Aspects of the disclosure provide a computer-implemented method and system for the assignment of roadside assistance service providers such as tow trucks to distressed vehicles/drivers requiring roadside assistance. The methods and systems may include a roadside assistance service provider system with a collection module, an assignment module, and a feedback module. The collection module collects roadside assistance service provider information and historical statistics from real-world information and stores the information in a database that may then be analyzed using particular rules and formulas. The assignment module assigns particular roadside assistance service providers to particular distressed vehicles/drivers based on one or more characteristics. The feedback module may provide near real-time cues to the tow truck driver's mobile device, such as alerting when the amount of time spent on a task exceeds a predefined threshold, flagging high priority tasks/assignments, providing a step-by-step checklist for the repair.

A system includes a purchase portal configured to receive a purchase order from a customer, wherein the purchase order includes a service from each of a plurality of service providers. When receipt of the purchase order is detected, a processor determines first and second ones of the service providers associated with the purchase order; and establishes a trust relationship between the first service provider and the second service provider in a context of the customer. The processor also sends a first request for a first trust artifact to the first service provider and a second request for a second trust artifact to the second service provider; receives the first trust artifact from the first service provider, receives the second trust artifact from the second service provider, sends the first trust artifact to the second service provider, and sends the second trust artifact to the first service provider.

The disclosure belongs to the technical field of furniture processing and system planning, and in particular, to an order grouping and processing method for personalized custom furniture. The implementations of multi-order personalized custom furniture can be processed and produced efficiently through the manners of order sorting into sets, parts marking, parts grouping, parts sorting by order, and parts packaging by order in sequence.

An information processing apparatus includes a communication interface for receiving order information from a user terminal and a memory unit for storing the received order information in association with a terminal identifier of the user terminal and an order status indicator. The order status indicator identifies one of a plurality of stages in a transaction from order reception to handover of an item to the user. A processor is configured to update the order status associated with the order information in response to an instruction to change an order status that is received from a store terminal. The processor causes a notification to be transmitted the user terminal when the order status associated with the order information is changed to indicate the item is ready for handover.

An online shopping concierge system identifies a set of delivery orders and a set of delivery agents associated with a location. The system allocates the orders among the agents, each agent being allocated at least one order. The system obtains agent progress data describing travel progress of the agents to the location, and order preparation progress data describing progress of preparing the orders for delivery. The system periodically updates the allocation of the orders among the agents based on the agent progress data and the order preparation progress data. This involves re-allocating at least one order to a different delivery agent. When a first agent arrives at the location, the system assigns to the first agent the orders allocated to the first agent. The system then removes the first agent from the set of available delivery agents, and removes the assigned delivery orders from the set of delivery orders.

Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for processing blockchain-based guarantee information. One of the methods includes receiving a first cyphertext of a first digital document specifying a guarantee from a first computing device associated with at least a first guarantor and one or more zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) related to one or more values associated with the guarantee, and the first digital document specifies one or more predetermined conditions of executing the guarantee; verifying that the one or more ZKPs are correct; storing the first cyphertext to a blockchain based on performing a consensus algorithm; receiving a first message from a second computing device associated with a beneficiary or a representative of the beneficiary.

A method for addressing a shopper's eligibility for frictionless checkout may include identifying at least one shopper in a retail store designated as not eligible for frictionless checkout; in response to the identification of the at least one shopper designated as not eligible for frictionless checkout, automatically identifying an ineligibility condition associated with the at least one shopper's designation as not eligible for frictionless checkout; determining one or more actions for resolving the ineligibility condition; causing implementation of the one or more actions for resolving the ineligibility condition; receiving an indication of successful completion of the one or more actions; and in response to receipt of the indication of successful completion of the one more actions, generating a status indicator indicating that the at least one shopper is eligible for frictionless checkout and storing the generated status indicator in a memory.

Systems, methods, and computer programmable products are described herein for situational handling using a virtual reality application. A procurement system receives an order including one or more goods and a situation. A cloud platform receives sensor data of a package containing the one or more goods. A scanner scans the package and a storage location of the package. The procurement system provides the storage location to an virtual reality (VR) application for display and a notification of the situation once it occurs.

A system and method are provided for managing multiple transactional workflows. The method includes saving each transactional workflow with a unique identifier, mapping the unique identifier to an entity associated with the client device used to initiate the corresponding transactional workflow, providing a first option for the client device to retrieve from the server device details of the plurality of transactional workflows, and receiving a request at a later time to retrieve details of the plurality of transactional workflows. The method also includes performing an authentication process, using the predetermined identifying information to determine unique identifiers of the corresponding saved transactional workflows, providing a second option for the client device to resume one or more of the transactional workflows, and resuming the corresponding one or more transactional workflows. Each transactional workflow is saved in a format that permits the server device to execute and complete a binding outcome.

In an example implementation, a smart cart system may include a cart including a frame and an item holder supported by the frame and configured to transition between an open position and a storage position that is more compact than the open position. The smart cart system may include a motivator configured to provide a motive force to the cart, a power source coupled with the motivator, and a charging interface attached to the frame of the cart and that interacts with a cart charging system of a cart storage rack to charge the power source. The smart cart system may also include a user interface device, a computing device, and a smart cart controller operable on the computing device to receive information describing an attribute of an item and provide information describing the attribute of the item for presentation by the user interface device.