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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2012
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
INTUIT INC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates geolocation of a user. The system includes a server and an electronic device. First, the server receives a location of the user from an electronic device of the user and determines a window around the location. Next, the server transmits the window and one or more geofences within the window to the electronic device. The electronic device then obtains one or more precision buffers associated with one or more levels of accuracy for detecting the location of the user near the one or more geofences. Finally, the electronic device facilitates use of the one or more geofences by varying a geolocation technique for tracking the location of the user based on the one or more precision buffers.