US 11,810,059 B2
Systems and methods for optimizing delivery routes using fleet vehicles and third-party deliverers
Mingang Fu, Palo Alto, CA (US); Deepak Deshpande, San Jose, CA (US); Prakash Seetharaman, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Devadas Pattathil, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/982,394.
Application 17/982,394 is a continuation of application No. 16/827,059, filed on Mar. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,494,728.
Application 16/827,059 is a continuation of application No. 15/370,020, filed on Dec. 6, 2016, granted, now 10,600,021, issued on Mar. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0058078 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0835 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/08355 (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:
determining at least one fleet delivery route for delivery of one or more items of one or more orders to one or more locations using a vehicle fleet;
dynamically shuffling the at least one fleet delivery route by at least evaluating a cost differential between (a) removing a first order of the one or more orders from a source route, and (b) inserting the first order into a first other delivery route of one or more other delivery routes;
when the cost differential satisfies a threshold:
removing the first order from the source route; and
inserting the first order into the first other delivery route; and
communicating the first order to a first other deliverer associated with the first other delivery route for delivery of the first order at a first location of the one or more locations.