Direct Delivery Shoppping System
OwnerMinerva P. Lopezinventor
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Abstract
A method for improving the delivery of items based on the likelihood of shoplifting, theft history, security threat level, and identifying information is presented. The information is stored an online order system with the means for receiving data, reading data and performing computations from a data storage system. The online order system assigns a level of security to the items in order to implement delivery of the items at a specific conveyor belt within a store that is equipped with a pre-delivery alert system that cooperates with the online order system. The pre-delivery alert system produces a specific alert based on the contents of the customer's order.
Claims11
A new method of delivering items using a standard release screen, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. using a pre-delivery alert system and an online order system with means for receiving data, reading data and performing computations from a data storage system;
- b. said pre-delivery alert system being an alert box with an interior channel and said release screen being stored therein;
- c. said online order system storing the conveyor belt layout of a store having a plurality of conveyor belts and conveyor belt exit areas;
- d. said online order system receiving the theft history and security threat level of said items;
- e. said online order system computing said security alert level of said items based on said theft history of said items, said security threat levels of said items, and identifying information of said items;
- f. said online order system assigning said security alert level to said items based on the likelihood of shoplifting of said items and said security threat level of said items;
- g. said online order system using said security alert level to implement delivery of said items at said conveyor belts of said store;
- h. a customer placing a customer order for at least one of said items in said online order system from a kiosk of said store;
- i. said online order system accepting said customer order;
- j. said online order system assigning said security alert level to said items based on said likelihood of shoplifting of said items, said security threat level of said items, said identifying information of said items and said theft history of said items;
- k. said online order system assigning said conveyor belts for retrieval of said items at said store;
l. said online order system displaying said items and said conveyor belts on a receipt;
- m. said customer printing said receipt;
- n. said customer retrieving said items from said conveyor belts;
- o. said alert box of said pre-delivery alert system being configured to emit a plurality of lighting colors once said security alert level of said items has been assigned by said online order system and said customer retrieves said items from said conveyor belts;
- p. said release screen of said alert box being configured to produce a plurality of security messages on said release screen once said security alert level of said items has been assigned by said online order system and said customer retrieves said items from said conveyor belts;
- q. said pre-delivery alert system cooperating with said online order system as each customer order is processed and said lighting colors and said security messages are produced;
- r. said pre-delivery alert producing said lighting color and said security messages based on the assigned security level of said items being delivered to said customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.