Method to create and deliver surprise order

An electronic device comprising:

• a communications subsystem that communicatively connects the electronic device to at least one second electronic device within a group of electronic devices and to at least one delivery electronic device of an item supplier or a delivery provider, the at least one second electronic device comprising a second device of a second user whose location can be tracked by the electronic device;
• a memory comprising:
• execution modules that configure the electronic device to track a location of the second device and configures the electronic device to determine at least one of a delivery time window for completing a delivery of an item or a delivery exclusion window for when delivery of the item should not be attempted/completed at a delivery destination, the determination based, in part, on location data of at least the second device determined by the electronic device relative to the delivery destination;
• and
• a controller communicatively coupled to the communications subsystem and the memory and which executes the execution modules, wherein the controller is configured to cause the electronic device to:
• enable access, via the communications subsystem, to an online-accessible item selection portal, the online-accessible item selection portal configured to enable selection of the item for discreet delivery as a surprise gift for the second user, wherein a first delivery setting identifies the item for discreet delivery scheduling that avoids disclosure of the item to the second user;
• following completion of selection of the item for delivery via discreet delivery scheduling, initiating a dynamic discreet delivery process that configures the electronic device to transmit an alert/message to a computer of at least one of the item supplier and the delivery provider with specific limitations on a time window for delivery of the item, which is in part determined based on the location of at least the second device relative to the delivery destination;
• track a location of the second device relative to the destination address;
• identify when the location of the second device is not at and predicted to not be at the destination address;
• retrieve and evaluate historical location data of the second device to predict a time when the second device will next be at the destination address;
• in response to the second device being away from or expected to be away from the destination address for greater than a threshold period of time, generate a delivery time window and communicate the delivery time window to the computer system associated with the item supplier or delivery provider to trigger the computer system to schedule deliver of the item based on the delivery time window;
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• in response to the second device being at or predicted to be at the destination address during a previously provided delivery time window and determining, from evaluation of historical data, a likelihood that the item will be received by the second user, generate a delivery exclusion window and communicate the delivery exclusion widow to the computer system to trigger the computer system to withhold/suspend attempts at delivering the items during the delivery exclusion window.