Combining orders for delivery

US9269103B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• INC SQUARE, CO., LTD · JP

Inventors

• Abhay Kumar · Chapra, IN
• Jesse Reiss · San Francisco, US
• Ajit Kalidindi Varma · San Francisco, US
• Matthew Rhodes · Arlington, US
• Richard David Din · Newark, US
• Anthony Bishopric · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 19, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W4/80
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In some examples, a first device associated with a first buyer may present information related to a plurality of merchants offering items for delivery. The first device may receive, as a first order, a selection of a first item offered by a selected merchant. The first device may determine that a second device is within a threshold distance of the first device, and may send, to the second device, a communication for creating a combined order, such as for dividing a delivery fee associated with the order. A second buyer may use the second device to select a second item to order from the selected merchant. At least one of the first device or the second device may send order information to a service computing device, which may send the combined order to the first merchant and schedule a courier to deliver the order to the buyers.