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Managing alerts based on context

  • US 9,210,545 B2
  • Filed: 08/28/2012
  • Issued: 12/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of managing location-based alerts to a user of a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at an electronic device, instructions to provide a geo-fence around a location, the geo-fence having a perimeter, the perimeter being variable, wherein an alert is output from the mobile device when the mobile device crosses a current perimeter of the geo-fence;

    establishing, with the electronic device, the perimeter of the geo-fence to have a default size in response to receiving the instructions;

    detecting, with the electronic device, a change in a context of the mobile device to a first context; and

    decreasing, with the electronic device, the perimeter of the geo-fence to have a second size that is smaller than the default size in response to the change of the mobile device to the first context so as to reduce a number of alerts.

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