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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jihyun Yeon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jinho Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sungwon Chung, Seoul, KR;
San Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sunkey Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device and a geofence management method thereof, the electronic device comprising: a wireless communication circuit for providing wireless communication by means of a low power wide area network (LPWAN); a location measuring circuit for detecting the location of the electronic device; a processor electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit and the location measuring circuit; and a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions enabling, during execution, the processor to receive information on a plurality of geofences from an external server via the wireless communication circuit, determine whether the detected location is within two or more geofences, select one of the two or more geofences on the basis of at least a portion of the information, and transmit a message including the location and the selected geofence to the external server via the wireless communication circuit. Other various embodiments are possible.