APPARATUS,SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GEOFENCING

• US 20170034656A1
• Filed: 06/24/2014
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Zhi Gang, Ma, Jingyi, Murphy, Brian R.
• Application Number:
  US15/300,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20170034656A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0295 Proximity-based methods, e.g. position inferred from reception of particular signals
• 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 4/022 with dynamic range variability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of geofencing. For example, an apparatus may include a geofencing detector to trigger a first location scan for a first location fix of a mobile device; and a location calculator to dynamically update an activity-based location area of the mobile device relative to the first location fix, based on a plurality of detected activity states of a user of the mobile device, the plurality of detected activity states corresponding to a plurality of detection points subsequent to the first location scan, wherein the geofencing detector is to trigger a second location scan for a second location fix of the mobile device, based on the activity-based location area and a geofencing boundary.

Claims

1-25. -25. (canceled)

26. An apparatus comprising:

a geofencing detector to trigger a first location scan for a first location fix of a mobile device; and

a location calculator to dynamically update an activity-based location area of said mobile device relative to said first location fix, based on a plurality of detected activity states of a user of said mobile device, the plurality of detected activity states corresponding to a plurality of detection points subsequent to said first location scan,

wherein said geofencing detector is to trigger a second location scan for a second location fix of said mobile device, based on said activity-based location area and a geofencing boundary.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said geofencing detector is to trigger said second location scan, only if said activity-based location area crosses said geofencing boundary.

28. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said location calculator is to update the activity-based location area of said mobile device relative to said first location fix until said second location scan is triggered.

29. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said activity-based location area comprises a circular area around said first location fix, said location calculator to update said activity-based location area by updating a radius of said circular area.

30. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said location calculator is to update said activity-based location area by monotonously increasing said activity-based location area.

31. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said location calculator is to update said activity-based location area based on an activity speed corresponding to a detected activity state.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein said location calculator is to update said activity-based location area based on a time interval between a detection point of the detected activity state and another detection point of another detected activity state.

33. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the detected activity state comprises a predefined activity state selected from a plurality of predefined activity states, and the activity speed corresponding to the detected activity state comprises an activity speed associated with said predefined activity state.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein said plurality of predefined activity states comprise two or more activity states selected from the group consisting of a stationary state, a walking state, a running state, a biking state, and a driving state.

35. The apparatus of claim 33 comprising a speed calibrator to estimate an estimated speed of said user corresponding to said predefined activity state, and to calibrate the activity speed associated with said predefined activity state based on the estimated speed.

36. The apparatus of claim 26 comprising an activity detector to determine the plurality of detected activity states based on acceleration information of an accelerometer.

37. A mobile device comprising:

one or more antennas;

a memory;

a processor;

a location estimator to perform a first location scan for a first location fix of said mobile device;

an activity detector to detect a plurality of detected activity states of a user of said mobile device, the plurality of detected activity states corresponding to a plurality of detection points subsequent to said first location scan;

a location calculator to dynamically update an activity-based location area of said mobile device relative to said first location fix, based on said plurality of detected activity states; and

a geofencing detector to trigger said location estimator to perform a second location scan for a second location fix of said mobile device, based on said activity-based location area and a geofencing boundary.

38. The mobile device of claim 37, wherein said geofencing detector is to trigger said second location scan, only if said activity-based location area crosses said geofencing boundary.

39. The mobile device of claim 37, wherein said location calculator is to update the activity-based location area of said mobile device relative to said first location fix until said second location scan is triggered.

40. The mobile device of claim 37, wherein said location calculator is to update said activity-based location area based on an activity speed corresponding to a detected activity state.

41. The mobile device of claim 40, wherein the detected activity state comprises a predefined activity state selected from a plurality of predefined activity states, and the activity speed corresponding to the detected activity state comprises an activity speed associated with said predefined activity state.

42. The mobile device of claim 41 comprising a speed calibrator to estimate an estimated speed of said user corresponding to said predefined activity state, and to calibrate the activity speed associated with said predefined activity state based on the estimated speed.

43. A method performed by a mobile device to detect crossing of a geofencing boundary, the method comprising:

performing a first location scan for a first location fix of said mobile device;

detecting a plurality of detected activity states of a user of said mobile device, the plurality of detected activity states corresponding to a plurality of detection points subsequent to said first location scan;

dynamically updating an activity-based location area of said mobile device relative to said first location fix, based on said plurality of detected activity states; and

based on said activity-based location area and the geofencing boundary, triggering a second location scan for a second location fix of said mobile device.

44. The method of claim 43 comprising triggering said second location scan, only if said activity-based location area crosses said geofencing boundary.

45. The method of claim 43 comprising updating the activity-based location area of said mobile device relative to said first location fix until said second location scan is triggered.

46. A product including one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement a method comprising:

performing a first location scan for a first location fix of a mobile device;

detecting a plurality of detected activity states of a user of said mobile device, the plurality of detected activity states corresponding to a plurality of detection points subsequent to said first location scan;

dynamically updating an activity-based location area of said mobile device relative to said first location fix, based on said plurality of detected activity states; and

based on said activity-based location area and the geofencing boundary, triggering a second location scan for a second location fix of said mobile device.

47. The product of claim 46, wherein said method comprises triggering said second location scan, only if said activity-based location area crosses said geofencing boundary.

48. The product of claim 46, wherein said method comprises updating the activity-based location area of said mobile device relative to said first location fix until said second location scan is triggered.

49. The product of claim 46, wherein said activity-based location area comprises a circular area around said first location fix, and wherein updating said activity-based location area comprises updating a radius of said circular area.

50. The product of claim 46, wherein said method comprises updating said activity-based location area based on an activity speed corresponding to a detected activity state.