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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2013
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Sanjib Saha, Sammamish, WA (US);
Fernando Gonzalez, Bellevue, WA (US);
Shaun Hedrick, Seattle, WA (US);
Parmjeet Singh, Seattle, WA (US);
Ashish Gadre, Kirkland, WA (US);
Frank Gorgenyi, Bremerton, WA (US);
Mark Inderhees, Woodinville, WA (US);
Janet Schneider, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stuart Harper, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods disclosed herein may include tracking one or more geo-fences using a GNSS hardware processor within a computing device. The tracking may use at least one GNSS signal. State changes of the one or more geo-fences during the tracking may be saved in a shared state database. The shared state database may be shared between the GNSS hardware processor and an application processor within the computing device. Upon detecting a deterioration of the at least one GNSS signal, tracking the one or more geo-fences may be switched from using the GNSS hardware processor to using the application processor. After the switching, an initial state of each of the one or more geo-fences may be set by using states currently stored in the shared state database prior to the switching.