Shopping System With Improved Matching
AssigneeMercatus Technologies Inc.
InventorNadeem KASSAM
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Abstract
The present invention describes several embodiments in which a customer orders items from a grocery store using an electronic shopping interface that allows him or her to select a designated picker among a plurality of pickers available at the store. The designated picker is a person selected to pick perishable items from the store. This helps bridge the trust gap that consumers have with grocery stores, particularly with regard to perishable items such as vegetables. The invention enables improved customer satisfaction for the consumer and substantial business opportunity for a grocer with an online electronic commerce platform.
Claims20
A method of electronic commerce comprising:
- at a server:
- maintaining a plurality of item identifiers corresponding to a plurality of items maintained at a store;
- maintaining a plurality of picker profiles corresponding to a plurality of pickers;
- receiving an order from a buyer, the order comprising:
- an item identifier among said plurality of item identifiers associated with at least one of the plurality of items;
- and
- a picker identifier associated with at least one of said plurality of pickers,
- in response to said receiving said order, notifying the at least one of said plurality of pickers associated with the picker identifier,
- wherein the at least one of said plurality of pickers selects said at least one of the plurality of items for delivery to said buyer.
A server system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory;
- a communication interface;
- and a non-transitory processor readable medium storing processor executable instructions configured to be executed by the processor, the processor executable instructions for:
- maintaining a plurality of item identifiers corresponding to a plurality of items maintained at a store;
- maintaining a plurality of picker profiles corresponding to a plurality of pickers;
- receiving an order from a buyer, the order comprising:
- an item identifier among said plurality of item identifiers associated with at least one of the plurality of items;
- and
- a picker identifier associated with at least one of said plurality of pickers,
- in response to said receiving said order, notifying the at least one of said plurality of pickers associated with the picker identifier,
- wherein the at least one of said plurality of pickers selects said at least one of the plurality of items for delivery to said buyer.
A client system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory;
- a communications interface;
- an input interface and a non-transitory processor readable medium storing processor executable instructions to be executed by the processor, the processor executable instructions comprising instructions for:
- receiving, through the input interface, an item identifier among said item identifiers associated with at least one of the plurality of items to be purchased at the store;
- receiving, through the input interface, a picker identifier associated with at least one of said plurality of pickers;
- and
- sending the picker identifier and the item identifier to a server system in data communication with the client system through said communications interface.
A non-transitory processor readable medium storing processor executable instructions which when executed by a server computer cause the server to perform a method comprising:
- maintaining a plurality of item identifiers corresponding to a plurality of items maintained at a store;
- maintaining a plurality of picker profiles corresponding to a plurality of pickers;
- receiving an order from a buyer, the order comprising:
- an item identifier among said item identifiers associated with at least one of the plurality of items to be purchased at the store;
- and
- a picker identifier associated with at least one of said plurality of pickers,
- in response to said receiving said order, notifying the at least one of said plurality of pickers associated with the picker identifier,
- wherein the at least one of said plurality of pickers selects said at least one item at the store from for delivery to said buyer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.