US Patent 11443272 Expedited order pickup systems and methods

Expedited order pickup systems and methods are provided. An exemplary system is configured to receive order information including an order identifier identifying an order and a user identifier identifying a user associated with the order, determine that the user is commencing travel to a fulfillment location to pick up an item associated with the order, track, in response to the determination, a geographic location of the user, determine, based on the geographic location, an estimated time of arrival of the user at the fulfillment location, and signal the estimated time of arrival of the user at the fulfillment location to facilitate timely preparation of the item for pickup by the user at the fulfillment location.