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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2012
Mohammad Hossain Sheikh Attar, Richmond Hill, CA;
Ilia Tulchinsky, Maple, CA;
Aaron David Kemp, Kitchener, CA;
Andrew Wahbe, Kitchener, CA;
Jerred James Costanzo, Toronto, CA;
Mohammad Hossain Sheikh Attar, Richmond Hill, CA;
Ilia Tulchinsky, Maple, CA;
Aaron David Kemp, Kitchener, CA;
Andrew Wahbe, Kitchener, CA;
Jerred James Costanzo, Toronto, CA;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A user installs a hotspot alert application on their mobile device. The application employs the location technology of the user device to transmit the location of the device, and thus the location of the user. The location can be transmitted to a server located in a hotspot tracking system. By establishing the location of the user, the server may search for hotspots on a database stored on the system. The server establishes the dimensions of a hotspot zone around the user's location and transmits the hotspots and the zone dimensions to the application on the user device. The application monitors the location of the user device and deliver's configured alerts to the user when approaching a hotspot. When the device leaves a zone or remains idle for a configured amount of time, the device requests and receives an updated zone of hotspots.