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Creation of a geofence based on movement data and a digital map

US9319837B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Deutsche Post AG · DE

Inventors

Frank Josefiak · Bonn, DE
Filip Petkov · Cologne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 4, 2013
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 4, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W4/40
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for automatically creating a geofence (1), comprising the following steps: detecting a starting position; transferring the starting position to a digital map; automatically creating an area object on the digital map, wherein the area object comprises the starting position; detecting movement data of at least one moveable object in the region of the area object; and automatically reducing the area object to form the geofence (1), on the basis of the movement data.

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