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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2023
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Austin Lee Smith, Burlingame, CA (US);
Ridhima Kaur Arora, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Sandip Mahanta, Bengaluru, IN;
Vidyanand Krishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
A method including receiving driver tracking information from a platform of a delivery driver network of multiple delivery driver networks. The method further can include determining a platform-dependent format of the driver tracking information; and when the platform-dependent format is different from a standard format, converting the driver tracking information from the platform-dependent format into uniform tracking information in the standard forma. Moreover, the method can include determining an estimated time of arrival; and verifying a reliability of an estimated delivery time of the driver tracking information. The method further can include when the reliability of the estimated delivery time is verified, incorporating the estimated delivery time into the uniform tracking information; and when the reliability of the estimated delivery time is not verified, incorporating the estimated time of arrival into the uniform tracking information as the estimated delivery time. The method further can include providing the uniform tracking information to be rendered on a user interface of a user device. Other embodiments are disclosed.