Patent ID: 9525771
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G06F,H04M,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: detecting, by a mobile device located at a first venue, a first signal from a first signal source, the first signal including a first signal source identifier that matches a registered category identifier that is associated with a category-based fence that is based on a group of signal sources located at different venues; in response to detecting the first signal from the first signal source, triggering an application program on the mobile device at the first venue, the application program being associated with the category-based fence and being pre-registered at the mobile device, wherein the association between the category identifier and the category-based fence and the association between the category-based fence and application program are received by the mobile device from a category-based fence manager; detecting, by the mobile device located at a second venue that is different from the first venue, a second signal from a second signal source, the second signal including a second signal source identifier that matches the registered category identifier; and in response to detecting the second signal from the second signal source, triggering the application program on the mobile device at the second venue, even though the first venue and second venue are located remotely from one another at different geographic locations.