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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Ebay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Matthew Scott Zises, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/08 (2009.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/022 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/08 (2013.01); H04W 4/21 (2018.02); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, via a mobile station, contextual information or geographic location data relating to a plurality of members of the population within the geographic region, identifying a common element in the received contextual information relating to at least two members of the population as a basis for defining a geofence to include the at least two members, wherein the common element is identified upon a comparison of the first and second contextual information, and defining the boundary of the geofence.