Patent ID: 9712970
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for deploying a virtual geo-fence to contain a geographic area having a threshold level of data usage, the method comprising: storing one or more electronic messages in a message storage; monitoring data usage by mobile devices across a plurality of users in a network; determining a level of data usage by the mobile devices in a first geographic area over a predetermined amount of time; if the level of data usage by the mobile devices in the first geographic area over the predetermined amount of time is above a first threshold level of data usage, deploying a first virtual geo-fence containing the first geographic area based on a historical success rate for prompting users to engage stored messages within the first geographic area; and in response to determining that a mobile device has entered the first geographic area corresponding to the first virtual geo-fence, providing one or more electronic messages in the message storage to the mobile device for display to a user.