Patent ID: 8374623

Claim:
A computer implemented method of controlling system settings of a plurality of mobile computing devices based on locations of the devices, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving one or more defined geographic zones for each mobile computing device of the plurality of mobile computing devices, the one or more geographic zones for a first mobile computing device capable of being different than the one or more geographic zones for a second mobile computing device and the one or more defined geographic zones for the first mobile computing device includes: a first geographic zone having a first set of system settings associated therewith for the first mobile computing device, the first geographic zone capable of being uniquely created for the first mobile computing device, and a second geographic zone having a second set of system settings associated therewith for the first mobile computing device, the second set of system settings being different than the first set of system settings, the second geographic zone capable of being uniquely created for the first mobile computing device, the second geographic zone being different than and overlapping with the first geographic zone; (b) determining when the first mobile computing device crosses a boundary of a geographic zone received in said step (a) associated with the first mobile computing device; and (c) altering the system setting of the first mobile computing device upon crossing the boundary of the geographic zone in said step (b).