Patent ID: 9503850
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G01C,G08B,G09B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of triggering a geofence event in a wireless device, comprising: displaying, on a physical wireless device, a map including a plurality of map objects; determining a geofence around each of a plurality of map objects, each geofence being a virtual spatial boundary surrounding a respective map object; visually displaying on said physical wireless device, said geofence around each of a plurality of map objects; enabling selection on said physical wireless device, of at least one of said plurality of geofences; monitoring a current location of said physical wireless device over time; and triggering a notification to said physical wireless device when said physical wireless device is detected as entering or exiting an actual geographical area corresponding to a selected one of said plurality of geofences.