Geofence profile management

• US 9,549,287 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2015
• Issued: 01/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Baran, Taner, Wood, Catherine A., Christiansen, Jonathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US14/693,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20160316328A1
• Time in Patent Office: 636 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/37 Managing security policies for mobile devices or for controlling mobile applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/64 using geofenced areas
• 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 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for geofence profile management. A processor can execute a geofence profile management service. The processor can receive geofence profile data from an administrator device. The processor can create, based upon the geofence profile data, a geofence profile. The geofence profile can include a geofence profile title, a geofence profile description, and a geofence profile option. The processor can provide the geofence profile to a user device. The processor can determine that the user device accepts the geofence profile, and the processor can activate the geofence profile in response to the user device accepting the geofence profile.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a processor executing a geofence profile management service, geofence profile data from an administrator device;

creating, by the processor and based upon the geofence profile data, a geofence profile comprising a geofence profile title, a geofence profile description, and a geofence profile option;

providing, by the processor, the geofence profile to a user device;

determining, by the processor, that the user device accepts the geofence profile; and

activating, by the processor, the geofence profile in response to the user device accepting the geofence profile, wherein the geofence profile title comprises a name for the geofence profile, wherein the geofence profile description comprises text provided to a user to obtain an opt-in decision relating to the geofence profile, and wherein the geofence profile option comprises an option to display an alert when the user device enters boundaries associated with a geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the user device accepts the geofence profile comprises receiving, from the user device, data indicating an opt-in decision at the user device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user device obtains the opt-in decision by:

presenting a prompt at the user device, the prompt comprising a first user control that corresponds to a first option to opt-in to use of the geofence profile and a second user control that corresponds to a second option to opt-out of use of the geofence profile; and

obtaining, via the prompt, input indicating one of the first option to opt-in and the second option to opt-out.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device presents a geofence indicator that indicates that the user device is within boundaries of the geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device presents a geofence indicator that indicates that the user device is outside boundaries of the geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device presents a geofence indicator that indicates that the user device is outside of boundaries associated with any geofence and is not being monitored.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein activating the geofence profile comprises instructing the user device to begin use of the geofence profile.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user device tracks location and applies the geofence profile based upon the location tracked.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the user device, user input; and

updating the geofence profile based upon the user input.

10. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising

receiving geofence profile data from an administrator device,

creating, based upon the geofence profile data, a geofence profile comprising a geofence profile title, a geofence profile description, and a geofence profile option,

providing the geofence profile to a user device,

determining that the user device accepts the geofence profile, and

activating the geofence profile in response to the user device accepting the geofence profile, wherein the geofence profile title comprises a name for the geofence profile, wherein the geofence profile description comprises text provided to a user to obtain an opt-in decision relating to the geofence profile, and wherein the geofence profile option comprises an option to display an alert when the user device enters boundaries associated with a geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein determining that the user device accepts the geofence profile comprises receiving, from the user device, data indicating an opt-in decision at the user device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the user device obtains the opt-in decision by:

presenting a prompt at the user device, the prompt comprising a first user control that corresponds to a first option to opt-in to use of the geofence profile and a second user control that corresponds to a second option to opt-out of use of the geofence profile; and

obtaining, via the prompt, input indicating one of the first option to opt-in and the second option to opt-out.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the user device presents a geofence indicator that indicates one of a first indication that the user device is within boundaries of the geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile, a second indication that the user device is outside boundaries of the geofence, and a third indication that the user device is outside of boundaries associated with any geofence and is not being monitored.

14. A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving geofence profile data from an administrator device;

creating, based upon the geofence profile data, a geofence profile comprising a geofence profile title, a geofence profile description, and a geofence profile option;

providing the geofence profile to a user device;

determining that the user device accepts the geofence profile; and

activating the geofence profile in response to the user device accepting the geofence profile, wherein the geofence profile title comprises a name for the geofence profile, wherein the geofence profile description comprises text provided to a user to obtain an opt-in decision relating to the geofence profile, and wherein the geofence profile option comprises an option to display an alert when the user device enters boundaries associated with a geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile.

15. The computer storage medium of claim 14, wherein determining that the user device accepts the geofence profile comprises receiving, from the user device, data indicating an opt-in decision at the user device.

16. The computer storage medium of claim 15, wherein the user device obtains the opt-in decision by:

presenting a prompt at the user device, the prompt comprising a first user control that corresponds to a first option to opt-in to use of the geofence profile and a second user control that corresponds to a second option to opt-out of use of the geofence profile; and

obtaining, via the prompt, input indicating one of the first option to opt-in and the second option to opt-out.

17. The computer storage medium of claim 14, wherein the user device presents a geofence indicator that indicates one of a first indication that the user device is within boundaries of the geofence that corresponds to the geofence profile, a second indication that the user device is outside boundaries of the geofence, and a third indication that the user device is outside of boundaries associated with any geofence and is not being monitored.