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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Baltimore, MD (US);
Jeremy A. Greenberger, Raleigh, NC (US);
Nicholas R. Sandonato, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for dynamically adjusting a location based geo-fence based on current or predicted weather is provided. The method includes determining a target number of users to be reached for an area using a geo-fence and receiving an indication of a predicted meteorological event for the area covered by the geo-fence. The method further includes generating a predicted number of users that will trigger the geo-fence based on: a desired location, a current size, and a predicted effect the predicted meteorological event will have on the number users that trigger the geo-fence. The method further includes, responsive to the predicted number of users being below a threshold, increasing the size of the geo-fence such that the predicted number of users at least meets the threshold and sending a notification to a given user of the number of users in response to the given user triggering the geo-fence.