USER INTERFACE ENABLING ORDER FULFILLMENT OPTIONS BASED ON PREDICTED FULFILLMENT TIMES FROM A TRAINED MODEL

    公开(公告)号:US20240330852A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18616724

    申请日:2024-03-26

    Applicant: Maplebear Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06Q10/087 G06Q10/04 G06Q10/083

    Abstract: An online concierge system receives an order from a user including items to obtain from a retailer for delivery to a location. A picker selects the order and obtains items from the retailer. The user selects a time interval during which items from the order are delivered to the location. To prevent the user from selecting a time interval for fulfillment the online concierge system prevents the user from selecting a time interval when a picker may be unable to obtain the items from the retailer before a closing time of the retailer. The online concierge system evaluates time intervals by subtracting a travel time for the picker travelling from the retailer to the location from a predicted fulfillment time for the order. This prevents the time for delivering items after being obtained from affecting whether a time interval may be selected.

    MACHINE LEARNING BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION OPTIMIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240104458A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US17955407

    申请日:2022-09-28

    CPC classification number: G06Q10/063116 G06N5/022 G06Q10/06393 G06Q30/0637

    Abstract: An online concierge system determines a quantity of a resource available in a timeslot to fulfill orders during the timeslot. The orders include immediate orders placed during the timeslot and scheduled orders that are scheduled for fulfillment during the timeslot. The online concierge system applies the quantity of the resource to a machine learning model to produce a predicted relationship between a value of a fulfillment metric and an allocation of the quantity of the resource reserved for immediate orders. The online concierge system determines, based on the predicted relationship, an expected optimal allocation of the quantity of the resource that maximizes the fulfillment metric. The online concierge system reserves the expected optimal allocation of the quantity of the resource for immediate orders.

    SELECTIVELY PROVIDING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL-BASED SERVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20240070605A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-29

    申请号:US17897045

    申请日:2022-08-26

    CPC classification number: G06Q10/0838 G06N5/022 G06Q10/06393 G06Q30/0617

    Abstract: An online concierge system provides arrival prediction services for a user placing an order to be retrieved by a shopper. An order may have a predicted arrival time predicted by a model that may err under some conditions. To reduce the likelihood of providing the predicted arrival time (and related services) when the arrival time may be incorrect, the prediction model and related services are throttled (e.g., selectively provided) based on one or more predicted delivery metrics, which may include a time to accept the order by a shopper and a predicted portion of late orders that will be delivered past the respective predicted arrival times. The predicted delivery metrics are compared with thresholds and the result of the comparison used to selectively provide, or not provide, the predicted delivery services.

    SELECTING METHODS TO ALLOCATE SHOPPERS FOR ORDER FULFILLMENT IN GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS BY AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM BASED ON MACHINE-LEARNED EFFICIENCIES FOR DIFFERENT ALLOCATION METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20230196442A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-22

    申请号:US17556936

    申请日:2021-12-20

    CPC classification number: G06Q30/0635

    Abstract: An online concierge system allocates shoppers to different geographic regions at different times to fulfill orders received from users. The online concierge system uses different methods for adjusting allocation of shoppers to geographic regions, such as obtaining new shoppers or providing incentives to additional shoppers, based on estimated numbers of orders identifying different geographic regions. To account for costs to the online concierge system for allocating shoppers to geographic regions, the online concierge system trains multiple machine learned models to predict different efficiency metrics for methods for adjusting shopper allocation. Discrete samples are obtained from each efficiency metric, and samples that do not satisfy one or more constraints removed. From the remaining samples, a combination of samples for different methods for adjusting shopper allocation is selected to optimize a value to the online concierge system based on one or more criteria.

    USER INTERFACE FOR SHOWING AVAILABILITY OF ORDERS FOR CONCIERGE SHOPPING SERVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220343395A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:US17238217

    申请日:2021-04-23

    Abstract: For each retailer in the geographic region, an online system predicts a number of orders placed at the retailer and a capacity to fulfill orders during a forecast time period. The capacity of the retailer is predicted based on a number of pickers expected to be available to the retailer during the forecast time period. The online system determines demand for the services of a picker at the retailer based on a comparison of the predicted number of orders and the predicted capacity to fulfill those orders. The online system displays a user interactive map of the geographic region to the picker. The map displays a pin at the location of each retailer in the geographic region, which describes the categorization determined for the retailer. The picker selects a pin, which causes the user interactive map to display a notification characterizing the demand for services at the retailer.

    Using Computer Models to Predict Delivery Times for an Order During Creation of the Order

    公开(公告)号:US20250104003A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-27

    申请号:US18475766

    申请日:2023-09-27

    Applicant: Maplebear Inc.

    Abstract: One or more trained computer models are used to determine, at different stages of an order, an estimated time range for delivery of the order at an online system. The online system retrieves a set of candidate ranges of delivery times for the order. The online system applies the one or more computer models trained to predict a value of a metric for each candidate range in the set of candidate ranges, based on one or more features associated with the order. The online system selects a range of delivery times for the order from the set of candidate ranges, based on the predicted value of the metric for each candidate range. The online system causes a device of the user to display a user interface with the selected range of delivery times for the order.

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