Abstract
No assignee for this patent application has been made.Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“An online system is an online platform that connects users an d retailers. A user can place an order forobtaining items, such as groceries, f rom participating retailers via the online system, with the shoppingbeing done by a picker. After the picker finishes shopping, the order is delivered to the u ser’s address. Insome instances, the online system provides a communication int erface that allows a user to communicatewith a fulfillment user that is servici ng the user’s order. Oftentimes, a retailer distributes flyers, whichadvertise one or more items and provide information about the sale of those items to users of the onlinesystem.