Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Crowdsourced delivery based on a set of requirements
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Application No.: US15854651Application Date: 2017-12-26
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Publication No.: US11605044B2Publication Date: 2023-03-14
- Inventor: Bruce W. Wilkinson , Todd D. Mattingly , John J. O'Brien
- Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/083 ; H04L9/06 ; G06Q50/00 ; H04L9/32 ; H04L9/00

Abstract:
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to creating a crowdsourced delivery plan. In some embodiments, a system for creating a crowdsourced delivery plan for a package comprises a certification system configured to receive, from a retailer, an indication of items included in the package, determine, based on the indication of items included in the package, a set of requirements, and transmit, to a plurality of portable devices, information regarding the delivery, each of the plurality of portable devices configured to receive, from the certification system, the information regarding the delivery, transmit, to the certification system, an acceptance of the delivery, wherein only ones of the plurality of portable devices associated with delivery agents meeting the set of requirements is capable of acceptance of the delivery, receive, in response to the transmission of the acceptance, an authorization, and present, at a pickup point, the authorization.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180181904A1 CROWDSOURCED DELIVERY BASED ON A SET OF REQUIREMENTS Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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