Patent ID: 11907893
Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method for product delivery comprising:
receiving, via a network adapter and from a store customer, a selection of a delivery community to join via a community delivery user interface, wherein the selection is stored in a community database storing a plurality of user profiles and at least one delivery community associated with each of the plurality of user profiles;
detecting, at a control circuit, a presence of a user device of a store customer associated with a customer profile at a location associated with a store location based on a location sensor;
identifying, with the control circuit, the delivery community associated with the customer profile of the store customer from a plurality of delivery communities in the community database, the store customer having selected to become a member of the delivery community according to the community database and the delivery community comprises a plurality of members;
identifying, with the control circuit, available community delivery orders associated with other members of the delivery community of the store customer in an order database storing a plurality of orders each associated with one of the plurality of user profiles;
providing, with the control circuit and via the community delivery user interface displayed on the user device, the available community delivery orders for selection by the store customer;
receiving, via the community delivery user interface, a selection of one or more community delivery orders among the available community delivery orders for delivery by the store customer;
instructing, with the control circuit, a pickup order fulfillment system to prepare the one or more community delivery orders for pickup by the store customer; and
providing, with the control circuit and via the community delivery user interface displayed on the user device of the store customer, delivery instructions for the one or more community delivery orders.