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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Donald R. High, Noel, MO (US);
Chandrashekar Natarajan, Valencia, CA (US);
John J. O'Brien, Farmington, AR (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
A system receives an order from a user and evaluates a plurality of potential sources for items of an order as well as delivery options. Combinations of sources and delivery options are assigned a score according to factors such as cost, delivery time, and supply chain factors. A prior-used delivery option for the user is determined and the scores are adjusted to indicate higher desirability for combinations including the prior-used delivery option. A combination is selected and fulfillment of the order is invoked. The source and/or delivery option for an order may be adjusted after fulfillment has begun in response to user instructions or detected disruptions. A user may specify a preferred delivery option that will be used unless a combination not including the preferred delivery option meets a threshold condition. The system may analyze past orders of a user and identify lower cost delivery intervals and/or destinations.
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