Patent ID: 8175935

Claim:
A method, comprising: a network site, implemented on one or more computer devices, providing a plurality of shipping options for shipping items offered on the network site to customers of the network site, wherein at least one of the plurality of shipping options is a tote delivery service that directs delivery of items ordered via the network site to delivery addresses corresponding to the customers of the network site in totes on assigned tote delivery days; the network site assigning tote delivery days to the customers, wherein at least some of the customers are assigned one or more recurring tote delivery days; the network site receiving input from a customer to access a user interface configured for accepting customer orders of a particular item offered by the network site; the network site displaying two or more shipping option user interface elements on the user interface, wherein the two or more shipping option user interface elements are configured for selecting among two or more of the plurality of shipping options for the item, wherein at least one of the two or more shipping options is the tote delivery service; the network site receiving input, via the user interface, selecting one of the two or more shipping option user interface elements to specify a particular one of the two or more shipping options for the item to a particular delivery address; in response to determining that the specified shipping option is the tote delivery service, the network site displaying a tote delivery user interface operable for selecting a particular tote delivery date for the item from among multiple future ones of the one or more recurring tote delivery days assigned to the respective customer for said particular delivery address; the network site receiving input, via the tote delivery user interface, selecting a particular tote delivery date for the item from among the multiple future ones of the one or more recurring tote delivery days assigned to the respective customer for said particular delivery address; and generating an order for the item and directing delivery of the item according to the tote delivery service on the selected tote delivery date to said particular delivery address.