Geofence based on members of a population
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving contextual information and geographic location data relating to a plurality of members of a population within a geographic region, the contextual information further relating to a mobile device associated with a first member of the plurality of members of the population;
identifying a common element in the received contextual information relating to the first member and a second member of the population as a basis for defining a boundary of a geofence;
determining, based on the common element, a specified population size of members to be included within the geofence;
defining the boundary of the geofence based on the specified population size and the geographic location data; and
causing a task to be performed on the mobile device based on detecting that the mobile device is within the geofence.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, via a mobile station, contextual information or geographic location data relating to a plurality of members of the population within the geographic region, identifying a common element in the received contextual information relating to at least two members of the population as a basis for defining a geofence to include the at least two members, wherein the common element is identified upon a comparison of the first and second contextual information, and defining the boundary of the geofence.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving contextual information and geographic location data relating to a plurality of members of a population within a geographic region, the contextual information further relating to a mobile device associated with a first member of the plurality of members of the population; identifying a common element in the received contextual information relating to the first member and a second member of the population as a basis for defining a boundary of a geofence; determining, based on the common element, a specified population size of members to be included within the geofence; defining the boundary of the geofence based on the specified population size and the geographic location data; and causing a task to be performed on the mobile device based on detecting that the mobile device is within the geofence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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one or more processors; and a machine readable memory device including instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations including; identifying a common element in received contextual information relating to a first member and a second member of a population as a basis for defining a boundary of a geofence; determining, based on the common element, a specified population size of members to be included within the geofence; defining the boundary of the geofence based on the specified population size; and causing a task to be performed on a mobile device based on detecting that the mobile device is within the geofence. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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identifying a common element in received contextual information relating to a first member and a second member of a population as a basis for defining a boundary of a geofence; determining, based on the common element and a specified target population for an instance of content, a specified population size of members to be included within the geofence; defining the boundary of the geofence based on the specified population size; and causing the instance of content to be delivered to a mobile device based on detecting that the mobile device is within the geofence. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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