Dynamic Geo-Fence Alerts

• US 20130178233A1
• Filed: 01/10/2012
• Published: 07/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Rukavina, John C., McCoy, David C.
• Application Number:
  US13/347,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20130178233A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• 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 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination

Abstract

Examples of systems, methods, apparatuses, and software are described in which a mobile device may receive information about a subset of ATMs, VTMs, and/or retail banking locations (and/or other points of interest) based on both the speed and location of the mobile device. The size and/or shape of geo-fences established around each of the subset may also depend upon the speed and/or location of the mobile device. The mobile device may alert the user as to when the mobile device is within one of the speed and/or location-variable geo-fences.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions and data representing a plurality of points of interest and respective geographical locations of each of the points of interest,

wherein the processor is configured by the computer-executable instructions to perform;

receiving an indication of a location and a speed of a mobile device,

determining, based on the indicated location and speed, a subset of the plurality of points of interest, and

sending, responsive to said determining the subset, data representing the subset of the plurality of points of interest and the respective geographical locations of the subset to the mobile device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to receive an indication of a direction of travel of the mobile device, and wherein determining further comprises determining the subset of the plurality of points of interest based on the indicated location, speed, and direction of travel.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the subset such that the subset contains at least a predetermined minimum threshold number of points of interest.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least some of the points of interest is each an automated teller machine (ATM) or a video teller/transaction machine (VTM).

5. A method, comprising:

determining, by a computer, a location and a speed of a mobile device;

determining, by the computer, based on the determined location and speed, a subset of a predetermined plurality of points of interest, wherein data representing the plurality of points of interest and their respective geographical locations is stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

wirelessly sending, responsive to said determining the subset, data representing the subset of the plurality of points of interest and the respective geographical locations of the subset to the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining, by the computer, a direction of travel of the mobile device, and wherein determining the subset further comprises determining the subset of the plurality of points of interest based on the determined location, speed, and direction of travel.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein determining the subset further comprises determining the subset such that the subset contains at least a predetermined minimum threshold number of points of interest.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein at least some of the points of interest is each an automated teller machine (ATM) or a video teller/transaction machine (VTM).

9. A mobile device, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions and data representing a plurality of points of interest and respective geographical locations of each of the points of interest,

wherein the processor is configured by the computer-executable instructions to perform;

determining a first speed of the mobile device at a first time,

determining a plurality of geo-fences each containing one of the geographical locations, wherein a size of each of the geo-fences depends upon the determined first speed of the mobile device,

determining whether the mobile device is within one of the geo-fences, and

providing an alert to a user of the mobile device responsive to determining that the mobile device is within one of the geo-fences.

10. The mobile device of claim 9, further comprising:

determining a second speed of the mobile device at a second time, wherein the second speed is different from the first speed; and

revising the size of each of the geo-fences based upon the second speed.

11. The mobile device of claim 9, further comprising:

wirelessly sending to a network an indication of the determined first speed and a location of the mobile device;

wirelessly receiving from the network the data representing the plurality of points of interest and the respective geographical locations of each of the points of interest, wherein the plurality of points of interest depend upon the indicated first speed and the location.

12. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein at least some of the plurality of points of interest is each an automated teller machine (ATM) or a video teller/transaction machine (VTM).

13. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein determining the plurality of geo-fences comprises determining a radius of each of the geo-fences depending upon the determined first speed of the mobile device.

14. A method, comprising:

determining a subset of a plurality of points of interest and respective geographical locations of each of the subset of the points of interest;

determining, by a mobile computing device, whether the mobile computing device is located within a boundary around one of the subset of the points of interest, wherein the boundary depends upon a speed of the mobile computing device; and

displaying, by a display of the mobile computing device, a message responsive to determining that the mobile computing device is located within the boundary.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said determining the subset comprises receiving, by the mobile computing device, data representing the subset via a wireless connection.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein each of the boundaries comprises a circle around the respective point of interest, and wherein a radius of the circle depends upon the speed of the mobile computing device.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein at least some of the points of interest is each an automated teller machine (ATM), a video teller/transaction machine (VTM), or a retail banking center.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein said determining the subset comprises determining the subset based on which of the ATMs, the VTMs, or the retail banking centers are currently available for conducting financial transactions.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein said determining the subset comprises determining the subset based on a non-location property of the ATMs, the VTMs, or the retail banking centers.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein said determining the subset further comprises determining the subset based on both the speed and a location of the mobile computing device.