Location-based services

• US 10,321,264 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2017
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Phillips, Alan, Schroth, Frank, Palmer, Geoffrey M., Zielinski, Stefan G., Smith, Allen P., Cunningham, III, Colin M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Nghi H
• Application Number:
  US15/859,603
• Publication Number:
  US 20180124564A1
• Time in Patent Office: 527 Days
• Field of Search: 4554563, 4554561, 4554141, 455418, 455421
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0236 Threshold setting
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0261 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect trespassing over a fixed physical boundary, e.g. the end of a garden
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0272 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect exact location of child or item using triangulation other than GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/10 between location register and external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/14 between corresponding nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/08 between user and terminal device

Abstract

Provided herein are methods and systems relating to location-based services such as providing a geofencing, outputting location-based information on a mobile device, varying transmissions to and from a mobile device, and providing location-based alerts. More specifically, a method can include receiving a task on a mobile device, associating the task with a location, generating a geofence around the location associated with the task, tracking a current location of a the mobile device, and generating an alert associated with the task when the current location is within the geofence.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

receiving one or more dating preferences associated with a first user;

receiving a user-defined geofence that defines an area having a geographic location for its center;

determining that a first mobile device of the first user and a second mobile device of a second user have each crossed into the area defined by the geofence;

detecting, in response to determining that the first mobile device and the second mobile device have each crossed into the area defined by the geofence, whether the second user satisfies the one or more dating preferences; and

in response to detecting that the second user satisfies the one or more dating preferences, causing a notification to be displayed on the first mobile device of the first user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the dating preferences include one or more characteristics of a desired mate.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the detecting whether the second user satisfies the one or more dating preferences includes accessing a database to identify an electronic account associated with the second user from a plurality of accounts, and identifying, from the electronic account, information associated with the second user.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising causing a second notification to be displayed on the second mobile device of the second user, wherein the second notification includes identification information of the first user.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the notification further includes identification information of the second user.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the notification further includes information associated with one or more interests of the second user.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the causing the notification to be displayed on the first mobile device of the first user includes transmitting the notification to the first mobile device of the first user.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the notification is a text message or an email.

9. A system comprising:

one or more computer-readable memories storing program instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the program instructions to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

receiving one or more dating preferences associated with a first user;

receiving a user-defined geofence that defines an area having a geographic location for its center;

determining that a first mobile device of the first user and a second mobile device of a second user have each crossed into the area defined by the geofence;

detecting, in response to determining that the first mobile device and the second mobile device have each crossed into the area defined by the geofence, whether the second user satisfies the one or more dating preferences; and

in response to detecting that the second user satisfies the one or more dating preferences, causing a notification to be displayed on the first mobile device of the first user.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the dating preferences include one or more characteristics of a desired mate.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the detecting whether the second user satisfies the one or more dating preferences includes accessing a database to identify an electronic account associated with the second user from a plurality of accounts, and identifying, from the electronic account, information associated with the second user.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising causing a second notification to be displayed on the second mobile device of the second user, wherein the second notification includes identification information of the first user.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the notification further includes identification information of the second user.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the notification further includes information associated with one or more interests of the second user.

15. The system of claim 9, further comprising detecting that a plurality of mobile devices are within a threshold distance of the first mobile device based on determining that the plurality of mobile devices have crossed the geofence, wherein the mobile device is one of the plurality of mobile device detected within the threshold distance of the first mobile device of the first user.

16. A system comprising:

one or more computer-readable memories storing program instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the program instructions to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

receiving one or more dating preferences associated with a first user;

receiving a user-defined geofence that defines an area having a geographic location for its center;

determining that a first mobile device of the first user and a second mobile device of a second user have each crossed into the area defined by the geofence;

detecting, in response to determining that the first mobile device and the second mobile device have each crossed into the area defined by the geofence, whether the second user satisfies the one or more dating preferences; and

in response to detecting that the second user satisfies the one or more dating preferences, causing a notification to be displayed on the first mobile device of the first user.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising causing a second notification to be displayed on the second mobile device of the second user, wherein the second notification includes identification information of the first user.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the notification further includes identification information of the second user.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the notification further includes information associated with one or more interests of the second user.