Product delivery service system in the electronic commerce using smart phone and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11227253-B2
Application number	US-201916599701-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2019
Priority date	Dec 17, 2013
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

Provided are a system and method for providing a product delivery service in an electronic transaction using a smartphone in which delivery product discharging devices are suitably disposed in specific places of main areas such as a subway station or a bus stop and a purchaser may conveniently pick up an ordered delivery product from a delivery product discharging device previously designated by the purchaser using a smartphone of the purchaser.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of providing a product delivery service through an electronic transaction, the method comprising:
receiving, by a shopping server, data representing a product ordered using a shopping application installed in a mobile device associated with a purchaser;
receiving, from the shopping application, a selection of a container device from a plurality of container devices each in a different geographical location;
generating a unique product barcode for the product in response to receiving the data, the unique product barcode comprising an identifier of the container device that has been selected:
communicating, by the shopping server, order related information to the container device that will be co-located with the product represented by the received data, the order related information being associated with the unique product barcode:
receiving data indicating that the ordered product has been obtained from a seller;
determining that the container device is co-located with the ordered product;
in response to determining that the container device is co-located with the ordered product, providing a first instruction to the container device to transmit a specific signal to the shopping application installed in the mobile device associated with the purchaser to inform the purchaser that the ordered product has been received from the seller;
transmitting a message to the mobile device associated with the purchaser of the ordered product indicating that the ordered product has been processed for delivery; and
in response to detecting the mobile device associated with the purchaser is within a distance of the container device, transmitting, by the shopping server, an instruction for making the ordered product available for pickup by the purchaser to the container device that has been co-located with the ordered product by discharging the product from the container device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, the unique product barcode includes order-related information for the product that was ordered.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising attaching the unique product barcode to the product to perform a classification and delivery processing service.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device comprises a smartphone.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message comprises a delivery completion message.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein transmitting the message comprises instructing the container device to transmit the message to the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from the mobile device, location information of the purchaser, wherein the location information is received based on the specific signal.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the container device contains multiple delivery products, and wherein the unique product barcode includes order-related information including a member ID of the purchaser and is attached to the product, the unique product barcode including a unique device number of the container device.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a delivery completion message to the shopping application installed in the mobile device in a push type manner.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a delivery completion message to a purchaser-member-related webpage provided in a specific webpage operated by the shopping server.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising periodically receiving location information of the purchaser by the shopping server.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting an instruction to the mobile device to display a discharging message for the product on a screen of the mobile device when the purchaser approaches the container device.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the container device is designated by the purchaser.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one short-distance wireless communication transmitter is installed a certain distance from the container device and is configured to output a specific beacon signal, wherein, when the specific beacon signal output from the short-distance wireless communication transmitter is sensed through the shopping application of the mobile device, the purchaser mobile device transmits detailed location information of the purchaser to the device co-located with the delivery product and to the shopping server.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the container device is installed in a specific place in a subway station or a bus stop.

16. A system comprising:
a server comprising one or more processors and a machine-readable medium storing instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by a shopping server, data representing a product ordered using a shopping application installed in a mobile device associated with a purchaser;
receiving, from the shopping application, a selection of a container device from a plurality of container devices each in a different geographical location;
generating a unique product barcode for the product in response to receiving the data, the unique product barcode comprising an identifier of the container device that has been selected:
communicating, by the shopping server, order related information to the container device that will be co-located with the product represented by the received data, the order related information being associated with the unique product barcode;
receiving data indicating that the ordered product has been obtained from a seller;
determining that the container device is co-located with the ordered product;
in response to determining that the container device is co-located with the ordered product, providing a first instruction to the container device to transmit a specific signal to the shopping application installed in the mobile device associated with the purchaser to inform the purchaser that the ordered product has been received from the seller;
transmitting a message to the mobile device associated with the purchaser of the ordered product indicating that the ordered product has been processed for delivery; and
in response to detecting the mobile device associated with the purchaser is within a distance of the container device, transmitting, by the shopping server, an instruction for making the ordered product available for pickup by the purchaser to the container device that has been co-located with the ordered product by discharging the product from the container device.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise generating the unique product barcode for the product in response to ordering the product.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein, the unique product barcode includes order-related information for the product that was ordered.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions that when executed by one or more processors perform operations comprising:
receiving, by a shopping server, data representing a product ordered using a shopping application installed in a mobile device associated with a purchaser;
receiving, from the shopping application, a selection of a container device from a plurality of container devices each in a different geographical location;
generating a unique product barcode for the product in response to receiving the data, the unique product barcode comprising an identifier of the container device that has been selected;
communicating, by the shopping server, order related information to the container dev

Assignees

• Ebay Korea Co Ltd
• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Kim Phil Jae

Classifications

• G06Q10/087

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title

• G06Q30/0635

  replenishment orders; recurring orders · CPC title

• G06Q10/083 Primary

  Shipping · CPC title

• G06Q30/0613

  using intermediate agents · CPC title

• G06Q10/0836

  Recipient pick-ups · CPC title