Intelligently determining buying online and picking up in store based on commute patterns of connections in a social network and store parameters

US10210555B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jialin Li · Shantou, CN
• Pradeep K. Nanjundaswamy · Bengaluru, IN
• Leho Nigul · Schreiber, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 19, 2019
• Expiry date: Mar 21, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer program product for determining buying online and picking up in store. A computer receives from a shopper a request for buying online and picking up in store. The computer parses stores carrying an item purchased online and connections of the shopper in a social network. The computer provides the shopper with a list of one or more connections for picking up the item for the shopper. The computer sends to one of the one or more connections a token for picking up the item and information of a store where the item is picked up, after the shopper chooses the one of the one or more connections for picking up the item. The computer sends to the shopper a notification, after the item is picked up by the one of the one or more connections for picking up the item.