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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
May. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Maplebear Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tilman Drerup, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhida Gui, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Kurish, Perkasie, PA (US);
Assignee:
Maplebear Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0639 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0617 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06395 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An online system, such as a concierge service, provides services to users using a set of limited resources. To allocate the limited resources of the system among the users, the system uses a model to predict each user's sensitivity to different levels of service. An allocation module then allocates the limited resources among a set of users based in part on the estimated sensitivities and the supply of available resources.