Systems and methods for optimizing delivery routes using fleet vehicles and third-party deliverers
US10600021B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 6, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/08355
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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 website orders on a website of an online retailer for delivery of products, determining at least one fleet delivery route for delivery of the products using a vehicle fleet of the online retailer, and performing a randomized node movement on the at least one fleet delivery route to optimize delivery of the products. Performing the randomized node movement can include selecting a source route, selecting a first node from the source route, selecting a destination route from the at least one fleet delivery route and one or more third-party delivery routes, evaluating a cost differential of inserting the first node into a third-party delivery route, and inserting the first node into first third-party delivery route.
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