Variable delivery zones for delivery orders
US10783480B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/027
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In some examples, a service provider may receive an indicated delivery location from a buyer device. The service provider may determine, e.g., based in part on traffic information, respective predicted courier travel times to the delivery location from one or more different merchant locations. The service provider may compare the respective predicted courier travel times with respective spoilage times for items offered by the corresponding one or more merchants, and may identify one or more items having respective spoilage times greater than the respective predicted courier travel time from that merchant location. The service provider may send, to the buyer device, information about items available for delivery from particular merchants having respective spoilage times greater than the predicted courier travel time from respective the merchant location. The buyer device may present the information about the items on a display to enable buyer selection of an item for delivery.
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