Walmart Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY INVOKING A DELIVERY REQUEST FOR AN IN-PROGRESS ORDER

Abstract:

Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform receiving a request from a user, wherein the request can comprise: (1) an order list of one or more items; and/or (2) a delivery address for a delivery of the one or more items of the order list to the user; determining, using a regression analysis, an estimated order collection time for a collection of the one or more items of the order list by at least one collector, wherein the regression analysis can use: one or more independent variables affecting the estimated order collection time; respective coefficients of each respective independent variable of the one or more independent variables affecting the estimated order collection time; and/or a constant applicable to the at least one collector; continuously monitoring a respective location of each respective delivery driver of one or more delivery drivers of at least one delivery service; continuously determining a respective estimated order pickup time for each respective delivery driver of the one or more delivery drivers of the at least one delivery service using the respective location of each respective delivery driver of the one or more delivery drivers of the at least one delivery service; and when a first estimated order pickup time for a first delivery driver of the one or more delivery drivers is approximately equal to the estimated order collection time, instructing the first delivery driver of the one or more delivery drivers to pick up the one or more items and deliver the one or more items to the delivery address. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.