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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Ajaykartheek Vasagiri, Milpitas, CA (US);
Faraz Hussain, Mississauga, CA;
Kamal Manglani, Fremont, CA (US);
Ashwin Sureshkumar, Woodbridge, CA;
Sriram Krishnaswamy, Fremont, CA (US);
Chittaranjan Tripathy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
This application relates to automatically scheduling timeslots, such as timeslots for scheduling item pickups and deliveries. The embodiments may employ machine learning process to determine, for each of a plurality of timeslots, a timeslot capacity. The embodiments may further determine a time as to when each of the plurality of timeslots become available for selection, such as on a webpage. In some examples, the time determined to make available for selection each of the plurality of timeslots is based on a predetermined amount of time before the timeslot. Further, the embodiments may provide for display each of the plurality of timeslots at the determined time. The embodiments may further include receiving a selection of one of the plurality of timeslots, and scheduling a pickup or delivery based on the selected timeslot. The machine learning processes may be trained with features generated from historical timeslot data and workforce availability.