Patent ID: 11956325
Assignee: VODAFONE AUTOMOTIVE S.P.A.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A client device for use in a cellular network providing location-based publications using a publish/subscribe protocol, comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing program code instructions, wherein execution of the program code instructions at the processor cause the client device to:
determine a geographical location of the client device;
determine a first subscription geohash, the first subscription geohash identifying an area including the geographical location of the client device;
send a subscription request to a server, the subscription request having a subscription name comprising the first subscription geohash;
determine one or more additional subscription geohashes, representing a respective one or more geographical areas neighboring the geographical area represented by the first subscription geohash; and
send one or more additional subscription requests to the server, each of the one or more additional subscription requests having a respective subscription name comprising a different one of the one or more additional subscription geohashes.