Patent ID: 7251621

Claim:
A method of offering an opportunity for a patron to deliver at least one product to one or more buyers, the method comprising: (a) providing one or more products for delivery; (b) selecting the product or products by a buyer; (c) determining that delivery is available to a location specified by the buyer; (d) informing the buyer that delivery is available; (e) providing the buyer with an option to provide acceptable patron criteria; (f) calculating a delivery fee, if any, to the buyer; (g) accessing data comprising acceptable deviation criteria and acceptable order criteria; (h) matching at least one pending e-commerce order with the patron's acceptable delivery criteria, said acceptable delivery criteria including acceptable deviation criteria and acceptable order criteria; (i) providing the patron with the option to select for delivery one or more matched order of one or more buyers; (j) delivering the at least one order of the one or more buyers by the patron; and (k) determining and recording the compensation to the patron.