ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,908, issued on May 6, was assigned to Aldelo LP (Pleasanton, Calif.).
"Location-based curbside delivery" was invented by Harry Tu (Pleasanton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This specification generally relates to a method and system for providing curbside pickup. In one example method, an order to be fulfilled via curbside delivery is received at a merchant, where the order is associated with a first entity. The merchant receives a notification of arrival of the first entity to or within a pre-determined area associated with the merchant, where the notification includes location information associated with the first entity. T...