards its flying drones. The patent is titled “Countermeasures for threats to an uncrewed autonomous vehicle’ (UAVs)”. The module reveals a multi-layered physical and electronics protection for the drones. The fail-safe module would enable the drone to safeguard itself in any circumstances including bad weather, crowded sky, a network jamming attack, or being struck with a rock, gun, or an arrow.

Amazon.com has not indicated which of the features it will incorporate in its drones, but is confident that the patent will ensure that the drones are equipped to face adverse conditions like harmful acts or inadvertent system failures resulting in seamless deliveries to customers.

Stock Performance

At the closing bell on December 29, 2016, Amazon.com’s share price finished the trading session at $765.15, slightly down 0.90%. A total volume of 3.15 million shares exchanged hands. The stock has advanced 6.92% and 11.04% in the last six months and past twelve months, respectively. Furthermore, since the start of the year, shares of the company have surged 13.21%. The stock is trading with a PE ratio of 172.29 and currently has a market cap of $366.32 billion.

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