Patent ID: 8577590
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06Q,G09B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: processing a first data record on a special purpose computing device to maintain electronic records representative of information regarding a plurality of geophysical entity categories in a memory; processing a second data record on said special purpose computing device to approximate one or more physical features of a geophysical entity among said geophysical entity categories; processing said first and second data records on said special purpose computing device to determine boundaries of a geo-fence based, at least in part, on said physical features of said geophysical entity when marked at a location to be maintained by the special purpose computing device; and processing said first and second data records on said special purpose computing device to select a particular category from among said geophysical entity categories associated with said geophysical entity, wherein said approximating is based, at least in part, on said particular category, and further wherein selecting the particular category is based on at least one map attribute; and processing said first and second data records on said special purpose computing device to refine a geo-fence to exclude from the geo-fence areas overlapping an extended feature.