Registration mapping toolkit for geofences

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016359799-A1
Application number	US-201615204413-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 7, 2016
Priority date	Jun 2, 2015
Publication date	Dec 8, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods for creating a database of geofences and registering geofences, with each geofence in the database being associated with an IP address, preferably an IPV6 address. Each geofence is defined using at least one geographic designator, preferably real property boundaries. Entitlements can be associated with geofences relating to permissive and prohibitive activities within the geofences.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for looking up at least one geofence, comprising:
a mobile device determining at least one geographic location; identifying the at least one geofence in the database associated with the at least one geographic location, wherein the at least one geofence is defined by an anchor IPv6 address associated with a unique Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address; wherein the anchor IPv6 address includes between 0 bits and 63 bits for location data and at least 64 bits for metadata, wherein the metadata includes classes, entitlements, and lookup table identifiers, wherein the at least 64 bits for the metadata are operable to be redefined via the lookup table identifiers.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the at least one geographic locations is a current location of the device, wherein the step of searching for the at least one geographic location in the database with at least one geofence is automatically performed by the device in near real-time upon the device coming within a predetermined physical proximity of one of the at least one geographic locations.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising the mobile device automatically requesting access to an Internet connection associated with the at least one geofence.

4 . A system for looking up at least one geofence comprising:
a server including at least one processor and a geofence database including at least one geofence defined by a plurality of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses; and at least one mobile device communicating over at least one network to the server; wherein the at least one mobile device is operable to determine an anchor IPv6 address of the at least one geofence based on the one of the plurality of IPv6 addresses and determine from the anchor IPv6 address a polygon defined by the plurality of IPv6 addresses defining the at least one geofence; wherein the at least one mobile device is further operable to convert the plurality of IPv6 addresses to coordinate points of a geographic location.

5 . The system of claim 4 , further comprising the geofence database as a network of records in Domain Name Service (DNS).

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one mobile device is operable to determine the location of the mobile device within the at least one geofence on a micron level based on the plurality of IPv6 addresses.

7 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the anchor IPv6 address includes a metadata, wherein the metadata include at least one entitlement and lookup table identifiers, wherein the metadata are operable to be redefined via the lookup table identifiers.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the metadata include at least 64 bits.

9 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the anchor IPv6 addresses include metadata, wherein the metadata include at least one class, wherein the at least one class determines a precedence of the at least one geofence in relation to another geofence.

10 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the metadata further include entitlements, wherein the at least one mobile device is further operable to submit a query to select one of the at least one class and determine one of the entitlements associated with the at least one class.

11 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one geofence is a mobile geofence, wherein the polygon is around at least one mobile object, and wherein the at least one mobile object is a vehicle, a plane, or a boat.

12 . A method for looking up a geofence in a geofence database comprising:
determining a geographic location; and identifying a geofence associated with the geographic location in the geofence database, wherein a plurality of boundaries of the geofence include at least one geographic designators; wherein each of the at least one geographic designators is assigned a unique IPv6 address, such that there are a plurality of unique IPv6 addresses; wherein at least one of the plurality of unique IPv6 addresses assigned to the plurality of geographic designators is encoded as at least one anchor point of the geofence, wherein the at least one anchor point of the geofence is a unique identifier of the geofence; and wherein the unique IPv6 address includes location data and a metadata, wherein the metadata include lookup table identifiers, and wherein the metadata are operable to be redefined via the lookup table identifiers.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the geographic location is a current location of at least one device, wherein the step of searching for the geographic location in the database is automatically performed by the at least one device in near real-time upon the device coming within a predetermined physical proximity of the geographic location, further comprising the device automatically requesting access to an Internet connection associated with the geofence.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising
verifying the metadata in the database, including the plurality of boundaries of the geofences, the plurality of IPv6 address associated with the plurality of geographic designators defining the geofences, a contact information associated with the geofences, an owner associated with the geofences, a plurality of licensees of the geofences, and combinations thereof.

15 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the metadata include classes, wherein the classes determine a precedence of the geofence in relation to an overlapping geofence which is defined using at least one of the plurality of geographic designators defining the geofence.

16 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the location data include between 0 bits and 63 bits and wherein the metadata include at least 64 bits.

17 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the metadata include an entitlement, further comprising disabling a mobile device for texting and for web site browsing within the geofence based on the entitlement.

18 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the geofence is three dimensional.

19 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the geographic location is a current location of a device, wherein the step of searching for the geographic location in the geofence database is automatically performed by the device in near real-time upon the device coming within a predetermined physical proximity of the geographic location, further comprising the device automatically requesting access to an Internet connection associated with the geofence.

20 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising the geofence database as a network of records in Domain Name Service (DNS).

Assignees

• Geofrenzy Inc

Inventors

• Jones Benjamin T

Classifications

• G06F21/604

  Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems · CPC title

• H04W4/021 Primary

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

• H04L12/2816

  Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities (arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00) · CPC title

• G06F16/951

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title

• H04W68/00

  User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like · CPC title