Geo-fence selection system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11044574-B2
Application number	US-201916702131-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2019
Priority date	Mar 6, 2018
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to improvements to systems and methods for determining a current location of a client device, and for identifying and selecting appropriate geo-fences based on the current location of the client device. An improved geo-fence selection system performs operations that include associating media content with a geo-fence that encompasses a portion of a geographic region, sampling location data from a client device, defining a boundary based on the sampled location data from the client device, detecting an overlap between the boundary and the geo-fence, retrieving the media content associated with the geo-fence, and loading the media content at a memory location of the client device, in response to detecting the overlap.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving an input at a first client device;
responsive to the input, generating a data point that comprises location data retrieved from the first client device, the data point indicating a location of the client device;
defining a boundary based on at least the location data from the first client device;
detecting an intersection between the boundary and a geo-fence that encompasses a second client device, the geo-fence being associated with media content at a media repository; and
causing display of the media content associated with the geo-fence at the first client device in response to the detecting the intersection between the boundary and the geo-fence that encompasses the second client device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input includes a designated input from among a plurality of possible inputs.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first client device is associated with a first user account, the second client device is associated with a second user account, and the method further comprises:
determining the first user account and the second user account are linked in a social networking platform; and
causing display of the media content associated with the geo-fence at the first client device in response to the determining that the first user account and the second user account are linked in the social networking platform.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting the intersection between the boundary and the geo-fence that encompasses the second client device includes:
detecting the intersection between the boundary and a map-tile that comprises a plurality of geo-fences, the plurality of geo-fences including the geo-fence; and
selecting the geo-fence from among the plurality of geo-fences based on the geo-fence encompassing the second client device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input from the first client device includes a plurality of inputs, the data point includes a plurality of data points that identify a plurality of locations of the client device, and the defining the boundary includes:
generating a bounding box based on the plurality of data points.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing display of the media content associated with the geo-fence at the first client device includes:
presenting the media content among a media gallery that comprises a collection of media content at the client device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing display of the media content associated with the geo-fence at the first client device includes:
presenting the media content in an ephemeral message at the client device.

8. A system comprising:
a memory; and
at least one hardware processor coupled to the memory and comprising instructions that causes the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving an input at a first client device;
responsive to the input, generating a data point that comprises location data retrieved from the first client device, the data point indicating a location of the client device;
defining a boundary based on at least the location data from the first client device;
detecting an intersection between the boundary and a geo-fence that encompasses a second client device, the geo-fence being associated with media content at a media repository; and
causing display of the media content associated with the geo-fence at the first client device in response to the detecting the intersection between the boundary and the geo-fence that encompasses the second client device.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the input includes a designated input from among a plurality of possible inputs.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first client device is associated with a first user account, the second client device is associated with a second user account, and the instructions further comprise:
determining the first user account and the second user account are linked in a social networking platform; and
causing display of the media content associated with the geo-fence at the first client device in response to the determining that the first user account and the second user account are linked in the social networking platform.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the detecting the intersection between the boundary and the geo-fence that encompasses the second client device includes:
detecting the intersection between the boundary and a map-tile that comprises a plurality of geo-fences, the plurality of geo-fences including the geo-fence; and
selecting the geo-fence from among the plurality of geo-fences based on the geo-fence encompassing the second client device.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the input from the first client device includes a plurality of inputs, the data point includes a plurality of data points that identify a plurality of locations of the client device, and the defining the boundary includes:
generating a bounding box based on the plurality of data points.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the causing display of the media content associated with the geo-fence at the first client device includes:
presenting the media content among a media gallery that comprises a collection of media content at the client device.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the causing display of the media content associated with the geo-fence at the first client device includes:
presenting the media content in an ephemeral message at the client device.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving an input at a first client device;
responsive to the input, generating a data point that comprises location data retrieved from the first client device, the data point indicating a location of the client device;
defining a boundary based on at least the location data from the first client device;
detecting an intersection between the boundary and a geo-fence that encompasses a second client device, the geo-fence being associated with media content at a media repository; and
causing display of the media content associated with the geo-fence at the first client device in response to the detecting the intersection between the boundary and the geo-fence that encompasses the second client device.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the input includes a designated input from among a plurality of possible inputs.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the first client device is associated with a first user account, the second client device is associated with a second user account, and the operations further comprise:
determining the first user account and the second user account are linked in a social networking platform; and
causing display of the media content associated with the geo-fence at the first client device in response to the determining that the first user account and the second user account are linked in the social networking platform.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the detecting the intersection between the boundary and the geo-fence that encompasses the second client device includes:
detecting the intersection between the boundary and a map-tile that comprises a plurality of geo-fences, the plurality of geo-fences including the geo-fence; and
selecting the geo-fence from among the plurality of geo-fences based on the geo-fence enco

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Ahmed Samir
• Gaur Amit
• Luo Jean
• Wen Yang

Classifications

• G01S5/01

  Determining conditions which influence positioning, e.g. radio environment, state of motion or energy consumption · CPC title

• H04L67/52

  specially adapted for the location of the user terminal · CPC title

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• H04W4/021 Primary

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title