Predictive Reorder Model With Single-Click Cart Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Online ordering of frequently re-ordered items is time-consuming due to the need for users to browse through multiple pages to locate and add these items, and users often forget items they want to re-order.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a single-click option (single-select option) using a predictive platform model that determines a predictive platform model that determines a set of items likely to be ordered by the user, using a predictive platform model that determines a predictive platform model that determines a predictive platform model that determines a predictive platform model that determines a predictive platform model that determines a predictive platform model that determines a predictive platform model that determines a predictive platform model that determines a predictive platform model that determines a predictive platform model that predicts a predictive platform model that predicts a predictive platform model that determines a predictive platform model.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If users manually browse through multiple pages to locate and add frequently re-ordered items, then users can ensure they select the correct items, but the time required for re-ordering increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime required for re-orderingVSAvoidease of re-ordering items
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically identifying and pre-selecting frequently re-ordered items before the user completes their order. The predictive model analyzes user history and proactively generates a list of likely re-order items, which are then automatically added to the cart or presented as pre-selected options, eliminating the need for users to manually search and select these items during the ordering process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If users manually search for re-order items across multiple pages, then users can find all desired items, but users may forget items they want to re-order

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of re-order itemsVSAvoidtime spent browsing multiple pages
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring user ordering patterns and using this information to refine predictive models. The system provides feedback to users through notifications or suggestions about items they are likely to re-order, allowing users to verify and adjust selections before finalizing their order. This feedback loop ensures both time efficiency and completeness of re-ordered items.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If the system automatically determines re-order items using a predictive model, then the re-ordering process becomes faster and more convenient, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvere-ordering efficiencyVSAvoidpredictive platform model complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The predictive platform model operates autonomously by self-learning from user data and automatically generating predictions for re-order items. The system serves itself by continuously training on new ordering patterns and refining its algorithms without requiring manual intervention or complex configuration. This self-service capability maintains high productivity while managing system complexity through automated learning and adaptation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12524795B2Single-select predictive platform model
Publication Date: 2026.01.13 WALMART APOLLO LLC
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AI summary

A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform: outputting, by a machine-learning model, a probability that a user will re-order two or more items at a present time; determining the two or more items to recommend to the user based on the probability exceeding a predetermined threshold that the user will re-order the two or more items at the present time; sending instructions to display the two or more items to the user, wherein the user interface comprises a single-click option to add to an electronic cart the two or more items; and after receiving the single-click option from the user interface, adding the two or more items to the electronic cart. Other embodiments are disclosed.