USPTO Patent Grant for Consolidated Order Delivery System

ChangeBridge: Patent Grants - Business Methods (G06Q)

Published March 24th, 2026

Detected March 25th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has granted patent US12586030B1 to Blue Yonder Group, Inc. for a system and method of consolidating orders from multiple stores for delivery. The patent covers a process for predicting shopper behavior and offering consolidated pickup or delivery services within a shopping mall.

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued patent US12586030B1 to Blue Yonder Group, Inc. This patent covers a system and method for consolidating orders from multiple retail stores for delivery to shoppers within a shopping mall. The patented technology involves detecting shopper arrival, predicting their purchase intent and non-shopping activities, estimating their exit time, and offering a consolidated pickup or delivery service based on predicted bag carrying.

This patent grant is a routine intellectual property action and does not impose new regulatory obligations on businesses. However, it may impact companies operating in the e-commerce and logistics sectors by potentially influencing the development and deployment of similar order consolidation and delivery technologies. Compliance officers should note this as a development in the intellectual property landscape relevant to retail logistics and technology providers.

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System and method of consolidated delivery of orders from multiple stores

Grant US12586030B1 Kind: B1 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

Blue Yonder Group, Inc.

Inventors

Dipty Sharma, Raghuveer Prasad Nagar

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for consolidating orders for fulfillment. The method includes detecting that a shopper has arrived at a shopping mall, determining and predicting items or orders that the shopper is expected to pick up or likely to purchase during a current visit to the shopping mall, determining whether the shopper is expected to participate in one or more other non-shopping activities in the shopping mall, and determining a predicted exit time of the shopper from the shopping mall, in response to determining that the shopper is expected to carry at least one bag, determining a consolidated pickup or delivery service for the items or the orders, and offer the consolidated pickup or delivery service to the shopper. The method further includes where detecting the shopper arrival is based on one or more of: smartphone location, calendar data, a manual input and the shopper's first order.