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Embodiments are directed towards dynamically determining a merchant to provide just in time (JIT) goods/services/appointments to a mobile customer by seeking to minimize the mobile customer's wait time or optimizing another parameter. A registered user may place an order with a JIT service for a goo

Embodiments are directed towards dynamically determining a merchant to provide just in time (JIT) goods/services/appointments to a mobile customer by seeking to minimize the mobile customer's wait time or optimizing another parameter. A registered user may place an order with a JIT service for a good/server using a mobile device. The JIT service determines a merchant/location that may satisfy the order based on attempting to minimize the user's wait time. At any time before a locktime is reached, the JIT service, the selected merchant location, and/or the user may modify the request. For example, the JIT service may select another merchant location to satisfy the request based on dynamically updating wait times at the selected location and other possible merchant locations, as well as other parameters. The JIT service may also track behaviors of the user to suggest recurring orders, modifications to orders, or changes in merchant locations.

대표청구항 ▼

What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A method operating on one or more network devices for use in managing orders for a mobile user, comprising:receiving an order for at least one good or service from the mobile user;dynamically selecting a

What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A method operating on one or more network devices for use in managing orders for a mobile user, comprising:receiving an order for at least one good or service from the mobile user;dynamically selecting a merchant location to fulfill the order based in part on dynamically varying merchant conditions and a predicted time to the selected merchant location by the mobile user, wherein the selected merchant location is further selected based on minimizing an estimated wait time for the mobile user to pickup the order;while the predicted time to the selected merchant location by the mobile user is greater than a locktime for the order, enabling the order to be modified; andreceiving acknowledgement of order fulfillment if the order is fulfilled by the selected merchant location.