Geo-fence notification management

• US 9,549,286 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2013
• Issued: 01/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Birch, Thomas A., Johnson, Derick Arnold, Kasper, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): WANG, WILLIAM Y
• Application Number:
  US14/122,040
• Publication Number:
  US 20150350827A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,215 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]

Abstract

Embodiments for geo-fence notification management are generally described herein. A mobile device for geo-fence notification management may include a geo-location module to: determine a geographical location of the mobile device; and determine whether the mobile device is located in a geo-fenced area for longer than a threshold period of time; and a presentation module to present a notification on the mobile device when the mobile device is located in the geo-fenced area for longer than the threshold period of time. A server and mobile device may work cooperatively to obtain a position of a mobile device; determine whether the mobile device is located in a geo-fenced area; determine whether the geo-fenced area has a software application associated with it; and present the software application to the mobile device when the geo-fenced area has a software application associated with it.

Claims

1. A mobile device for geo-fence notification management, the mobile device comprising:

a geo-location module communicatively coupled to the mobile device, the geo-location module to;

determine a geographical location of the mobile device;

determine that the mobile device has entered a geo-fenced area;

initiate a timer to track the amount of time the mobile device is in the geo-fenced area; and

determine whether the mobile device is located in the geo-fenced area for longer than a threshold period of time; and

a presentation module communicatively coupled to the mobile device, the presentation module to present a notification on the mobile device when the mobile device is located in the geo-fenced area for longer than the threshold period of time, and suppress further notifications from the geo-fence after the mobile device has been located in the geo-fence area for longer than the threshold period of time,

wherein to determine that the mobile device has entered the geo-fenced area, the geo-location module is to periodically poll a geo-fence server using a polling period, wherein the polling period is configured by a user of the mobile device, and wherein the threshold period of time is set to the polling period after the user configures the polling period.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the threshold period is configurable, and wherein the geo-location module is to:

receive a value at the mobile device; and

save the value as the threshold value.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the notification includes a link to one of:

an advertisement, a coupon, an application, a map, or a document.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the presentation module is to:

present an indication that an application is available for use or download when the mobile device is located in the geo-fenced area for longer than the threshold period of time.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the indication that the application is available is presented in a notification area.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the indication that the application is available is presented as an emblem on an icon.

7. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the icon is a folder icon.

8. A method for geo-fence notification management, the method comprising:

determining at a mobile device, a geographical location of the mobile device;

determining that the mobile device has entered a geo-fenced area;

initiating a timer to track the amount of time the mobile device is in the geo-fenced area;

determining whether the mobile device is located in the geo-fenced area for longer than a threshold period of time;

presenting a notification on the mobile device when the mobile device is located in the geo-fenced area for longer than the threshold period of time; and

suppressing further notifications from the geo-fence after the mobile device has been located in the geo-fence area for longer than the threshold period of time,

wherein determining that the mobile device has entered the geo-fenced area comprises periodically polling a geo-fence server using a polling period, wherein the polling period is configured by a user of the mobile device, and wherein the threshold period of time is set to the polling period after the user configures the polling period.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising:

presenting an indication that an application is available for use or download when the mobile device is located in the geo-fenced area for longer than the threshold period of time.

10. A non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

determining at a mobile device, a geographical location of the mobile device;

determining that the mobile device has entered a geo-fenced area by periodically polling a geo-fence server using a polling period, wherein the polling period is the same as the threshold period of time;

initiating a timer to track the amount of time the mobile device is in the geo-fenced area;

determining whether the mobile device is located in the geo-fenced area for longer than a threshold period of time;

presenting a notification on the mobile device when the mobile device is located in the geo-fenced area for longer than the threshold period of time; and

suppressing further notifications from the geo-fence after the mobile device has been located in the geo-fence area for longer than the threshold period time,

wherein determining that the mobile device has entered the geo-fenced area comprises periodically polling a geo-fence server using a polling period, wherein the polling period is configured by a user of the mobile device, and wherein the threshold period of time is set to the polling period after the user configures the polling period.