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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2020
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Margaret Draughon Poole, Seattle, WA (US);
Karen Arango, Seattle, WA (US);
Smita Joshi, Issaquah, WA (US);
Siddharth Lathia, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bilyana Slavova, Redmond, WA (US);
Jiajun Zhao, Kirkland, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes techniques for determining when to transition a service-provider application between an in-store mode of operation and an online mode of operation using time as a proxy for location of a mobile device executing an application. When a user arrives at a physical location of the service provider, the user may provide an indication of this arrival via the application. In response, the application may transition from the online mode of operation to the in-store mode of operation. Further, the application may set a timer for a predefined amount of time and, after this amount of time elapses, may transition from the in-store operation mode back to the online operation mode.