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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Alan Phillips, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Frank Schroth, Milton, MA (US);
Geoffrey M. Palmer, Newton, MA (US);
Stefan G. Zielinski, Watertown, MA (US);
Allen P. Smith, Milton, MA (US);
Colin M. Cunningham, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alan Phillips, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Frank Schroth, Milton, MA (US);
Geoffrey M. Palmer, Newton, MA (US);
Stefan G. Zielinski, Watertown, MA (US);
Allen P. Smith, Milton, MA (US);
Colin M. Cunningham, Cambridge, MA (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are methods and systems relating to location-based services such as providing a geofencing, outputting location-based information on a mobile device, varying transmissions to and from a mobile device, and providing location-based alerts. More specifically, a method can include receiving a task on a mobile device, associating the task with a location, generating a geofence around the location associated with the task, tracking a current location of a the mobile device, and generating an alert associated with the task when the current location is within the geofence.
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