Method and apparatus for delivery order dispatch and assignment

US11475393B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

• Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa · Bengaluru, IN
• Manish Gupta · Sunnyvale, US
• Puneet Srivastava · Fremont, US
• Deepak Deshpande · San Jose, US
• Dinoop Dayanand · Santa Clara, US
• Sergey Gavrilov · Sunnyvale, US
• Rohit Jain · Danville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/40
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

This application relates to apparatus and methods for determining, assigning, and displaying order deliveries. In some examples, a computing device may obtain order data identifying at least one order for delivery during a timeslot. The computing device may transmit, to a driver's computing device, a request for deliveries for a first price during the timeslot. The computing device may receive, from the driver's computing device, a response accepting the request. The computing device may then assign the driver to the order, and determine a delivery status based on the assignment of the first driver to the first order. The delivery status may identify, for example, that the order has been assigned to the driver, an estimated delivery time, the number of items being delivered, the weight of the items, and a route taken by the driver. The computing device may also display the delivery status.