Patent ID: 9064226
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for fulfilling an order, comprising: receiving an order, by a fulfillment center, for a plurality of items; initiating, by a processor, collection of the plurality of items for the order; detecting, at the fulfillment center with a reader device, presence of a user in a vehicle at a first delivery location of a plurality of locations situated along a drive through lane at the fulfillment center when the plurality of items are not ready for delivery; retrieving, by the processor, the user's past transaction history at the fulfillment center, wherein the past transaction history is retrieved after receiving the order and after automatically detecting the presence of the user at the first delivery location at the fulfillment center; presenting advertisements to the user with a display device at the first delivery location along the drive through lane based on the retrieved past transaction history of the user at the fulfillment center; after detecting presence and presenting advertisements to the user at the first delivery location, detecting presence of the user at a second delivery location of the plurality of locations at the fulfillment center, wherein the second delivery location is situated along the drive through lane at a point distinct from the first location; in response to detecting presence of the user at the second delivery location and prior to fulfilling the order for the plurality of items, presenting advertisements to the user at the second delivery location of the plurality of locations along the drive through lane at the fulfillment center based on the retrieved past transaction history of the user at the fulfillment center, wherein the plurality of items are ready for delivery to the user while the user is at the second delivery location; and initiating delivery of the items to the user at one of the plurality of locations.