| 摘要 |
A kiosk management system may identify items with which to pre-stock a plurality of geographically distributed kiosks. The identified items may be delivered from a distribution center to one or more distribution agents, who then deliver the identified items to individual kiosks. When the kiosk management system receives a request for an item from a consumer who has been browsing items in, e.g., an electronic marketplace, the kiosk management system can determine whether the requested item is available at any kiosks in proximity of the consumer and provide a list of such kiosks to the consumer for selection. Following selection of a kiosk by the consumer, the kiosk management system can send the consumer a notification identifying the designated kiosk and including a generated code for use by the consumer in retrieving of the requested item from the designated kiosk. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computer-implemented method for conducting a transaction for an item, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by one or more computer systems configured with specific computer executable instructions, a request from a consumer to conduct a transaction for an item stored among kiosks pre-stocked with a plurality of items available for purchase; identifying a subset of the kiosks that are within a predetermined proximity of a location of the consumer; transmitting a query, to each kiosk in the subset of the kiosks, requesting a storage status of the item for each kiosk in the subset; receiving a query response, from each kiosk in the subset of the kiosks, with the storage status of the item for each kiosk in the subset; identifying a plurality of kiosks in the subset of the kiosks that are pre-stocked with the item based at least in part on the storage status of each kiosk; transmitting to the consumer a list of the identified plurality of kiosks, the list including a corresponding location for each of the identified plurality of kiosks; receiving a selection from the consumer of a designated kiosk from the list; indicating to the consumer that the item has been reserved at the designated kiosk; subsequent to the consumer initiating retrieval of the item from the designated kiosk, receiving a communication from the designated kiosk to verify an identity of the consumer based at least in part on the request; obtaining, from the designated kiosk, pre-registered payment information associated with the consumer; and using the payment information to initiate a payment process for the item to complete the transaction. |
