Patent ID: 8812024
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: G01S,G08B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining the location of a mobile communications device with respect to a geo-fence, wherein the mobile communications device is equipped with an operating system and has a location detection application resident thereon, wherein the mobile communications device is in communication with a server over a network, and wherein the server maintains a geo-fence database, the method comprising: ascertaining, at a first resolution, the proximity p=p if |p receiving, from the operating system, a notification that (a) the location of the mobile communications device has changed by an amount that exceeds a predetermined threshold, or (b) that a period of time has passed; querying the operating system for a data set comprising the general location of the mobile communications device and the corresponding location accuracy; transmitting the data set to the server; receiving from the server, in response to the transmission of the data set, a set of geo-fences proximal to the general location; and if the location defined in the data set is within a predefined distance of the nearest geo-fence in the set of geo-fences, then (a) ascertaining the GPS location of the mobile communications device, and (b) comparing the GPS location to the nearest geo-fence defined by the data set.