Patent ID: 7398090

Claim:
A method for defining a smart area in an area having a plurality of nodes and wherein one or more electronic services are operable to be provided in the smart area, the method comprising steps of: determining location information for each of the plurality of nodes based on a coordinate system defined by the plurality of nodes, wherein the plurality of nodes communicate with each other to generate the coordinate system; determining location information for a border of a smart area being defined using a mobile node by moving the mobile node along a path, the path being associated with the border of the smart area; and periodically transmitting location information of the mobile node as the mobile node moves along the path; and defining the border for the smart area based on the location information periodically transmitted by matching a shape of the path to a closest geometric figure resembling the shape of the path based on the location information transmitted as the mobile node moves along the path; and determining the border of the smart area based on the closest geometric figure resembling the shape of the path.