Patent ID: 11934993
Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A system, comprising:
an application stored on a physical memory of a mobile computing device, wherein the application is executed by a processor that configures the mobile computing device to:
receive an order confirmation for an item;
after receiving an order confirmation for an item, increase a frequency of checking for an indication that the item is ready for pickup;
receive the indication that the item is ready for pickup;
determine a current location of the mobile computing device via a satellite-based location determining system, wherein the mobile computing device comprises a GPS receiver;
determine that the current location of the mobile computing device corresponds to a predefined pickup zone for the item;
inquire whether a user of the mobile computing device desires to initiate a pickup of the item; and
one of initiate the pickup of the item or decline the pickup of the item, wherein the pickup is automatically declined if the user fails to respond to the inquiry after spending a preset amount of time in the predefined pickup zone.