System and method for efficient order fulfillment using real-time location data
AssigneeCloudcar, Inc.
InventorKonstantin Othmer
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Abstract
A system and method for efficient order fulfillment using real-time location data are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: obtaining information related to a transaction initiated by a user with a vendor, the transaction requiring the user's presence at a vendor location; obtaining information indicative of a location of the user; determining, by execution of a data processor, a predicted arrival time at which the user is expected to arrive at the vendor location, the predicted arrival time being based in part on the user location and the vendor location; and posting an electronic message at a network location accessible to the vendor, the electronic message including information indicative of the predicted arrival time.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a data processor;
- and
- an order fulfillment processing module, executable by the data processor, the order fulfillment processing module being configured to:
- obtain information related to a transaction initiated by a user with a vendor, the transaction requiring the user's presence at a vendor location;
- obtain information indicative of a location of the user;
- determine a predicted arrival time at which the user is expected to arrive at the vendor location, the predicted arrival time being based in part on the user location and the vendor location;
- and
- post an electronic message at a network location accessible to the vendor, the electronic message including information indicative of the predicted arrival time.
A method comprising:
- obtaining information related to a transaction initiated by a user with a vendor, the transaction requiring the user's presence at a vendor location;
- obtaining information indicative of a location of the user;
- determining, by execution of a data processor, a predicted arrival time at which the user is expected to arrive at the vendor location, the predicted arrival time being based in part on the user location and the vendor location;
- and
- posting an electronic message at a network location accessible to the vendor, the electronic message including information indicative of the predicted arrival time.
A non-transitory machine-useable storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
- obtain information related to a transaction initiated by a user with a vendor, the transaction requiring the user's presence at a vendor location;
- obtain information indicative of a location of the user;
- determine a predicted arrival time at which the user is expected to arrive at the vendor location, the predicted arrival time being based in part on the user location and the vendor location;
- and
- post an electronic message at a network location accessible to the vendor, the electronic message including information indicative of the predicted arrival time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.