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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
May. 15, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Aiden J. Gallagher, Winchester, GB;
Christopher Phillips, Woolston, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/18 (2013.01); G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/24 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to managing contact received by a user traveling to a geofence. Contact can be received from a contacting entity at a device of a user while the user is traveling to a geofence, the geofence being a virtual boundary defining a destination. A determination can be made whether the user enters the geofence. In response to a determination that the user enters the geofence, a follow-up action can be executed.