Patent ID: 11880942
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A method comprising:
generating, by a proximity detection system, a three-dimensional (“3D”) map of a geographic area;
recording, by the proximity detection system, information associated with a plurality of virtual location markers positioned in relation to the geographic area, the information specifying coordinates of the plurality of virtual location markers within the 3D map and defining a location-based field of view (“LFOV”) for each virtual location marker included in the plurality of virtual location markers, each LFOV extending directionally from a respective virtual location marker included in the plurality of virtual location markers;
determining, by the proximity detection system, that a mobile computing device has entered a first LFOV of a first virtual location marker included in the plurality of virtual location markers;
performing, by the proximity detection system and based on the determining that the mobile computing device has entered the first LFOV, a predefined operation;
detecting, by the proximity detection system, movement patterns of other mobile computing devices in the geographic area with respect to the first LFOV; and
automatically adjusting, by the proximity detection system and based on the movement patterns, at least one of a size, shape, or configuration of the first LFOV,
wherein the first LFOV is a virtual three-dimensional (“3D”) shape that has a cross section that increases in size with distance from the virtual location marker.