System and Method for Communication Routing, Transportation Coordination and Product Creation

A method for transmitting an instruction communication to a manager application from a server including a communication router coupled to a communication network, for preparation and delivery of an order placed through a customer order placement application in communication with the server, the server further operative to communicate over the communications network with a plurality of delivery agent applications associated with each of a plurality of delivery agents, the method comprising the steps of:

• a. receiving, at the server, an order communication from the customer order placement application, the order communication comprising an order for one or more items placed by a customer for delivery to a delivery destination;
• b. communicating, by the server, with at least one of:
• a device associated with a delivery agent or one of the plurality of delivery agent applications associated with the delivery agent, and determining based on the communication the arrival time of the delivery agent at a pickup location;
• c. determining, at the server and based at least partially on the arrival time, a preparation start time for each of the one or more items;
• and
• d. transmitting, by the communication router over the communication network to the manager application, an instruction communication to begin preparation of each of the one or more items at the respective preparation start time for each of the one or more items so that completion of preparation of each of the one or more items in the order substantially coincides with the completion of preparation of each of the other items in the order and coincides with the arrival time of the delivery agent.

A computerized system coupled to a communication network, the system operative for assignment of an order to a delivery agent, the system comprising:

• a. a customer order placement application;
• b. a server for receiving an order communication from the customer order placement application over the communication network, the order communication comprising an order for one or more items placed by a customer for delivery to a delivery destination;
• c. a database of item information comprising the time for completion of each of the one or more items;
• d. an order queue for establishing a preparation sequence for each of the one or more items in each order based at least upon the time for completion of each of the one or more items;
• and
• e. a plurality of delivery agent applications operative to send a plurality of communications over the communication network to the server, wherein each of the plurality of communications from the plurality of delivery agent applications comprises information regarding the location of the respective one of the plurality of delivery agent applications;
• f. wherein the server identifies a delivery agent to pick up the order and an associated arrival time based at least in part on information in the plurality of communications and the order queue;
• g. wherein the server determines, based at least in part on the arrival time, a preparation start time for each of the one or more items;
• and
• h. wherein the server is operative to transmit, by the communication router over the communication network to the manager application, an instruction communication to begin preparation of each of the one or more items at the respective preparation start time for each of the one or more items so that completion of preparation of each of the one or more items in the order substantially coincides with the completion of preparation of each of the other items in the order and coincides with the arrival time of the delivery agent.