Geofence profile management

• US 10,349,206 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2017
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Baran, Taner, Wood, Catherine, Christiansen, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US15/851,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20180124563A1
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/37 Managing security policies for mobile devices or for controlling mobile applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/64 using geofenced areas
• 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 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for geofence profile management. A processor can execute a geofence profile management service. The processor can receive geofence profile data from an administrator device. The processor can create, based upon the geofence profile data, a geofence profile. The geofence profile can include a geofence profile title, a geofence profile description, and a geofence profile option. The processor can provide the geofence profile to a user device. The processor can determine that the user device accepts the geofence profile, and the processor can activate the geofence profile in response to the user device accepting the geofence profile.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a computer comprising a processor, geofence profile data, wherein the geofence profile data is received from an administrator device;

creating, by the computer and based on the geofence profile data, a geofence profile comprising a geofence profile description and a geofence profile option, wherein the geofence profile option comprises an option to display an alert when a user device enters boundaries associated with a geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile;

providing, by the computer, the geofence profile to the user device;

receiving, by the computer, data that indicates an opt-in associated with the user device, the opt-in relating to use of the geofence profile;

determining, by the computer and based on the data that indicates the opt-in, that the user device accepts the geofence profile; and

activating, by the computer, the geofence profile in response to the receiving the data that indicates the opt-in.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the geofence profile description comprises text that describes the geofence profile.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the data further indicates that a prompt was presented at the user device, the prompt comprising a user control that corresponds to an option to opt-in to the use of the geofence profile.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device presents a geofence indicator that indicates that the user device is within the boundaries of the geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device presents a geofence indicator that indicates that the user device is outside the boundaries of the geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device presents a geofence indicator that indicates that the user device is outside of boundaries associated with any geofence and is not being monitored.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein activating the geofence profile comprises informing, by the computer, the user device to begin use of the geofence profile.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user device tracks location and applies the geofence profile based upon the location that is tracked.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the user device, user input; and

updating the geofence profile based upon the user input.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the geofence profile option comprises a further option to display a further alert when the user device exits the boundaries associated with the geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile.

11. A system comprising:

a computer comprising a processor; and

a memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising

receiving geofence profile data from an administrator device,

creating, based on the geofence profile data, a geofence profile that comprises a geofence profile description and a geofence profile option, wherein the geofence profile option comprises an option to display an alert when a user device enters boundaries associated with a geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile,

providing, to the user device, the geofence profile,

determining that the user device accepts the geofence profile, wherein the determining is in response to receiving data that indicates an opt-in decision by the user device, wherein receiving the opt-in decision indicates that an input to opt-in to use of the geofence profile was detected, and

activating the geofence profile in response to the user device accepting the geofence profile.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the geofence profile description comprises text that describes the geofence profile.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein receiving the data further indicates that a prompt was presented at the user device, the prompt comprising a user control that corresponds to an option to opt-in to the use of the geofence profile.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the user device presents a geofence indicator that indicates one of a first indication that the user device is within the boundaries of the geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile, a second indication that the user device is outside the boundaries of the geofence, and a third indication that the user device is outside of boundaries associated with any geofence and is not being monitored.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the geofence profile option comprises a further option to display a further alert when the user device exits the boundaries associated with the geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile.

16. A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a computer, geofence profile data from an administrator device;

creating, based on the geofence profile data, a geofence profile that comprises a geofence profile description and a geofence profile option, wherein the geofence profile option comprises an option to display an alert when a user device enters boundaries associated with a geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile;

providing, to the user device, the geofence profile;

determining that the user device accepts the geofence profile, wherein the determining is in response to receiving data that indicates an opt-in decision by the user device, wherein receiving the opt-in decision indicates that an input to opt-in to use of the geofence profile was detected; and

activating the geofence profile in response to the user device accepting the geofence profile.

17. The computer storage medium of claim 16, wherein the geofence profile description comprises text that describes the geofence profile.

18. The computer storage medium of claim 16, wherein receiving the data further indicates that a prompt was presented at the user device, the prompt comprising a user control that corresponds to an option to opt-in to the use of the geofence profile.

19. The computer storage medium of claim 16, wherein the user device presents a geofence indicator that indicates one of a first indication that the user device is within the boundaries of the geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile, a second indication that the user device is outside the boundaries of the geofence, and a third indication that the user device is outside of boundaries associated with any geofence and is not being monitored.

20. The computer storage medium of claim 16, wherein the geofence profile option comprises a further option to display a further alert when the user device exits the boundaries associated with the geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile.