Patent ID: 11887179
Assignee: GARDENEUR, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method comprising:
during a first time period, in response to receiving a first request to list a first good from a sender portal executing on a first mobile device accessed by a sender:
initializing a first listing for the first good, offered by the sender, within an online marketplace hosting a population of listings;
accessing an image of the first good provided by the sender via the sender portal;
extracting a first set of good characteristics of the first good based on features extracted from the first image;
accessing a set of sender locations associated with the sender;
generating a first feature vector associated with the first good based on the first set of good characteristics and the set of sender locations;
deriving a first quality score for the first good based on the first set of good characteristics;
populating the first listing with the first quality score and the first set of good characteristics; and
publishing the first listing to the online marketplace; and

during a second time period succeeding the first time period, in response to receiving a second request for a target good from a recipient portal executing on a second mobile device accessed by a recipient:
accessing a set of target good characteristics of the target good defined by the recipient;
accessing a set of recipient locations associated with the recipient;
generating a second feature vector associated with the target good based on the set of target good characteristics and the set of recipient locations;
characterizing a difference between the first feature vector and the second feature vector;
in response to the difference falling below a threshold difference, serving the first listing for the first good to the recipient via the recipient portal;
in response to a first purchase of the first good by the recipient via the first listing:
accessing a population of hub profiles associated with a population of hubs each hub, in the population of hubs, comprising a third-party retail location with storage space allocated to goods transacted between recipients and senders and distinct from goods sold at the third-party retail location, each hub profile, in the population of hub profiles, specifying a hub location, in a population of hub locations, of the hub;
selecting a first hub, in the populations of hubs, for storage of the first good based on the first set of good characteristics, the sender location, and the recipient location;
generating a first notification indicating confirmation of the first purchase and comprising a sender prompt to deliver the first good to the first hub during a third time period;
transmitting the first notification to the sender via the sender portal;
generating a second notification comprising a hub prompt to store the first good and to release the first good to the recipient;
transmitting the second notification to a merchant associated with the first hub via a hub portal executing on a third mobile device accessed by the merchant;
generating a third notification indicating confirmation of the first purchase and comprising a recipient prompt to accept delivery of the first good at the first hub during a fourth time period succeeding the third time period; and
transmitting the third notification to the recipient via the recipient portal.