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Registrar mapping toolkit for Geofences

  • US 9,491,577 B1
  • Filed: 06/01/2016
  • Issued: 11/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for looking up a geofence in a database of geofences, comprising:

  • a mobile device determining the mobile device is located within a first geofence and a second geofence based on a first multiplicity of unique internet protocol (IP) addresses and a second multiplicity of unique IP addresses, wherein the first geofence is defined by the first multiplicity of unique IP addresses and the second geofence is defined by the second multiplicity of unique IP addresses, wherein the first multiplicity of unique IP addresses correspond to a first multiplicity of geographic designators and the second multiplicity of unique IP addresses correspond to a second multiplicity of geographic designators;

    querying a database of geofences for class hierarchy information for the first geofence and class hierarchy information for the second geofence;

    determining if the first geofence or the second geofence ranks higher in a class hierarchy based on the class hierarchy information for the first geofence and the class hierarchy information for the second geofence;

    querying the database of geofences for application functionality information for the first geofence if the first geofence ranks higher in the class hierarchy, or querying the database of geofences for application functionality information for the second geofence if the second geofence ranks higher in the class hierarchy, wherein the application functionality information for each geofence determines functionality or non-functionality of applications within each geofence;

    implementing the functionality or the non-functionality of the applications based on the application functionality information for the first geofence if the first geofence ranks higher in the class hierarchy or implementing the functionality or the non-functionality of the applications based on the application functionality information for the second geofence if the second geofence ranks higher in the class hierarchy; and

    wherein the first multiplicity of unique IP addresses and the second multiplicity of unique IP addresses are unique IP version 4 (IPv4) addresses and/or unique IP version 6 (IPv6) addresses.

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