Method and/or apparatus for geofence management
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting a breach of a geofence in response to detection that a mobile device has entered or exited a region bounded by the geofence;
temporarily expanding or contracting said region bounded by said geofence from an initial state in response to said detection of said breach for a set duration starting at said detection; and
returning said geofence to said initial state responsive to expiration of said set duration.
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Abstract
Disclosed are a system, method or device for maintaining a geofence to provide alerts in response to an object entering or exiting an area bounded by the geofence. In one example implementation, a geofence may be temporarily altered. In particular examples, such an alteration of a geofence may comprise changing a size or shape of the geofence.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting a breach of a geofence in response to detection that a mobile device has entered or exited a region bounded by the geofence; temporarily expanding or contracting said region bounded by said geofence from an initial state in response to said detection of said breach for a set duration starting at said detection; and returning said geofence to said initial state responsive to expiration of said set duration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile device comprising:
- a receiver to acquire wireless signals; and
a processor to;detect a breach of a geofence in response to detection that the mobile device has entered or exited a region bounded by the geofence based, at least in part, on said acquired signals; temporarily expand or contract said region bounded by said geofence from an initial state in response to said detection of said breach for a set duration starting at said detection; and return said geofence to said initial state responsive to expiration of said set duration. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- a receiver to acquire wireless signals; and
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21. An article comprising:
- a non-transitory storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon which are executable by a special purpose computing apparatus to;
detect a breach of a geofence in response to detection that the mobile device has entered or exited a region bounded by the geofence; temporarily expand or contract said region bounded by said geofence from an initial state in response to said detection of said breach for a set duration starting at said detection; and return said geofence to said initial state responsive to expiration of said set duration. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
- a non-transitory storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon which are executable by a special purpose computing apparatus to;
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25. An apparatus comprising:
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means for detecting a breach of a geofence in response to detection that a mobile device has entered or exited a region bounded by the geofence; means for temporarily expanding or contracting a region bounded by said geofence from an initial state in response to said detection of said breach for a set duration starting at said detection; and means for returning said geofence to said initial state responsive to expiration of said set duration. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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