US Patent 11851279 Determining trends from materials handling facility information

Described is a system and method for collecting item and user information and utilizing that information to determine materials handling facility patterns, item trends and inventory location trends. User monitoring data for users located in a materials handling facility may include information identifying inventory locations approached by users, gaze directions of users, user dwell times, an identification of items picked by users, an identification of items placed by users, and/or in-transit times for items. This information may be aggregated and processed to determine materials handling facility patterns, item trends and/or inventory location trends.