US 11,669,886 B2
Systems and methods for determining an order collection start time
Austin Lee Smith, San Jose, CA (US); Vidyanand Krishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Michael Gilbert Ebener, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/149,973.
Application 17/149,973 is a continuation of application No. 15/649,461, filed on Jul. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,909,612.
Prior Publication US 2021/0133859 A1, May 6, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0635 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/063116 (2013.01); G06Q 10/063118 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform functions comprising:
receiving, by the one or more processors, an order from a customer electronic device;
determining, using a predictive analysis, an estimated collection time required for an employee of one or more employees of a store to collect one or more items of the order, wherein data used for the predictive analysis comprises employee device data collected from one or more electronic devices of the one or more employees of the store;
receiving, by the one or more processors, a mobile check-in from an electronic device indicating that a pickup is en-route to pick-up the order;
in response to receiving the mobile check-in, requesting, by the one or more processors, permission for location tracking from the electronic device;
when the electronic device authorizes the permission for the location tracking, tracking, by the one or more processors, a location of the pickup after receiving the mobile check-in from the electronic device;
periodically determining, by the one or more processors, an estimated travel time for the pickup to travel to the store from the location, as tracked; and
when the estimated collection time is approximately equal in duration to the estimated travel time, transmitting, by the one or more processors, a collection notification on a store interface of one of the one or more electronic devices of the employee of the store of the one or more employees of the store, wherein the collection notification comprises instructions for the employee of the store to begin collecting the one or more items of the order.