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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2025
Maplebear Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Brent Scheibelhut, Toronto, CA;
Mark Oberemk, Toronto, CA;
Naval Shah, Toronto, CA;
Charles Wesley, San Diego, CA (US);
Maplebear Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An online system integrates an artificial intelligence (AI) agent to communicate with users. Upon obtaining a set of candidate items (e.g., promotional items), the online system applies a machine-learning model to generate a score for each candidate item that is indicative of a likelihood of a user converting on each candidate item. Based on the scores, the online system selects an item from the candidate items for user's recommendation. The online system prompts the AI agent with information about the item, user's features, content of a current order, and inputs from an online platform (e.g., bid for the item) to generate a pitch for the item. The online system then generates a user interface signal causing a user's device to display a user interface with a description of the item, provide the pitch for the item, and display a user interface element for adding the item to the current order.