US 11,783,279 B2
Automatic determination of a shipping speed to display for an item
Sony Mangalassery Gregory, Foster City, CA (US); Vimal Mohan Kothanath, Mountain View, CA (US); Sindiri Sai Kumar, Bengaluru (IN); Shantanu Preetam, Bengaluru (IN); Yuvaraj MukariKrishnamoorthy, Kanchipuram (IN); Yatin Gupta, Haridwar (IN); and Sandip Mahanta, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/947,818.
Application 17/947,818 is a continuation of application No. 16/189,884, filed on Nov. 13, 2018, granted, now 11,449,822.
Prior Publication US 2023/0019707 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0835 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [G06F 16/29 (2019.01); 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 configured to run on the one or more processors and perform:
determining a zip code of a user using a website that displays items for sale, wherein determining the zip code of the user comprises determining the zip code of the user through at least one of using tracking cookies for the user using the website or geo-sniffing a current session of the user using the website;
receiving a selection by the user to display information about an item of the items for sale;
determining a shipping speed to display to the user for the item based on (a) a geo-classification for the item, (b) a list of fulfillment nodes that can currently deliver to the zip code of the user within a first shipping speed, and (c) a node-level inventory for the item; and
facilitating a display of the shipping speed to the user,
wherein:
the geo-classification for the item is a first classification at least when a sale margin for the item exceeds a first predetermined margin threshold; and
the geo-classification for the item is a second classification at least when a size of the item exceeds a predetermined size threshold.