System and method for visual verification of order processing
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- one or more servers configured to;
obtain one or more images of one or more items indicated in a customer order, wherein the one or more images are of the items being processed for the order;
transmit the one or more images of the one or more items to a customer device;
receive a request from the customer to perform an action pertaining to the customer order, wherein the request from the customer is based at least in part on the one or more images transmitted to the customer device, and wherein the action comprises at least one of;
retrieve one or more captured images of the customer order to verify absence of an item from the order, ortransmit additional verification data for the customer order to the customer device; and
based at least in part on receipt of the request to perform the action, initiate the requested action pertaining to the customer order.
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Abstract
One or more images of items for an order being processed at processing station of an order fulfillment center may be captured and associated with the order. Alternatively, a short video clip may be captured of the order being packaged. An electronic notification that the order has been processed may be sent to a customer associated with the order. The electronic notification may include a reference to one or more of the captured images or video clips. The customer may use a reference included in the notification to view the captured images. The customer may view captured images to verify that the order has been correctly processed. The captured images may include images of the items being packaged for shipment and may show the shipping address on the package allowing the customer to verify that indeed it is his package in the images.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
one or more servers configured to; obtain one or more images of one or more items indicated in a customer order, wherein the one or more images are of the items being processed for the order; transmit the one or more images of the one or more items to a customer device; receive a request from the customer to perform an action pertaining to the customer order, wherein the request from the customer is based at least in part on the one or more images transmitted to the customer device, and wherein the action comprises at least one of; retrieve one or more captured images of the customer order to verify absence of an item from the order, or transmit additional verification data for the customer order to the customer device; and based at least in part on receipt of the request to perform the action, initiate the requested action pertaining to the customer order. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
performing, by one or more computing devices comprising a processor; obtaining one or more images of one or more items indicated in an order from a customer, wherein the one or more images are of the items being processed for the order; transmitting the one or more images of the one or more items to a customer device; receiving a request based at least in part on the one or more images, from the customer, to perform an action pertaining to the customer order, wherein the action comprises at least one of; retrieving one or more captured images of the customer order to verify absence of an item from the order, or transmitting additional verification data for the customer order to the customer device; and initiating, based at least in part on receipt of the request to perform the action, the requested action pertaining to the customer order. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions that when executed by one or more computer processors implement a control system configured to:
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obtain one or more images of one or more items indicated in a customer order, wherein the one or more images are of the items being processed for the order; transmit the one or more images of the one or more items to a customer device; receive a request based at least in part on the one or more images, from the customer, to perform an action pertaining to the customer order, wherein the action comprises at least one of; retrieve one or more captured images of the customer order to verify absence of an item from the order, or transmit additional verification data for the customer order to the customer device; and initiate, based at least in part on receipt of the request to perform the action pertaining to the customer order, the requested action pertaining to the customer order. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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