Super retail system and method
OwnerJames Palliosinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for accommodating receipt of environmentally-friendly delivery of all these orders from all these purchasers with a system that helps promote locate physical retailers. A system and method includes delivery infrastructure resource sharing and coordination, single pick order fulfillment options for retailers and organizations participating in the system, and green reward tracking and fulfillment associated with decreased environmental impacts of use of the system and methods.
Claims12
A computer-implemented commercial delivery hub that offers a set of delivery agencies able to accept delivery on behalf of each purchaser of a set of purchasers, comprising one or more attributes and characteristics such as offering secure storage for deliveries, accessibility by delivery services, and purchaser access convenience selected from the group including extended hours and geographic proximity, wherein said commercial delivery hub may be associated with an existing retail or service operation that is currently frequented by a large group of prospective purchasers, said large group may include hundreds or thousands of prospective purchasers who may associate online deliveries to the frequented location responsive to a configuration and operation of a customized profile.
A computer-implemented method for tracking a set of aggregated non-purchaser-residence deliveries for a set of individual distinct purchasers each having an independent delivery address, having an improved delivery efficiencies;
- and representing these set of aggregated non-purchaser-residence deliveries having the improved delivery efficiencies presented as an environmental impact metric characterizing a reduced inefficiency associated with the purchaser-user's participation and reduced delivery impact.
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