- Patent Title: Systems and methods for determining an order collection start time
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Application No.: US15649461Application Date: 2017-07-13
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Publication No.: US10909612B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Austin Lee Smith , Vidyanand Krishnan , Michael Gilbert Ebener
- Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
- Current Assignee: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q30/06
- IPC: G06Q30/06 ; G06Q10/06

Abstract:
Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of receiving an order from a customer, determining an estimated collection time required for an employee of the store to collect the order at the store, receiving a mobile check-in from an electronic device indicating that a pickup is en-route to pick up the order at the store, tracking a location of the electronic device, periodically determining, at one or more time intervals, an estimated travel time for the pickup to travel to the store from the location as tracked, and, when the estimated collection time is substantially equal in duration to the estimated travel time, coordinating displaying a collection notification on a store electronic device instructing the employee of the store to begin collecting the order.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190019240A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN ORDER COLLECTION START TIME Public/Granted day:2019-01-17
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