PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GEO-FENCES

• US 20180167769A1
• Filed: 07/17/2017
• Published: 06/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Birch, Thomas A., Johnson, Derick Arnold, Reese, Kenneth Wade, Calvert, Thomas H.
• Application Number:
  US15/651,955
• Publication Number:
  US 20180167769A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/088 using filters or firewalls
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

Embodiments for implementing public and private geo-fences are generally described herein. A system comprises a geo-fence server adapted to: receive geographical coordinates of a device; determine that the device is located in a geo-fence; determine a type of the geo-fence; and transmit a notification to the device based on the type of the geo-fence. A mobile device for using person-to-person geo-fences is adapted to: receive a geo-fence object; store the geo-fence object at the mobile device; subsequent to storing the geo-fence object, obtain a geographical position of the mobile device; determine whether the mobile device is located in a geo-fence based on the geographical position; determine whether the geo-fence object is associated with the geo-fence; and present the geo-fence object when the geo-fence object is associated with the geo-fence.

Claims

1. A system for using public and private geo-fences the system comprising:

a geo-fence server adapted to;

receive an indication that a device is in a geo-fence based on geographical coordinates of the device;

determine a type of the geo-fence as a public geo-fence type or a private geo-fence type, the type of the geo-fence selectable in a user interface; and

cause the transmission of a notification to the device based on the type of the geo-fence.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein to cause the transmission of the notification to the device, the geo-fence server is adapted to:

identify a user of the device;

determine whether the user is a valid recipient of the notification; and

cause the transmission of the notification when the user is a valid recipient.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the geo-fence is a private geo-fence type, and wherein to cause the transmission of the notification to the device, the geo-fence server is adapted to:

identify a user of the device;

determine whether the user is a member of a group associated with the geo-fence; and

cause the transmission of the notification when the user is a member of the group associated with the geo-fence.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the group is defined based on a social network group associated with the user.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the geo-fence is a personal geo-fence.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein to cause the transmission of the notification to the device, the geo-fence server is adapted to:

identify a user of the device;

determine whether the user is a creator of the geo-fence; and

cause the transmission of the notification when the user is the creator of the geo-fence.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the type of the geo-fence area is a public geo-fence from a trusted source.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the trusted source is authenticated using a certificate system.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein to cause the transmission of the notification, the geo-fence server is adapted to cause the transmission of an indication that the geo-fence is from a trusted source.

10. A method for using public and private geo-fences, the method comprising:

determining by the geo-fence server that a device is in a geo-fence fence based on geographical coordinates of the device;

determining a type of the geo-fence as a public geo-fence type or a private geo-fence type, the type of the geo-fence selectable in a user interface; and

transmitting a notification to the device based on the type of the geo-fence.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein transmitting the notification to the device comprises:

identifying a user of the device;

determining whether the user is a valid recipient of the notification; and

transmitting the notification when the user is a valid recipient.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein transmitting the notification to the device comprises:

identifying a user of the device;

determining whether the user is a member of a group associated with the geo-fence; and

transmitting the notification when the user is a member of the group associated with the geo-fence.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the group is defined based on a social network group associated with the user.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the type of the geo-fence area is a public geo-fence from a trusted source.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the trusted source is authenticated using a certificate system.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein transmitting the notification comprises transmitting an indication that the geo-fence is from a trusted source.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions for using public and private geo-fences, which when executed by a geo-fence server, cause the geo-fence server to perform operations comprising:

receiving an indication that a device is in a geo-fence fence based on geographical coordinates of the device;

identifying a type of the geo-fence as a public geo-fence type or a private geo-fence type, the type of the geo-fence selectable in a user interface; and

causing the transmission of a notification to the device based on the type of the geo-fence.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions for causing the transmission of the notification to the device comprise instructions for:

identifying a user of the device;

determining whether the user is a valid recipient of the notification; and

causing the transmission of the notification when the user is a valid recipient.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions for causing the transmission of the notification to the device comprise instructions for:

identifying a user of the device;

determining whether the user is a member of a group associated with the geo-fence; and

causing the transmission of the notification when the user is a member of the group associated with the geo-fence.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the group is defined based on a social network group associated with the user.