Geo-fence selection system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11722837-B2
Application number	US-202217965350-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2022
Priority date	Mar 6, 2018
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

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

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
associating media content with a geo-fence that encompasses a location;
accessing historical location data associated with a client device, the historical location data comprising a plurality of data points that indicate one or more locations of the client device;
identifying a central data point from among the plurality of data points;
generating a boundary based on a radius that extends from the central data point;
determining that the boundary intersects with the geo-fence;
determining that a location from among the historical location data identifies the location encompassed by the geo-fence based on the determining that the boundary intersects with the geo-fence; and
loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at a memory location of the client device based on the historical location data identifying the location encompassed by the geo-fence.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting the client device at the location;
accessing the memory location of the client device; and
causing display of the media content at the client device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the detecting the client device at the location includes:
receiving a request from the client device, wherein the request includes an identification of the location.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein client device is a first client device, and the loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at the memory location of the client device based on the historical location data identifying the location encompassed by the geo-fence further comprises:
identifying a social network connection associated with a user of the first client device, the social network connection associated with a second client device; and
locating the media content at the second client device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
presenting the media content within a media collection at the client device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the historical location data comprises a data point that includes a timestamp, and the loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at the client device based on the historical location data is based on the timestamp.

7. 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:
associating media content with a geo-fence that encompasses a location;
accessing historical location data associated with a client device, the historical location data comprising a plurality of data points that indicate one or more locations of the client device;
identifying a central data point from among the plurality of data points;
generating a boundary based on a radius that extends from the central data point;
determining that the boundary intersects with the geo-fence;
determining that a location from among the historical location data identifies the location encompassed by the geo-fence based on the determining that the boundary intersects with the geo-fence; and
loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at a memory location of the client device based on the historical location data identifying the location encompassed by the geo-fence.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising:
detecting the client device at the location;
accessing the memory location of the client device; and
causing display of the media content at the client device.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the detecting the client device at the location includes:
receiving a request from the client device, wherein the request includes an identification of the location.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein client device is a first client device, and the loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at the memory location of the client device based on the historical location data identifying the location encompassed by the geo-fence further comprises:
identifying a social network connection associated with a user of the first client device, the social network connection associated with a second client device; and
locating the media content at the second client device.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
presenting the media content within a media collection at the client device.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the historical location data comprises a data point that includes a timestamp, and the loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at the client device based on the historical location data is based on the timestamp.

13. 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:
associating media content with a geo-fence that encompasses a location;
accessing historical location data associated with a client device, the historical location data comprising a plurality of data points that indicate one or more locations of the client device;
identifying a central data point from among the plurality of data points;
generating a boundary based on a radius that extends from the central data point;
determining that the boundary intersects with the geo-fence;
determining that a location from among the historical location data identifies the location encompassed by the geo-fence based on the determining that the boundary intersects with the geo-fence; and
loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at a memory location of the client device based on the historical location data identifying the location encompassed by the geo-fence.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising:
detecting the client device at the location;
accessing the memory location of the client device; and
causing display of the media content at the client device.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the detecting the client device at the location includes:
receiving a request from the client device, wherein the request includes an identification of the location.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein client device is a first client device, and the loading the media content associated with the geo-fence at the memory location of the client device based on the historical location data identifying the location encompassed by the geo-fence further comprises:
identifying a social network connection associated with a user of the first client device, the social network connection associated with a second client device; and
locating the media content at the second client device.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
presenting the media content within a media collection at the client device.

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

• 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

• H04W4/025

  using location based information parameters · CPC title

• H04L67/06

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title