Categorization of items based on item delivery time

US10366436B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• INC SQUARE, CO., LTD · JP

Inventors

• Abhay Kumar · Chapra, IN
• Matthew O'Connor · New York, US
• Zachary Brock · San Francisco, US
• James F. Butts, III · San Francisco, US
• Daniel Hipschman · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2014
• Grant date: Jul 30, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A particular item may be categorized based on delivery times of the particular item. In some instances, the particular item may be ranked across multiple merchants that are offering the particular item for acquisition. The ranking may be based on an estimated amount of delivery time to deliver the particular item, for the individual merchants, to a current location of a user. The estimated amount of delivery time may be based on a preparation time for the respective merchant to prepare the particular item, a courier time for a courier to transport the particular item to the current location of the user, and so on. Information regarding the ranking may be displayed or otherwise output to enable the user to identify and order the particular item from a merchant that satisfies the user's needs.