US 11,108,701 B1Granted

System and method for object-response asset authorization and pairing

AssigneeGroupon, Inc.

InventorsKyle Fritz, Jamie Gaskins, Edward Schmalzle, William Pleasanton, Michael Hartman

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Abstract

An apparatus, method, and computer program product are provided to pair request data objects with network response assets and their related systems to allow for the efficient movement of network resources and other resources in high-volume network environments that feature distributed network response assets. In some example implementations, location information such as triangulated position information associated with one or more mobile devices, along with other system characteristics is used to identify optimized pairs of request objects and response assets, such that request parameters, such as position and time constraints, can be efficiently met.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions that configure the apparatus to:

identify a set of network response assets;
determine a capacity of the set of network response assets based at least in part on an availability of each network response asset in the set of network response assets;
determine a dispatch mode based at least in part on the capacity of the set of network response assets;
receive a request data object;
extract from the request data object a set of request parameters, wherein the set of request parameters comprises:
a first location identification, wherein the first location identification is associated with a requested intermediate destination;
and
a second location identification, wherein the second location identification is associated with a requested target destination;
for each network response asset of the set of network response assets, determine a set of network response asset characteristics, wherein the set of network response asset characteristics comprises a third location identification, wherein the third location identification comprises a location of a mobile device associated with the network response asset;
select a network response asset based at least in part on the dispatch mode, the set of request parameters, and at least one of the set of network response asset characteristics;
and
transmit to the selected network response asset a portion of the request data object.

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A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instruction stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions configured to:

identify a set of network response assets;
determine a capacity of the set of network response assets based at least in part on an availability of each network response asset in the set of network response assets;
determine a dispatch mode based at least in part on the capacity of the set of network response assets;
receive a request data object;
extract from the request data object a set of request parameters, wherein the set of request parameters comprises:
a first location identification, wherein the first location identification is associated with a requested intermediate destination;
and
a second location identification, wherein the second location identification is associated with a requested target destination;
for each network response asset of the set of network response assets, determine a set of network response asset characteristics, wherein the set of network response asset characteristics comprises a third location identification, wherein the third location identification comprises a location of a mobile device associated with the network response asset;
select a network response asset based at least in part on the dispatch mode, the set of request parameters, and at least one of the set of network response asset characteristics;
and
transmit to the selected network response asset a portion of the request data object.

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A method for object-response asset authorization and pairing, the method comprising:

identifying a set of network response assets;
determining a capacity of the set of network response assets based at least in part on an availability of each network response asset in the set of network response assets;
determining a dispatch mode based at least in part on the capacity of the set of network response assets;
receiving a request data object;
extracting from the request data object a set of request parameters, wherein the set of request parameters comprises:
a first location identification, wherein the first location identification is associated with a requested intermediate destination;
a second location identification, wherein the second location identification is associated with a requested target destination;
for each network response asset of the set of network response assets, determining a set of network response asset characteristics, wherein the set of network response asset characteristics comprises a third location identification, wherein the third location identification comprises a location of a mobile device associated with the network response asset;
selecting a network response asset based at least in part on the dispatch mode, the set of request parameters, and at least one of the set of network response asset characteristics;
and
transmitting to the selected network response asset a portion of the request data object.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.