Scalable and efficient package delivery using transporter fleet
AssigneeDoorDash, Inc.
InventorsGagan Gupta, Viraj Bindra, Larry Waldman, Rajat Shroff
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Abstract
A method includes providing, by server computer to a service provider, an onboarding interface for onboarding a service provider to accept returns initiated by end users and from a plurality of available transporters, and then receiving, by the server computer, selections from the service provider regarding different options for processing returns via the onboarding interface. The server computer can receive a plurality of return orders for a plurality of items from a plurality of end users. and process the return orders according to the stored and selected options.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing, by server computer to a service provider computer, an onboarding interface for onboarding a service provider operating the service provider computer to accept returns of items initiated by end users and from a plurality of available transporters, wherein the onboarding interface is configured to receive selections of returns processing options from a plurality of service providers;
- receiving, by the server computer, one or more selections of the returns processing options from the service provider via the service provider computer via the onboarding interface;
- storing, by the server computer, the selected returns processing options;
- receiving, by the server computer, a return order for a return of one or more items to the service provider from an end user;
- and
- processing, by the server computer, the return order according to the selected and stored returns processing options using a transporter.
A server computer comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer readable medium coupled to the processor, the computer readable medium comprising code, executable by the processor, for implementing operations comprising:
- providing, to a service provider computer, an onboarding interface for onboarding a service provider operating the service provider computer to accept returns of items initiated by end users and from a plurality of available transporters, wherein the onboarding interface is configured to receive selections of returns processing options from a plurality of service providers;
- receiving one or more selections of the returns processing options from the service provider via the service provider computer via the onboarding interface;
- storing the selected returns processing options;
- receiving a return order for a return of one or more items to the service provider from an end user;
- and
- processing the return order according to the selected and stored returns processing options using a transporter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.