Phunware, Inc.

Andrew Oliver

Kyle Thomas Miller

Lance Obermeyer

Aditya Rustgi

Prashant Shetty

A method is provided for determining when a mobile communications device has crossed a geo-fence. The method comprises (a) providing a mobile communications device () equipped with an operating system and having a location detection application resident thereon, wherein the mobile communications device is in communication with a server () over a network (), and wherein the server maintains a geo-fence database (); (b) receiving, from the operating system, a notification that (i) the location of the mobile communications device has changed by an amount that exceeds a predetermined threshold, or (ii) that a period of time has passed; (c) querying the operating system for a data set comprising the general location of the mobile communications device and the corresponding location accuracy; (d) transmitting the data set to the server; and (e) receiving from the server, in response, a set of geo-fences () proximal to the general location.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Andrew Oliver