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High density location-based service zone management for a geographic region

US10129694B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 2017
Grant dateNov 13, 2018
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W4/21
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for managing which location-based service zones to monitor when the number location-based service zones within a geographic region exceed the amount the device can support. An active zone defining a geographic region and location-based service zones within the geographic region is provided by another computing device. When the number of location-based service zones meets or exceeds a predefined threshold, a subset of the location-based service zones is selected for monitoring according to a current device location and/or other parameters.

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