Geo-fencing in a building automation system
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the executable program instructs a mobile device having location services and a communication interface for communicating with a remote server to perform the following:
- save information pertaining to a geo-fence, wherein the geo-fence is associated with a user of the mobile device and defines a boundary of a fixed location of a building;
save a previous geo-fence state of the mobile device both locally on the mobile device and remotely on the remote server, wherein the previous geo-fence state is based on a previous location of the mobile device, and wherein the previous geo-fence state is selected from at least an inside geo-fence state in which the previous location of the mobile device is determined to be inside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building and an outside geo-fence state in which the previous location of the mobile device is determined to be outside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building;
identify a current location of the mobile device via the location services;
determine a current geo-fence state of the mobile device based on the current location of the mobile device, wherein the current geo-fence state is selected from at least the inside geo-fence state in which the current location of the mobile device is determined to be inside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building and the outside geo-fence state in which the mobile device is determined to be outside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building;
compare the current geo-fence state with the previous geo-fence state;
when the current geo-fence state fails to match the previous geo-fence state, communicate the current geo-fence state to the remote server to update the previous geo-fence state to reflect the current geo-fence state; and
when the current geo-fence state matches the previous geo-fence state, refrain from communicating the current geo-fence state to the remote server.
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Abstract
A mobile device having location services may store information pertaining to a geo-fence that is associated with a user of the mobile device and assigned to a location. The mobile device may identify a current location of the mobile device and store data pertaining to the location of the mobile device. The mobile device determines a current geo-fence state of the mobile device based on the location data in response to an internal stimuli or an external stimuli. The geo-fence state is selected from at least an inside geo-fence state in which the mobile device is deemed to be inside the geo-fence and an outside geo-fence state in which the mobile device is deemed to be outside of the geo-fence. The mobile device may notify a remote server of the current geo-fence state.
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18 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the executable program instructs a mobile device having location services and a communication interface for communicating with a remote server to perform the following:
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save information pertaining to a geo-fence, wherein the geo-fence is associated with a user of the mobile device and defines a boundary of a fixed location of a building; save a previous geo-fence state of the mobile device both locally on the mobile device and remotely on the remote server, wherein the previous geo-fence state is based on a previous location of the mobile device, and wherein the previous geo-fence state is selected from at least an inside geo-fence state in which the previous location of the mobile device is determined to be inside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building and an outside geo-fence state in which the previous location of the mobile device is determined to be outside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building; identify a current location of the mobile device via the location services; determine a current geo-fence state of the mobile device based on the current location of the mobile device, wherein the current geo-fence state is selected from at least the inside geo-fence state in which the current location of the mobile device is determined to be inside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building and the outside geo-fence state in which the mobile device is determined to be outside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building; compare the current geo-fence state with the previous geo-fence state; when the current geo-fence state fails to match the previous geo-fence state, communicate the current geo-fence state to the remote server to update the previous geo-fence state to reflect the current geo-fence state; and when the current geo-fence state matches the previous geo-fence state, refrain from communicating the current geo-fence state to the remote server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising
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a remote server, wherein the mobile device saves information pertaining to a geo-fence received from the remote server, wherein the geo-fence is associated with a user of the mobile device and defines boundary of a fixed location of a building, wherein the mobile device saves a previous geo-fence state of the mobile device both locally on the mobile device and remotely on the remote server, wherein the previous geo-fence state is based on a previous location of the mobile device, wherein the previous geo-fence state is selected from at least an inside geo-fence state in which the previous location of the mobile device is determined to be inside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building and an outside geo-fence state in which the previous location of the mobile device is determined to be outside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building, wherein the mobile device identifies a current location of the mobile device via location services of the mobile device, determines a current geo-fence state of the mobile device based on the current location of the mobile device, and compares the current geo-fence state with the previous geo-fence state, wherein the current geo-fence state is selected from at least the inside geo-fence state in which the current location of the mobile device is determined to be inside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building and the outside geo-fence state in which the current location of the mobile device is determined to be outside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building, wherein, when the current geo-fence state fails to match the previous geo-fence state, the mobile device transmits the current geo-fence state to the remote server to update the previous geo-fence state to reflect the current geo-fence state, and wherein, when the current geo-fence state matches the previous geo-fence state, the mobile device refrains from transmitting the current geo-fence state to the remote server. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A mobile device comprising:
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a user interface; location services for determining a current location of the mobile device; a communication interface for communicating with a remote server; a memory for storing an executable program and information pertaining to a geo-fence that defines a boundary of a fixed location of a building; and a controller operatively coupled to the user interface, the location services, the communication interface, and the memory, wherein the controller is configured to; save a previous geo-fence state of the mobile device both locally on the mobile device and remotely on the remote server, wherein the previous geo-fence state is based on a previous location of the mobile device, and wherein the previous geo-fence state is selected from at least an inside geo-fence state in which the previous location of the mobile device is determined to be inside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building and an outside geo-fence state in which the previous location of the mobile device is determined to be outside of the boundary of the fixed location; identify the current location of the mobile device via the location services; determine a current geo-fence state of the mobile device based on the current location of the mobile device, wherein the current geo-fence state is selected from at least the inside geo-fence state in which the current location of the mobile device is determined to be inside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building and the outside geo-fence state in which the mobile device is determined to be outside of the boundary of the fixed location of the building; compare the current geo-fence state with the previous geo-fence state; when the current geo-fence state fails to match the previous geo-fence state, communicate the current geo-fence state to the remote server to update the previous geo-fence state to reflect the current geo-fence state; and when the current geo-fence state matches the previous geo-fence state, refrain from communicating the current geo-fence state to the remote server. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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