Pre-coordinating delivery and service information for item searching and filtering

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020090119-A1
Application number	US-201916555361-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 29, 2019
Priority date	Sep 14, 2018
Publication date	Mar 19, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and techniques for pre-coordinating delivery and service for item searching and filtering are described herein. Large or specialized products, such as household appliances, may require setup and installation services at the time of delivery, leading to additional complexity and coordination from multiple service providers. The present techniques and system configurations address these complexities by providing functionality in search and information user interfaces, which enable a user to search, filter, and identify the delivery and installation availability for a listing of products. The present techniques and system configurations may calculate and cache the availability dates for service fulfillment of respective products. The present techniques and system configurations enable a user to request and receive a listing of the earliest available products for delivery and installation based on the cached availability dates for service fulfillment of respective products.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising a plurality of electronic operations executed with a processor and memory of a computing device, the plurality of electronic operations including:
obtaining product data for a product type, wherein the product data includes a product identifier and product inventory by location for respective products of the product type; determining, using the product data, the product inventory for a product corresponding to a respective product identifier, wherein the product inventory is determined from at least one delivery source location based on a locality identifier; obtaining service fulfillment data for the product type, wherein the service fulfillment data includes service information by location corresponding to the product type; performing a calculation, based on the locality identifier and the service fulfillment data, to determine availability dates for service fulfillment of the respective products corresponding to the respective product identifiers at the location corresponding to the locality identifier; caching, in a storage device, the availability dates for service fulfillment of the respective products, wherein the cached availability dates correspond to the respective product identifier and the locality identifier; and retrieving corresponding availability dates from the storage device of the respective products for presentation in a user interface, in response to a query including a user-specified date and a user location corresponding to the locality identifier.

2 . The method of claim 1 , the plurality of electronic operations further including:
identifying, from a ranking of product purchases, a subset of product identifiers corresponding to products having a ranking in an upper half of the ranking of product purchases; wherein the subset of the product identifiers defines the respective products of the product type obtained in the product data.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the presentation in the user interface includes an indication of an earliest possible availability date from the availability dates for each product identifier.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the product data includes a product size.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the locality identifier corresponds to a: zip code, city, metropolitan area, county, state, or geographical region.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the service fulfillment data includes delivery vehicle data.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the delivery vehicle data includes delivery vehicle capacity and a schedule of time and location.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the delivery vehicle data includes a set of delivery locations identified by a location identifier.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the service fulfillment data includes service technician data.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the service technician data includes a time schedule and service fulfillment skills.

11 . A system for identifying a set of products and corresponding service fulfillment dates, comprising:
at least one processor; and memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
obtain product data for a product type, wherein the product data includes a product identifier and product inventory by location for respective products of the product type;
determine, using the product data, the product inventory for a product corresponding to a respective product identifier, wherein the product inventory is determined from at least one delivery source location based on a locality identifier;
obtain service fulfillment data for the product type, wherein the service fulfillment data includes service information by location corresponding to the product type;
perform a calculation, based on the locality identifier and the service fulfillment data, to determine availability dates for service fulfillment of the respective products corresponding to the respective product identifiers at the location corresponding to the locality identifier;
cache, in a storage device, the availability dates for service fulfillment of the respective products, wherein the cached availability dates correspond to the respective product identifier and the locality identifier; and
retrieve corresponding availability dates from the storage device of the respective products for presentation in a user interface, in response to a query including a user-specified date and a user location corresponding to the locality identifier.

12 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising instructions to:
identify, from a ranking of product purchases, a subset of product identifiers corresponding to products having a ranking in an upper half of the ranking of product purchases; wherein the subset of the product identifiers defines the respective products of the product type obtained in the product data.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the presentation in the user interface includes an indication of an earliest possible availability date from the availability dates for each product identifier.

14 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the product data includes a product size.

15 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the locality identifier corresponds to a: zip code, city, metropolitan area, county, state, or geographical region.

16 . At least one non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions for identifying a set of products and corresponding service fulfillment dates that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
obtain product data for a product type, wherein the product data includes a product identifier and product inventory by location for respective products of the product type; determine, using the product data, the product inventory for a product corresponding to a respective product identifier, wherein the product inventory is determined from at least one delivery source location based on a locality identifier; obtain service fulfillment data for the product type, wherein the service fulfillment data includes service information by location corresponding to the product type; perform a calculation, based on the locality identifier and the service fulfillment data, to determine availability dates for service fulfillment of the respective products corresponding to the respective product identifiers at the location corresponding to the locality identifier; cache, in a storage device, the availability dates for service fulfillment of the respective products, wherein the cached availability dates correspond to the respective product identifier and the locality identifier; and retrieve corresponding availability dates from the storage device of the respective products for presentation in a user interface, in response to a query including a user-specified date and a user location corresponding to the locality identifier.

17 . The at least one computer readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising instructions to:
identify, from a ranking of product purchases, a subset of product identifiers corresponding to products having a ranking in an upper half of the ranking of product purchases; wherein the subset of the product identifiers defines the respective products of the product type obtained in the product data.

18 . The at least one computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the presentation in the user interface includes an indication of an earliest possible availability date from the availability dates for each product iden

Assignees

• Bby Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Shiely Brent
• Kokal Kevin
• Martin Britta A
• Wright Elizabeth E

Classifications

• G06Q10/0835 Primary

  Relationships between shipper or supplier and carriers · CPC title

• G06Q30/0641

  utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping · CPC title

• G06Q30/0625

  by formulating product or service queries, e.g. using keywords or predefined options · CPC title

• G06Q30/0633

  Managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists (shipping orders G06Q10/083; order filling G06Q10/087) · CPC title

• G06Q10/06311

  Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group · CPC title