Geofence Payload Merging for Crowded Venues
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Solution Overview
Problem
In geofence-crowded environments, mobile devices can only track a limited number of geofences, leading to dropped or undelivered payloads due to overcrowding and device limitations, resulting in incomplete data transmission to users.
Innovation Solution
A method that selects a subset of geofences based on primary and secondary considerations to combine geofence definitions and payloads, forming a combined geofence and payload, which are then transmitted to the mobile device, reducing the number of geofences handled and ensuring delivery of all relevant data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a mobile device tracks multiple geofences in a crowded venue, then more payload data can be received, but the device exceeds its tracking capacity and payloads are dropped
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual geofence definitions into a single unified geofence structure. Instead of tracking separate geofences for each store or location, the system merges them into one consolidated geofence that encompasses multiple areas, allowing the device to track fewer geofences while still receiving all relevant payloads within the combined area.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified geofence structure serves multiple functions simultaneously - it acts as a single trackable geofence while representing multiple individual locations or stores. This multi-functionality allows one geofence to fulfill the role of multiple geofences, enabling comprehensive coverage without exceeding device tracking limits.
2Device complexity
If a mobile device tracks a limited number of geofences, then device resources are preserved, but payloads from geofences beyond the limit are dropped or not received
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple geofence definitions are merged into a single unified geofence structure that consolidates the spatial boundaries of multiple individual geofences. This merging reduces the number of geofence objects the device must manage from many individual geofences to one unified structure, preventing resource exhaustion while maintaining complete payload reception.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple individual geofences operate in a venue, then targeted delivery to specific locations is enabled, but the complexity of managing and tracking all geofences increases
Solution Approach 1:
The unified geofence is segmented into multiple regions or zones, each corresponding to individual stores or locations within the venue. This segmentation allows the system to maintain the targeted delivery capability of individual geofences while presenting a simplified unified structure to the mobile device for tracking and management.
Solution Approach 2:
Individual geofence definitions are merged into a unified structure that preserves the ability to target specific locations while reducing management complexity. The merged structure allows the device to track one geofence instead of many, yet still receive location-specific payloads through the segmented regional structure within the unified geofence.
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AI summary
A subset of geofences is selected from a set of geofences operating in an area, each geofence in the subset satisfying a primary consideration relative to at least one other geofence in the subset. In response to a first payload of a first geofence and a second payload of a second geofence satisfying a secondary consideration, a combined geofence definition is formed by combining a first definition of the first geofence with a second definition of the second geofence. At a data processing system distinct from a mobile device traveling in the area, the first payload is combined with the second payload to form a combined payload. The combined geofence definition and the combined payload are transmitted to the mobile device.