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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2019
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shanmuga Sundaram, Madurai, IN;
Nitin Agrawal, Karnataka, IN;
Vikram Bhogayta, Karnataka, IN;
Rohit Jain, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Deepak Deshpande, San Jose, CA (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
This application relates generally to third party carrier management by a shipper of items. These items may be ordered and shipped by the shipper to a distribution center with final delivery performed by the third party carrier. In an embodiment, a system includes at least one processor operatively coupled with a datastore, the at least one processor configured to: send a bid inquiry to a first carrier device and a second carrier device; receive first bid information responsive to the bid inquiry from the first carrier device; receive second bid information responsive to the bid inquiry from the second carrier device; determine a common delivery condition set of the first bid information and the second bid information; and select the first carrier device over the second carrier device based on the common delivery condition set of the first bid information and the second bid information.