Systems and methods for determining discounted prices for online orders

US10664858B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

• Austin Lee Smith · Burlingame, US
• Vidyanand Krishnan · Sunnyvale, US
• Michael Gilbert Ebener · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 20, 2017
• Grant date: May 26, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0639
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical 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 an order from an electronic device of a customer, the order comprising one or more items, determining at least one of a store employee or a delivery driver is available to fulfill the order during a first window of time of a plurality of windows of time, coordinating displaying the plurality of windows of time on the device of the customer with a discounted price for the order proximate the first window of time, and, if the one or more non-transitory storage modules receive a selection of the first window of time from the electronic device of the customer, coordinating displaying an order completion page with the discounted price for the order.