Patent ID: 9563880
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06Q

Claim:
1. A method for automatically generating a notification based on a probable location of a mobile device, comprising: selecting an entity from a plurality of entities based on an eligible task to be performed to form a selected entity; calculating a probability of the mobile device passing in a default area around the location associated with the eligible task based on a set of past positions of the mobile device; determining an indication of a density of entities in a particular category for the selected entity; setting a threshold value defining the area around the location according to the density of the entities in the particular category indication and the probability of the mobile device passing in the default area around the location associated with the eligible task; identifying, using a data processor, an area around a location within which a user is to be notified of the eligible task at the location according to the threshold value; notifying the user when the mobile device enters the area around the location for the eligible task; estimating a movement speed of the mobile device according to a set of preceding positions of the mobile device; and adjusting the threshold value defining the area according to the movement speed such that the threshold value is reduced for a relatively slow movement speed and the threshold value is increased for a relatively fast movement speed.