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US 2023/0055840 A1Published application
Dynamic Determination and Notification for Alternation of Fulfillment Mode for A Network-Based Service
AssigneeUber Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBoting Li, Vishal Soni, Jason Wien
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Abstract
This application describes a system associated with a network-based delivery service that receives item delivery requests from various individuals. The system determines whether the item(s) in the item delivery requests can be delivered. If not, the system generates and provides a selectable notification the various individuals. The selectable notification prompts the various individuals to pick up the item(s) in the item delivery request instead of waiting for delivery of the item(s).
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, from a computing device, a request for one or more items, a fulfillment mode of the request being delivery;
- based on receiving the request, determining a delivery condition associated with a determined geographic area associated with the computing device;
- based on determining that the delivery condition reaches a delivery condition threshold, generating a selectable notification for the computing device, the selectable notification notifying an individual associated with the computing device that the delivery condition reaches the delivery condition threshold;
- providing the selectable notification to the computing device;
- and
- based on receiving a selection of the selectable notification, changing the fulfillment mode of the request to pick up.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, from a computing device located at a first location, a request for one or more items, a fulfillment mode of the request being delivery, the request including an item to be prepared by an entity, the entity being located at a second location;
- based on receiving the request, determining an availability of a courier to deliver the item from the second location to the first location;
- based on determining that the courier is not available, generating a pick up notification;
- and
- causing the pick up notification to be displayed on a user interface of the computing device.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform operations, comprising:
- receiving, from a computing device, a request for one or more items, a fulfillment mode of the request being delivery;
- based on receiving the request, determining whether a difference between a number of requests for a determined geographic area associated with the request and a number of available couriers for the determined geographic area reaches a difference threshold;
- based on determining that the difference reaches the difference threshold, generating a selectable notification for the computing device, the selectable notification notifying an individual associated with the computing device that the difference reached the difference threshold;
- providing the selectable notification to the computing device;
- and
- based on receiving a selection of the selectable notification, changing the fulfillment mode of the request to pick up.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.