Patent ID: 7844647

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of informing users of changes in geographically bound rules, said method comprising: receiving, via a GPS device, a first geographic location corresponding to one or more users, wherein each of the users is retained by a common organization, wherein the organization imposes a plurality of travel restrictions on its retained users, and wherein the travel restrictions include a plurality of geographically bound rules; identifying, based on the received first geographic location, a first geographic region selected from a plurality of geographic regions; retrieving a first plurality of geographically bound rules corresponding to the first geographic region, wherein the first plurality of geographically bound rules comprise a first set of one or more requirements imposed on the users by the organization while the users are within the first geographic region; receiving, via the GPS device, a second geographic location corresponding to the users; identifying, based on the received second geographic location, a second geographic region selected from the plurality of geographic regions; determining that the first geographic region is different than the second geographic region; in response to the determination: retrieving a second plurality of geographically bound rules corresponding to the second geographic region, wherein the second plurality of geographically bound rules comprise a second set of one or more requirements imposed on the users by the organization while the users are within the second geographic region; comparing the first plurality of geographically bound rules to the second plurality of geographically bound rules, the comparing resulting in one or more different geographically bound rules being imposed by the organization; and informing one or more of the users of the one or more different geographically bound rules.