US 12,248,980 B2
Method, computer program product, and system for displaying a three-dimensional image of an item to a user of an online concierge system during order fulfillment
Dylan Wang, Emeryville, CA (US)
Assigned to Maplebear Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Maplebear Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/846,698.
Prior Publication US 2023/0419392 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0623 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by an online concierge system, an order from a client device associated with a customer of the online concierge system, the order including an item to obtain by a shopper;
obtaining, by an attribute variability engine of the online concierge system, attributes of the item from an item database;
identifying, by the online concierge system, whether one or more attributes of the item are variable, wherein the one or more attributes of the item comprise one or more of: a shape of the item, a dimension of the item, a quantity of the item, a quality of the item, and a color of the item;
responsive to identifying that the one or more attributes of the item are variable, generating, by a prompt generation engine of the online concierge system, a prompt to capture a plurality of images of the item from a different angle or a different position;
sending, by the online concierge system, the prompt to another client device associated with the shopper of the online concierge system;
receiving, at the online concierge system, a plurality of images of an item from the client device associated with the shopper, wherein each of the plurality of images of the item is captured from one or more of a different angle and a different position and the item is included among an inventory of a warehouse associated with a retailer associated with the online concierge system;
generating, by the online concierge system, a three-dimensional image of the item based at least in part on the plurality of images of the item, the three-dimensional image of the item comprising one or more of: a dimension of the item and a color of the item; and
sending, by the online concierge system, the three-dimensional image of the item to the client device associated with the customer, wherein a perspective of the three-dimensional image is modifiable within a display area of the client device.