Location-based curbside delivery

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, at a merchant, an order associated with a product, wherein the order is to be fulfilled via curbside delivery, and wherein the order is associated with a first entity;
• receiving, at the merchant, a notification of arrival of the first entity within a pre-determined area associated with the merchant, the notification including location information associated with the first entity, wherein the notification of arrival is manually generated by a mobile device of the first entity, wherein a user interface (UI) element associated with initiating the notification of arrival is unavailable to be activated prior to the first entity's arrival within the pre-determined area associated with the merchant, and wherein the UI element associated with initiating the notification of arrival is available to be activated after the first entity's arrival within the pre-determined area associated with the merchant;
• in response to receiving the notification, generating a set of directions for a second entity to travel to reach the first entity based on the location information associated with the first entity, wherein the second entity is associated with the merchant;
• presenting the generated set of directions to the second entity for completing the curbside delivery;
• and
• receiving a confirmation of completed delivery after interaction of the second entity with the first entity at a location of the first entity.

A merchant system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• one or more memories, the one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to:
• receive, at the merchant system, an order associated with a product, wherein the order is to be fulfilled via curbside delivery, and wherein the order is associated with a first entity;
• receive, at the merchant system, a notification of arrival of the first entity within a pre-determined area associated with the merchant system, the notification including location information associated with the first entity, wherein the notification of arrival is automatically generated by a mobile device of the first entity in response to the mobile device detecting the first entity arriving within the pre-determined area associated with the merchant system;
• in response to receiving the notification, generate, by the merchant system, a set of directions for a second entity to travel to reach the first entity based on the location information associated with the first entity, wherein the second entity is associated with the merchant system;
• present the generated set of directions to the second entity for completing the curbside delivery;
• and
• receive a confirmation of completed delivery after interaction of the second entity with the first entity at a location of the first entity.

A merchant system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• one or more memories, the one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to:
• receive, at the merchant system, an order associated with a product, wherein the order is to be fulfilled via curbside delivery, and wherein the order is associated with a first entity;
• receive, at the merchant system, a notification of arrival of the first entity within a pre-determined area associated with the merchant system, the notification including location information associated with the first entity, wherein the notification of arrival is manually generated by a mobile device of the first entity, wherein a user interface (UI) element associated with initiating the notification of arrival is unavailable to be activated prior to the first entity's arrival within the pre-determined area associated with the merchant system, and wherein the UI element associated with initiating the notification of arrival is available to be activated after the first entity's arrival within the pre-determined area associated with the merchant system;
• in response to receiving the notification, generate, by the merchant system, a set of directions for a second entity to travel to reach the first entity based on the location information associated with the first entity, wherein the second entity is associated with the merchant system;
• present the generated set of directions to the second entity for completing the curbside delivery;
• and
• receive a confirmation of completed delivery after interaction of the second entity with the first entity at a location of the first entity.