System and method for monitoring devices relative to a user defined geographic area
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring activity of one or more Machine to Machine (M2M) devices relative to a geofence, the method comprising:
- configuring the geofence by using user defined location attributes, wherein configuring the geofence by using user defined location attributes further comprises allowing a user to define boundaries of the geofence by selecting a shape from a plurality of shapes to enable drawing mode and using a drawing tool in combination with commercially available mapping products to draw the geofence using the selected shape by clicking and dragging a mouse on a map;
receiving device activity information from the one or more M2M devices, wherein device activity information from the one or more M2M devices further comprises one or more of;
location of the device relative to the geofence, time of arrival of the device at a particular location, time of departure of the device from a particular location, speed of the device at a particular location, speed of the device at a particular time or a combination thereof;
evaluating device activity information based on predetermined geofence parameters relative to the geofence; and
issuing an alert if at least one of the one or more M2M devices is performing outside the geofence parameters.
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to providing a system and method for monitoring devices relative to a user defined geographic area using an enablement platform for building web sites and web applications using data storage, management and publication capabilities of hosted web services. The system and method for monitoring M2M devices relative to a user defined geographic area (geofence) are built on existing AerCloud concepts by allowing user to define location attributes and by using the user defined location attributes to configure and evaluate geofence parameters and issue alerts if the devices are performing outside the geofence parameters.
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1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring activity of one or more Machine to Machine (M2M) devices relative to a geofence, the method comprising:
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configuring the geofence by using user defined location attributes, wherein configuring the geofence by using user defined location attributes further comprises allowing a user to define boundaries of the geofence by selecting a shape from a plurality of shapes to enable drawing mode and using a drawing tool in combination with commercially available mapping products to draw the geofence using the selected shape by clicking and dragging a mouse on a map; receiving device activity information from the one or more M2M devices, wherein device activity information from the one or more M2M devices further comprises one or more of;
location of the device relative to the geofence, time of arrival of the device at a particular location, time of departure of the device from a particular location, speed of the device at a particular location, speed of the device at a particular time or a combination thereof;evaluating device activity information based on predetermined geofence parameters relative to the geofence; and issuing an alert if at least one of the one or more M2M devices is performing outside the geofence parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for monitoring activity of one or more Machine to Machine (M2M) devices relative to a geofence comprising an enablement platform for building web sites and web applications using data storage and management capabilities of hosted web services, wherein the web application created by using the enablement platform
receives user defined location attributes and configures the geofence, wherein user defined location attributes further comprise allowing a user to define boundaries of the geofence by selecting a shape from a plurality of shapes to enable drawing mode and using a drawing tool in combination with commercially available mapping products to draw the geofence using the selected shape by clicking and dragging a mouse on a map; -
receives predetermined parameters for the configured geofence; tracks one or more M2M devices and their activity relative to the geofence; evaluates device activity relative to the geofence based on the predetermined geofence parameters, wherein device activity information from the one or more M2M devices further comprises one or more of;
location of the device relative to the geofence, time of arrival of the device at a particular location, time of departure of the device from a particular location, speed of the device at a particular location, speed of the device at a particular time or a combination thereof; andissues an alert if at least one of the one or more M2M devices is performing outside the geofence parameters. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer code which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform a method for monitoring activity of one or more Machine to Machine (M2M) devices relative to a geofence, comprising:
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configuring the geofence by using user defined location attributes, wherein configuring the geofence by using user defined location attributes further comprises allowing a user to define boundaries of the geofence by selecting a shape from a plurality of shapes to enable drawing mode and using a drawing tool in combination with commercially available mapping products to draw the geofence using the selected shape by clicking and dragging a mouse on a map; receiving device activity information from the one or more M2M devices, wherein device activity information from the one or more M2M devices further comprises one or more of;
location of the device relative to the geofence, time of arrival of the device at a particular location, time of departure of the device from a particular location, speed of the device at a particular location, speed of the device at a particular time or a combination thereof;evaluating device activity information based on predetermined geofence parameters relative to the geofence; and issuing an alert if at least one of the one or more M2M devices is performing outside the geofence parameters. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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