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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2015
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abinash Mahapatra, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hemant S. Petluri, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Location-based services using geofencing are described. An electronic device includes a processing device that determines that the electronic device is to alert that the electronic device is near a target. The processing device determines a device location of the electronic device based on one or more network access points in communication range of the electronic device and determines a geofence encompassing the device location, wherein the geofence is located at a first distance from the target that exceeds a second distance that is between the device location and a target location of the target by an amount associated with a margin of error value in determining the device location using the one or more network access points. In response, the processing device generates an alert that the geofence has been breached.